2013 Scooter Haiku Winners!
I received 30 or so haiku from our participants and submitted them, without names, to our 2 judges. The results were sent back to me, where I rejoined each haiku to its writer. The winners were announced at our meet up tonight and now I am publishing them. Who knows? Maybe some literary person will “discover” just how talented us scooter folk are and want us to submit more of our amazing work to them. Or not.
I will first post the winners and honorable mentions in each of our four categories: (Please forgive the awkward spacing, I tried cutting and pasting everything and no matter what I do, it still comes out a bit weird. Deal with it.)
Best Haiku Including Nature-
Floating on a cloud
Smooth passage over the road
Pavement becomes jade – Sean Lynch
Honorable mention for nature haiku-
Riding! Hot in summer
Cold in winter, monsoons? Wet!
Riding! It’s still great! – Howard Rains
Most Humorous-
Can’t sleep, 4am
Scootering verse in my head,
I hate Howard Rains – Stan Scott
Honorable mentions for humor-
Rumbling Down the Road.
no mercy from the saddle.
Poor aching kidneys – Carol Voeller
Best Word Choice-
entomology
on two wheels in the springtime
what a lot of guts! – Tracy Adair
Honorable mentions for word choice-
Failed to move away,
errant hair under face shield
distracting my ride! – Anita Tourigny
Like river Mekong
While traveling Vietnam
I saw scooters flow – Jerry Hamel
Pure serenity
Rubber on the hot flat road
For love of Freedom – Doug Hoover
Conveys Joy of Scootering-
Scooting home from work
de-stress, re-charge, re-lax, ride.
Do I smell oranges? – Howard Rains
Honorable mentions for joy of scooters-
Feeling the warm air
Sting my face and take my breath
Is the price for fun – Amy Thomas
Red flash races by
Girl on scooter flying high
Harley boys – jealous – Cheryl Dickson
Scooter riding
My senses have awakened
Cleansing of my mind! – Penny Palmer
The open road calls
Scooter is full and ready
Why am I waiting? – Stan Scott
The judges told me that it was difficult to choose the winners listed above because there were so many good haiku to choose from. I will let you judge that for yourself. Here are all the haiku that were submitted:
Jerry Hamel
Like river Mekong
While traveling Vietnam
I saw scooters flow
Douglas Hoover
Pure serenity
Rubber on the hot flat road
For love of Freedom
Anita Tourigny
Failed to move away,
errant hair under face shield
distracting my ride!
Carol Voeller
Rumbling Down the Road.
no mercy from the saddle.
Poor aching kidneys
Try to catch a breeze.
Lift shoulders, angle elbows.
Ah, a cooling blast
Penny Palmer
Scooter riding
My senses have awakened
Cleansing of my mind!
Howard Rains
Buying a scooter
best purchase I ever made
rides, friends, fun, awesome!
Scooting home from work
de-stress, re-charge, re-lax, ride.
Do I smell oranges?
Riding! Hot in summer
Cold in winter, monsoons? Wet!
Riding! It’s still great!
Tracy Adair
entomology
on two wheels in the springtime
what a lot of guts!
S-curve ’round the bend
leaning behind my legshield
big smile on my face!
Vespas in a row
Means only one thing tonight
Great friends having FUN!
Jack Loudermilk
Scooting at fifty
Got friends waiting patiently
Throttle wide open
Ninety miles an hour
Warning signs are flying by
Down this dead end street
Look my way, you smile
From behind I hear his voice
I talk to myself
Cheryl Dickson
Lonely stretch of road
Riding in the bright moonlight
Will we make it home?
Red flash races by
Girl on scooter flying high
Harley boys – jealous
Amy Thomas
Feeling the warm air
Sting my face and take my breath
Is the price for fun
Rushing past pavement
Around corners over hills
Blood pumping through veins
Alone, no traffic
Early morning no sun yet
Me, road warrior
Stan Scott
The wind in my face,
Scooter on cruise control,
Good to be alive.
Down to Sasabe,
My favorite ride near town,
with wind in my face.
Riding my Helix,
only open road ahead,
I hate to go home.
Riding the scooter,
Arizona highways call,
and I will answer.
Big group ride today,
Variety of scooters,
all out to have fun!
The open road calls
Scooter is full and ready
Why am I waiting?
Scooter riding
A serious affliction
So what is your point?
Arizona June
Scooter is calling my name
Can not wait to ride.
Honda and Vespa,
Kymco, Genuine and Sym,
All great scoots to ride.
Can’t sleep, 4am
Scootering verse in my head,
I hate Howard Rains!
Sean Lynch
Curvy metal shape
Bending early morning sun
Great time to go ride
Open the petcock
Stroke the kickstart lever twice
Sleeping engine wakes
Clutch lever to grip
Twist the shifter to first gear
Gone in a smoke puff
Smooth shape bottle nose
Long flowing lines blue and grey
But not a dolphin
Insert key press Start
Stubborn beast will not breathe fire
Another day then
Floating on a cloud
Smooth passage over the road
Pavement becomes jade
Flies along the road
Blue-black with a pointed beak
Yet not a raven
Smooth purr from below
Numbers dance on soft blue field
Calming evening ride
There really are some great haiku here. Well done, Sky Island Riders. Next time, I think we may do Scooter Limericks.
Howard
Great! Thanks from Cornwall.
If you have that many scooteristas who also write haiku in Tucson, I’m tempted to say “What a cool place,” but we know that’s not right. I mean, it’s Arizona.
You might look into sijo for your next go ’round.
Fun to read. Thank you all.