Well hello all you Haiku enthusiasts (and those who aren’t, but read all my posts anyway)!

It has been a week already since I hosted the first of a monthly event sparked by TJ and his Haiku Hub idea.

I posted a photo…(taken in Shorne Woods Country Park)

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Heritage

Then asked you to do your best with either/both of the prompts for haiku that you were inspired to write.

Can I just say thanks to all who submitted an entry, it was fantastic to see the response, seeing as this was the first time I ever hosted a challenge like this!

So, here is a list of all those Hubbers who entered!

First in, Judy with her take, based on family momentos
http://www.edwinasepisodes.com/haiku-hub-floating-challenge-1/

The Lady Lee Manilla with a beautiful take based around her son’s wedding, and an inherited gift

Haiku Hub Floating Challenge #1 – Heritage

Next one in from The Poetry Channel.. very lyrical!
https://thepoetrychannel.wordpress.com/2016/08/24/ancestral-song/

Annette gave us a duo of haiku about mixed heritage and the family that follows

Haiku Hub Floating Challenge #1 Heritage

We then had Floridaborne with a thought provoking haiku contemplating nature
https://rantingalong.wordpress.com/2016/08/24/haiku-hub-floating-challenge-1-heritage/

Sue Vincent’s entry which made me ponder on the ‘fruits’ we bear

Heritage #midnighthaiku

And Rivrvlogr with a piece that echoes thought about inherant heritage
https://rivrvlogr.wordpress.com/2016/08/24/foundation-absorbed/

I just loved TJ’s entry, with it;’s own cute photo to go with it!

Small Journeyers

Sonder Stories came next with a haiku tale about how our heritage is deep-rooted
https://sonderwriter.wordpress.com/2016/08/27/tainted-roots/

Two for the price of one from On The Land!
https://ontheland.wordpress.com/2016/08/27/rideau-canal-memories/

And Olga, celebrating Ukranian roots!

Haiku Hub Floating Challenge #1: Heritage

Thank you again to all who entered, and for allowing me to be host #1!

Let’s see what next month’s challenge is!

Haiku Hub Floating Challenge #1 – Heritage

Now, some of you may have heard, TJ over at La Vie Et Trop Courte Por Boire Du Mauvais Vin, created a Haiku Hub, where he has invited all manner of Haiku writers to join, and a couple of weeks ago, he put it out there to us ‘Hubbers’ to think of some challenges to throw out to all Haiku enthusiasts!

You know me, always up for a challenge, and I volunteered some ideas, and in turn, TJ volunteered me to be the first host!

So, here I am hosting my first ever challenge post!

I went walking in a nearby country park with the family a couple of weeks back and took plenty of photos. One of them cried out to me to be used!

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The prompt photo is as above, and a word prompt to use is

Heritage

Use either, or both together, to create your haiku. Think outside the box if you want, substitute the word Heritage for something similar…

My take:

Roots

Fallen and exposed
Unearthed, shifted here and there
Though my roots, still strong

Ritu 2016

Whatever you want to do! Just link back to this post within the week, and I will compile a post with all the entries on Wednesday 31st August. Please check and makes sure it has pinged back to the post, or leave a link in the comments.

Then all you need to do is look out for the next challenge which TJ will repost on his blog, as and when it is live next month!