Joane, a CurlyNikki.com reader, is giving away a jar of KCCC to one lucky curly!
Whenever readers graciously reach out to sponsor a giveaway, I ask the following– what question do you want me to ask the readers? or, what prompt should I present them with?
Well, Miss Joane’s creative self came back with this:
Hmmm… how about a Haiku about their transition/natural growth experience? I really love poetry and I would love to see a dope one!
A Haiku challenge it is! But first, a 3rd grade refresher course:
Haiku is a poetic form and a type of poetry from the Japanese culture. The most common form for Haiku is three short lines. The first line usually contains five (5) syllables, the second line seven (7) syllables, and the third line contains five (5) syllables. Haiku doesn’t rhyme. A Haiku must “paint” a mental image in the reader’s mind. This is the challenge of Haiku – to put the poem’s meaning and imagery in the reader’s mind in ONLY 17 syllables over just three (3) lines of poetry! — Reference
An example:
A Rainbow
Donna Brock
Curving up, then down.
Meeting blue sky and green earth
Melding sun and rain.
The author of the best Haiku (chosen by Joane) will receive the free jar of KCCC, and bragging rights of course… 😀 This giveaway will end July 8 at 5pm.
Good luck chicas!
Nik
Buttery and smooth
shining like the sun so warm
curls pop and spring out
light and rainbows
hidden treasure beneath the surface
a spring of new
Hair awakening…
Hidden beneath darkness
Pushing against no boundary…light
Short,new beginnings
By Donise
Curly wiry rings
Pushing straight strings down and out
Natural Freedom
Sorry everyone, I was missing a syllable in the 2nd line. Here is the corrected version:
Naked and stripped down
no lye, no 'cones its just me
happy in the rain
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Me transitioning
Puffy roots, tangles, and knots
Can't wait to big chop
Is this ME you ask?
Pure as can be…God-designed
Proud to be NAPPY : )
Her curls of beauty
Curious hands, Long to touch
Her Pure, unscathed world.
Black Cotton Meadow
Onyx Cloud of Liberty
Crown of My Glory
His hands through my hair
ebony hands in my curls
loved naturally
My hair is so fierce
Glow in its natural beauty
I am inspired
Creamy crack is whack!
That white sh*zz just ain't for me
Hair now stands up proud
Natural hair sprout
Chasing relaxed strand to end
Snip, style, and go
Henna22(Ayan)
Just waiting to be free
Caged curls wanting to run wild
Chop.Cut.at last.free…..
day by day I fight
curls waiting to be set free
chop.cut.at last.free……
kim b.
LOVE Like a flower
Gentle as silk, Dark as night
Don’t mix two textures.
Oh indecisive
swirl, curl, or loop
new discovery
This kinky mane you see?
I got it from my momma
Srength courses throughout!
naps and i?,no thanks
but now i see the beauty
coils,curls it's all me
If they don't like it,
I don't care!, Its my hair chile!,
Curly, Gorgeous Fro!
to be different
is unique and loving hair
that is all natural
curlymevy
"Wow, is that your hair?"
"It's all mine", I proudly said,
"and yours too can thrive."
Island girl black curls
Sunlight on my hair radiates
Natural beauty
The beauty that comes from within
Why would I try to disquise
The beauty that God has given me
shunned by the world
for embracing the beauty of my hair
soft like cotton makes you want to touch it
I sent the wrong one sorry , delete the first one I sent you and post this one. Thanks.
Natural hair sprout
Chasing relaxed strand to end
Snip, style, and enjoy
Henna22(Ayan)
Always natural
Never wore the straight disguise
Always beautiful
Uptight by breakage,
Now I’m revived, feeling free,
Let GOD have his will
smw72@verizon.net
I don't envy having to chose a winner, these are all good. Good luck everyone!
Kinky, Curly, Hair
Seperates me from the norm
I am natural
D.Joyce
Heaven's on my head
Lifetime spent only to get
where i always was
Heaven's on my head
Lifetime spent only to get
where I already was!
By Amanda
Kinky hair is mine
Guiding my unique journey
I embrace confidently.
Financial freedom
From stylists knowing critique
Cuz I know me best
kinks curls and coils,
beautiful crown of glory
reaching towards the sky.
by Shayna D.
A new being found,
after years of conforming.
Nubian goddess.
Kinky and curly,
soft to the touch- oh my hair
I love you so much.
by Tayo B.
