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Banzai, merry company of haijin!

The 11th edition of Mizu no Oto – Every Image Has Its Haiku has come to an end.

The photo of the week differed a little from what we usually post, because instead of having a few distinct elements it was a little "crowded", moreover the natural element was in the background compared to the human one, though always present.

The reason for this choice is to give the participants every week something different, even thematically, trying not to repeat ourselves or not to direct the composition of haiku towards a single style. The results were very interesting, and very beautiful!

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Here are the winners of this edition!

Best Haiku award (2 STEEM):

@manoldonchev

Silent the harbor
Before the Sun turned white hot
So much life about

Week after week, Manoldonchev gave us many beautiful haiku. This time, his was the most responsive to the selection criteria, especially for the very light way with which he entered a summer kigo. In the photo, the season could not be easily deduced, but the brightness left little doubt. The third verse, moreover, represents well the vastness of existence, and its elusive borders, which recalls the ogosoka (厳 か) or "solemnity" principle.

Popular Choice award (1 SBI share):

@johannfrare

Desde los puertos:
¿Qué tantos sueños fluyen
surcando el mar?
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From the ports:
How many dreams flow
sailing the sea?

This week we had only two valid votes. One for this debutant in the contest, a category that has always reserved us beautiful surprises. The other that was divided between @aurodivys and @marcybetancourt. In the end, we privileged the vote that had been correctly assigned to a single participant. The existential question raised by the haiku contains a piercing pregnancy, like a cry of empathy for the human condition.

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Our two awesome winners achieve the right to decorate their footer with this exclusive and beautiful banner by @f3nix:

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The banner is customizable with the name of the winner. Please, contact @f3nix on Discord or via comment if you like this option.

Best vote comment (1 SBI share):

@josemalavem

Es una fotografía de marcada sencillez y serenidad la que nos presenta @f3nix. No sabría decir a qué estación del año corresponde. Algunos indican el verano. Es un poco difícil para una persona como yo, que vive en un país tropical (Venezuela), dilucidar con precisión, pues aquí todos los días (excepcto contadas excepciones) hay sol. Aprecio unos ejercicios valiosos como los de @blueeyes8960, @javert68 y @stever82, pero me inclino por los de @aurodivys y @marcybetancourt. Creo que logran esas cualidades que la tradición japonesa llama Shiori, Karumi y Mono no aware, al dar cuenta de la situación de las cosas (barcos), del contexto (mar) y del tiempo (día) en confluencia, advirtiendo la presencia de lo porvenir: la labor del hombre.
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It is a photograph of marked simplicity and serenity the one that presents us @f3nix. I wouldn't know which season of the year it corresponds to. Some indicate summer. It is a little difficult for a person like me, who lives in a tropical country (Venezuela), to elucidate with precision, because here every day (except a few exceptions) there is sun. I appreciate valuable exercises like @blueeyes8960, @javert68 and @stever82, but I prefer @aurodivys and @marcybetancourt. I think they achieve those qualities that the Japanese tradition calls Shiori, Karumi and Mono no aware, by giving an account of the situation of things (ships), of the context (sea) and of time (day) in confluence, warning of the presence of the future: the work of man.

The comment opens a window on some characteristics of a tropical country, which could go unnoticed in everyday life and that, in the case of a season-oriented poetry such as haiku, can make the outcomes very different depending on the latitude to which the writer is located. These small windows are wonderful, since we can learn about other countries’ everyday life.

Domo arigato gozaimasu to the other awesome participants: @stever82, @blueeyes8960, @moonprincess, @salvao, @javert68justice, @felixgarciap, @oacevedo, @kipswolfe, @cyemela, @theironfelix, @evagavilan, @naylet, @aurodivys, @marcybetancourt, @jayna, @kennitgabriel, @kimberlylane, @marlyncabrera, @tristancarax.
Keep on writing beautiful haiku!

See you very soon for the new edition of Mizu No Oto tomorrow, Friday 7th Dicember!

Your humble Bashō-fish

@marcoriccardi

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[banner credit: @f3nix]