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Banzai, merry company of haijin!

The 10th edition of Mizu no Oto – Every Image Has Its Haiku has come to an end.

My dear friend Edoardo is happy to see how much appreciation his photo received, and how many beautiful haiku it inspired: as many as 27!

I'm sorry, but this week I'll be a little more practical in the foreword. Being the 10th edition of the contest, I've collected some stats that I'd like to share with you.
In 10 weeks of Mizu No Oto, 59 awesome haijin composed a total of 191 entries, avg. 19.1 entries/edition, with a max. of 27 (twice!) and a min. of 12.
The number of participations per person is the following:


10 participations
@theironfelix


9 participations
@agmoore
@gaby-crb


8 participations
@felixgarciap
@cyemela
@tristancarax


7 participations
@javert68justice
@aurodivys
@oacevedo
@josemalavem


6 participations
@calluna
@iamthegray
@stever82


5 participations
@f3nix


4 participations
@manoldonchev
@gracielaacevedo
@marlyncabrera
@vdux
@brisby
@rdsmas


3 participations
@blueeyes8960
@marcybetancourt
@acostacazorla
@solperez
@louielowa
@arehany
@rosanita
@adncabrera


2 participations
@salvao
@bertrayo
@jakim7
@raj808
@gwilberiol
@oscarina
@eccles
@kaelci
@mariela53


1 participation
@moonprincess
@evagavilan
@yomismosoy
@goastrighter
@alrahman
@mfunbee
@tupamalo
@erh.germany
@kipswolfe
@insight-out
@medusaeffect
@moonfang
@opera.shoujo
@rebeccabe
@cyberspacegod
@ediblecthulhu
@jorlando
@bashadow
@a01
@caitlineileenm
@ohmygoodness
@amirani

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Here are the winners of this edition!

Best Haiku award (2 STEEM):

@theironfelix

Creak, crease, crack, crumble.
"Brown, yet active opposites"
-says leaf on the boards

Besides being the most assiduous participant in the contest and a tireless curator who never misses his comment and his resteem, Felix this time delighted us with a haiku who resonates in onomatopoeias and allitterations in the form, and a deep philosophical point in the meaning. The gently ironic smile of the true haijin suffuses the three verses, making us perceive lightly the unity of everything.

Popular Choice award (1 SBI share):

@oacevedo

Cuento de otoño:
una hoja peregrina
en la madera.
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Autumn story:
a pilgrim leaf
in the wood.

The voters liked a lot the idea of an “autumn story” about the meeting between a fallen leaf and the bridge wood. Two aspects of the same element, coming from a tree and now lifeless, but so different: one fragile and floating, the other hard and strong. The brief meeting in the ever-flowing time is immortalized by the haiku (and the picture).

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Our two awesome winners achieve (in case of @oacevedo, has already achieved) the right to decorate their footer with this exclusive and beautiful banner by @f3nix:

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Best vote comment (1 SBI share):

@gracielaacevedo

Amé la fotografía de esta semana. Produjo pensamientos que convirtieron a la hoja y la madera en personajes, humanizando la vida vegetal. Personalmente me hizo percatarme de que aún queda mucha vida y hermosura en una hoja seca y en la madera agrietada. Mi Haiku preferido esta semana es el de @oacevedo quien resume este sentimiento mío en su primer verso "cuento de otoño".
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I loved this week's photography. It produced thoughts that turned the leaf and wood into characters, humanizing plant life. Personally it made me realize that there is still a lot of life and beauty in a dry leaf and cracked wood. My favorite Haiku this week is @oacevedo who sums up this feeling of mine in his first verse "Autumn story".

This comment earns the prize for the full understanding of the "feeling of things" (mono no aware) that permeates the haiku poetics. It’s a concept of quiet acceptance, without pain, even with a slight amazement and a suffused joy in discovering that all things pass, and even in those worn and old there’s a dignified and full beauty.

Special 10th edition prize:

The payout for the prompt post (as I’m writing, it amounts to $ 9.42, thanks to several boosts by awesome contributors) will be divided between all the participants in a proportional way based on the number of participations. The inscrutable Bananafish rewards in this way the dedication of the Tribe members!

@theironfelix will receive 10 shares; @agmoore and @gaby-crb 9 shares; @felixgarciap, @cyemela and @tristancarax 8 shares; @josemalavem, @oacevedo, @aurodivys and @javert68justice 7 shares; @calluna 6 shares; @f3nix 5 shares; @vdux, @marlyncabrera, @gracielaacevedo and @manoldonchev 4 shares; @solperez, @acostacazorla, @marcybetancourt and @blueeyes8960 3 shares; @adncabrera, @bertrayo and @salvao 2 shares; @goastrighter, @yomismosoy, @evagavilan and @moonprincess 1 share.
Thank you to everybody and keep on writing haiku!

**See you very soon for the new edition of Mizu No Oto tomorrow, Friday 30th November!

Your humble Bashō-fish

@marcoriccardi

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