Tired of lyeing
Friends thinking that I'm crazy
Kinky, wild, and free
Transitioning back to the past
Twist and Curl has set me free
Back to my childhood roots
By Felicia R
No perm, free at last
Condish, Custard, style and go
Wavy, flowing hair
Tugging the comb through
fried dead web remains of lyes
forming a tangle
By Alicia S D
my hair is living
curling twisting bending
life on its own terms
Spent my life caught up.
NO more trying to keep straight
Gonna go curly!
Black hair splits, breaks, falls
until no more lye burns scalp
and curls rain down back
Concealed beauty halt!
Irrefutable spirals.
Elite treat at last.
Golden brown curls love
Desire, Rain, Wet, Moisture
Cascade down my back
By:Candice F
Could someone please tell me what KCCC means? Some of this jargon can be confusing to newbies like me. Thanks everyone!
Self confidence lacked.
Permed hair all gone, who am I?
A Natural Queen.
Discerning the lye,
My shackles fall, weight lifted.
The journey begins.
Growing, first a sprout
It’s glad to be free, to breathe
Curling like a vine.
Growing, first a sprout
It’s glad to be free, to breathe
Curling like a vine.
Relax Me, Please
A Request My Hair Hated
Newgrowth Coming Soon
😉
Ever changing me
Never will I be bound
To a jar again
Touchable Tresses
Were once imagination
And now I'm perm-free
Floor littered with hair
I pulled out the relaxed weeds
Now kinky can bloom
Kerry G
Clinging wavy wet,
hair shrinks tight when air brushes
my cotton candy strands.
http://suburbanbushbabe.blogspot.com/
Fierce daily battle.
untamed round curvaceous curls.
neat straight ends. Who wins?
The Humble Narcissist
Flawless coils, so rich…
Simply pure, nothing amiss
Spring! with joy life love
Marie-Alice
hair does what it wants
curly, springy, wiry, so?
my choice, its voice, ME.
Tacia*
Fingers through soft kinks
Who da thought this possible
GOD I love mt hair!
light passing through curls,
ignites fires eternal,
love everlasting
I want to do it
Narrow minds make it so hard
But the kinks say,"CHOP!"
These are nice ladies! (Obviously I'm not entering :))
Tendrils create curls
Gently dripping love and care
Fall around my face
my profile wont work- so this is Hsharp
My curls bend, coil, curl.
Like tree roots hugging the earth,
they hug my fingers.
octopus tendrils
a mass of sproingy greatness
free to be myself!
black hair, pretty hair
HEY!!! curly, coily, kinky,
who cares, love hair. NICE!!!
tnt
Glorious tresses
Sprouting forth towards the heavens
Naturally striking
Look what I have found
God's gift of natural beauty
Designed just for me!
Maliya P.
Fluffy bronze-laced clouds
Raining curls, winding ringlets
Husband sunshine smiles
I pressed submit before I finished.
Dry Broken Thinning
Moisture Regrowth Renewal
Curly Freely Me!
Naps, kinks, coils, and curls
Spring forth, gravity defied
A tribute to god
Dry Broken Thinning
Moisture Regrowth Renewal
Freely Me!
This afro makes sense;
loving the surprises it brings.
This is me. No fakes.
Curls come in like tides
Breaking free of the mainstream
Washing away time
Spirals Twists and Turns
Always New Never the Same
Crazy Curly Joy
Stressed tresses had I
Snip, clip down to nothingness
From whence sprang freedom
cant wait for new growth
feels like acceptance in hands
onlookers, look on
My accessory
No one else mirrors my style
Curls, kinks, coils: my world.
-JOnesy
Twist, turns, bends galore
Glorious untamed freedom
My God-given crown!
July nine will make
one year w/o the cream lye
natural curl girl
What is this hair thing?
Twisted tangled knotted rough?
No. Natural? Bliss!
What is my true Destiny
My LOVE wants me to conform
loose my love or me
First afraid to show…
Curls make me expressive now
Never going back!!!!!!!
Permed Ends, Kinky Roots
Now All Natural, All Smiles
Curls Heaven, Surprise!
I embrance my naps
Strengthened to be who I was meant
Forces Growth Upon Me
Roots from motherland
Stringy ends from the perm can
Chop chop natural
Written By Monica Lake
Forever a dream
Didn't realize the beauty
Now free to be me
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Puffball meets straight ends
Frizz (unwelcome) steals away
Curls and Kinks now reign
Confused by my crown
Not listening to the world
Loving my hair this day
I think I got the syllables right:)