Welcome to Ligo Haibun Challenge.
We have two topics this week. You may choose either of them for your haibun.
1. Fantasy
“If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.” Said Maya Angelou
or
2. Inspiration
It is always the simple that produces the marvellous – Amelia Barr
Hope is a waking dream – Aristotle
The rules below:
- the haiku/collection of haiku related to the text to close. The haiku should be as authentic as possible, with therefore no syllable count, no capitals or full stop, all ideally making 220 word max.
- Wear the Ligo badge to the right with pride on your blog! And pin the Circle of Appreciation to your blog if you haibun is selected as a honourable mention!
- Prizes are given on special occasions
Do add your haibun to the link collection below.
The special mentions for the previous week’s Ligo Haibun Challenge are as follows:
- Anelephant: A terminally ill patient lives in his make-believe world; of what he wants to see and hear. And a heart-warming haiku in the end.
- Sunshine: Liquor shatters happiness in a family. A realistic haibun.
- The other special mention to be announced shortly
looks like a fun theme this week. congrats to those who earned the mentions. i especially loved the story from anelephant
Glad you liked them, kz. You may select the one you are most comfortable with. Yes, anelephant and Sunshine’s haibun were very good. In fact, all of them were well-written in terms of style and originality. Well, we are not able to decide on the third so far..
i agree, sunshine’s haibun was heart-wrenching and very real and very well-written. i loved David Whitman’s take as well. the imagery was so vivid and the words just kind of pulled me in 🙂
True.. and decision-making is difficult:)
Will think on this and see what I can come up with. See if I can do something better than the last two
Sure, take your time. The first two were good too.
I have had difficulties finding were the ligo haibun is located. 🙂 Hopefully I can contribute here
It has been taking place in this blog since last week and you are welcome to take part
Will see if I can do so. Wrote a few haibun last week on other prompts.
These prompts sound like we are going to have difficulty deciding which one to choose! Cangrats to all who submitted last week. There are no losers for each one was mighty excellent.
True, everybody wins. Congrats to all, and hope you’ll choose one in which you are most interested
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The standard is very high on this challenge.
AnElephant is touched to be mentioned above.
Thank you.
You are welcome and thank you kindly for contributing
I’d like to give this a try. I’ll think about it.
sure, you are welcome to participate. It is a fun challenge and you may read and comment on other entries when possible
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the pain from dysfunctional family members due to their addictions breaks not only the immediate members but indirectly the whole society as well. thank you so much for the kind mention here…so unexpected. i believe all the challenge entries are highlight worthy. thanks, again and to everyone: . ☼sunHUGS!!
True, the negative impact on the society is the larger perspective. Yes, every entry is valuable and all participants are important. The special mention is just meant to motivate the writers. Thank you:)
you’re welcome, Padmini! thank you for hosting another great challenge…:)
Fantasy ……. fantastic 🙂
Hello, So, are you going to write on the first topic?
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Couldn’t choose between the two, as they are so coupled in my mind. Inspiration and fantasy is the passion of a poet’s heart I beleive. Hope it’s ok anyway
They are somehow interlinked in some ways. It is absolutely fine to write a haibun on both of them. Thank you!
Hi Nightlake,
just wanted to ask you if you can update the link for the Ligo Edition logo…my image link comes up blank and goes to 404 image not found. i updated the circle of appreciation logo since you have it posted here. it now links back to your blog page instead of the previous site. thanks. ☺
Hi Sunshine, have mailed you..
okay, thanks. 🙂
Sunshine, let me know if it works..
interesting prompt!
Thank you:)
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