"Spirit of Obon" Haiku Contest

Dante san is holding an Obon related haiku contest.

Shin Tao Haiku Retreat and Library of Haiku welcome submissions for our Haiku Contest on "the Spirit of Obon", for our Obon Festival August 7, 8, 9. The deadline for submissions is Aug 2, midnight, slt. Rules for the contest are the following:

The 2009 Obon Festival Haiku Contest

The Spirit of Obon
deadline: Aug 2

We are currently accepting entries for our haiku
contest on the theme "the Spirit of Obon". This
contest is open to any SL poet who wishes to
participate. For the purposes of this contest, we
are accepting any Haiku, Senryu, or Tanka.

Will put my haiku here for this event:

Obon, a time for family reunions.

My offspring grey and
wrinkled, home again. Tears well.
This my last Obon?

Tired feet treading on
familiar tatami.
Home again for Obon...

One more year slipped by.
Family room full once more,
happy memories...

A haiku related to the dancing part of Obon.

Enthusiastic
drummers up on high.
Obon beats again.

More to come...