Amidst all the kerfuffle, I failed to notice that results had been posted for the 2013 City of Perth Library haiku competition, and I managed to avoid the ignominy of actually winning anything with any of my entries.
So, for posterity and your education adn amusement, I present you with my five failed entries:
silver-bladed leaf
etched in deep-devoted words
edges drip in red
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forced restructuring
empty bed and meals for one
micro-managed loss
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infomercial dreams
extruded mental products
sponsored by McSleep
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neon dinosaur
confused, abandoned, alone
shadowed night attacks
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grey half-life faces
earthbound plastic consciousness
collapsible minds
Ah, well. Back to trying to make my fortune from short stories and late night Baldur’s Gate playing sessions….
Lee Battersby 