Erotic Haiku Winners

by Olivia KnightMasses of thanks to everyone who deluged us with their pithy, hot haikus for the Midsummer Erotic Haiku Competition. Predictably, with 87 poems to choose from, the judges waved wine glasses and shouted a lot, but we agreed on a few things. Firstly, that erotic haikus should...� be formally impeccable� condense as much as possible, without wasting a single syllable� suggest a

Midsummer Erotic Haiku Competition

~ Winners announced 1 July 2008, here ~by Olivia KnightHeaped erotic books,Slow days and hot nights: petalson a firm flesh boughWith seventeen beats �Five-seven-five � you force ourGasps: come, take your prize.Multiple offerings:Brief, fierce, repeated stabs atMastering our small form.Riding generous wavesWe offer our gifts to youAgain and again.Or, in plain old prose: look at the lovely books!