Write a Holiday Haiku for a Chance at 5,000 Oodles! (Ended, 25 winners)

[GSNAngel]

Today is National Haiku Poetry Day and the Oodles Team is pulling out the Oodles-stops! For today only, write a Holiday Themed Haiku for a chance at 500 to 5,000 Oodles!

For this game we're prizing BIG. There will be 25 winners, chosen by the Oodles Team:

1st place - 5,000 Oodles
2nd place - 2,500 oodles
3rd place - 1,000 Oodles
4th – 25th place - 500 Oodles each


Rules: You have until 11:59pm ET Dec 22 (Tonight!) to post. Please post only once- and only one Haiku. Do not comment on other posts until after winners are announced. Obey forum rules. Winners announced and credited by Wed, Dec 28th. If you're on Twitter, be sure to retweet game announcements for a chance at 50-100 Oodles!

Also: Don't miss out on this special Holiday Haiku Oodlectible. Add a little zen to your Oodles Collection Box!


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It's been a while since we've done haikus. For a refresher, a haiku generally consists of a three-line stanza that has a total of 17 syllables, written in the following pattern:

Example haiku

A chance at thousands
Of bonus Oodles for you
Write the best haiku

Breakdown of the syllables

Line 1 A chance at thous/ands - 5 syllables
Line 2 Of bo/nus Oo/dles for you - 7 syllables
Line 3 Write the best hai/ku - 5 syllables

The classic haiku theme is nature and many traditional Japanese haiku reflect that with descriptive seasonal words or images. I understand there's more to this wonderful art but for our purposes, we'll keep it simple and just follow the 5/7/5 syllable pattern. If you need a little help, check this site out. Time to get creative!

[Cimacrater]

I love GSN
Oodle games are a delight
Each and every night

[unoshopper]

Breeze in bare trees
with snow in 49 states
Fall into Winter.

[fisher1055]

Red balls, glowing lights
Green tree in our family room
Star to honor birth

[paradoxdusk]

Time has come to cheer,
Children can rejoice in droves,
Christmas time is here!

Here is my haiku submission. Thanks for the opportunity to let the inspired creative voice in us all out!

[dtheine]

Oh please gsn
let this be a christmas gift
for you and me please

[phimat37]

The Holi/days are great (5 syllables)
For being thank/ful for your things (7 syllables)
Some people don't have much (5 syllables)

[jus4hugs]

Flickering candle,
Glowing soft, ginger-scented
Warms my winter heart.

[cherylhusbands]

Now winter is here
It's time to play and have fun
Let's shovel in oodles.

[gwalterrobin]

the snow is falling
animals are scurrying
oh what joy it is

[bettycook]

late in december
cristmas will be here very soon
no snow on the ground

[Sandrarob]

It's snowing out now
Time to bundle and shovel
Snow love hurts me so

[greymouser53]

Christmas time is nigh
Hugh snowflakes softly fall
Children's dreams now come true

[RebekahSierra3]

Praise Him all the earth
Celebrate His virgin birth
He has saved us all

[nana90210]

merry christmas everyone
happy new years too
filled with love and joy