Leprosy Haiku Contest 

 

    The following is an abbreviated list of entries to the Leprosy Haiku Contest.
     

    The scabs and sores that
    Plague my body are often
    Worse in the springtime.
            Elliott Evans

    In the late autumn,
    When leaves wither and fall down,
    My nose crumbles off.
            Elliott Evans

    Like Job bemoaning
    The loss of his family
    I weep for my ear.
            Elliott Evans

    Oh, no, leprosy
    Armadillos can get it
    I hope I do not.
            Jim Zelenka

    Oh the fetid smell.
    Dull senses alert too late.
    Ulcers bloom with spring.
            Kurt Schaefer

    Sure glad i don't have
    Leprosy. That would really
    Suck in the winter.
            Axel Essbaum

    In winter we play
    Hockey except when there's a
    Face off on the ice.
            Joby

    Breeze over the lake
    See the ducks flutter and splash
    Hate! Hate! Hate! Hate! Hate!
            Andrew Plotkin

    Fall rain comes gently
    Pond ripples with falling leaves
    Fingers drop like stones.
            Greg Landrum

    We are holding hands
    Our fingers intertwine - Hey,
    Come back here with that
            Andrew Plotkin

    My sores and pustules
    Continue to produce filth
    Much like this instance.
            Elliott Evans

    Poetry leprous
    Falls from and with our fingers
    Like leaves in Autumn
            Jim Zelenka

 

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