The long-awaited genre haiku roundup for December 2013 is finally here! Better late than never, I always say – I have my reasons but no excuse to hold it off for any longer, so without any further delay, here goes:

To date, the December challenge has received an epic 51 responses from a variety of talented haiku hackers, old and new. Haikus are so brief, I bet you could get through them all in one sitting! This month, Lathrop Preston of Laith’s Ramblings even went so far as to paraphrase The Hobbit in nineteen haiku, with a guest submission by Cimmy of Cimmy’s Stories. That is an epic read unto itself, and I’m so glad he stuck through and finished the project.

1. HAIKU: FRAGILE | ROB’S SURF REPORT
2. LUCY | WORDS ON A PAGE
3. HAIKU: POWER | ROB’S SURF REPORT
4. TRILOGY | WORDS ON A PAGE
5. HAIKU: FROZEN | ROB’S SURF REPORT
6. HAIKU: DESCENT | ROB’S SURF REPORT
7. HE DARED SAY IT : RSRGENREHAIKU : EPIC FANTASY | AN HONEST DAY OR TWO
8. SCIFI HAIKU: BABYLON 5 | LAITH’S RAMBLINGS
9. GENRE: EPIC FANTASY HAIKU | JED’S PLAYHOUSE
10. HAIKU: CHAMPION | ROB’S SURF REPORT
11. A HERO EMERGES | JED’S PLAYHOUSE
12. DROP-PUDDLE-POND: #RSRGENREHAIKU : FANTASY | AN HONEST DAY OR TWO
13. GENRE HAIKU-EPIC FANTASY: FORGING BONDS | WRITING TO BE NOTICED
14. GENRE HAIKU CHALLENGE-EPIC FANTASY: FAE | WRITING TO BE NOTICED
15. CHRISTMAS EVE | SANDRABRANUM’S BLOG
16. GENRE HAIKU CHALLENGE–EPIC FANTASY: FAIRIES DANCE | CONSCIOUSCACOPHONY
17. STATE OF THE WRITER | N. E. WHITE
18. GENRE HAIKU CHALLENGE-EPIC FANTASY: SACRIFICE | WRITING TO BE NOTICED
19. HAIKU: SURREAL | ROB’S SURF REPORT
20. HAIKU: SURREAL II | ROB’S SURF REPORT
21. RSR GENRE HAIKU CHALLENGE-EPIC FANTASY: WHAT’S LEFT | WRITING TO BE NOTICED
22. HAIKU: VORPAL | ROB’S SURF REPORT
23. RSR GENRE HAIKU CHALLENGE-EPIC FANTASY: PATH OF POWER | WRITING TO BE NOTICED
24. RSR GENRE HAIKU CHALLENGE-EPIC FANTASY: TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN | WRITING TO BE NOTICED
25. HAIKUS REVEAL A HIDDEN HEROES’ JOURNEY | THE TAO OF JAKLUMEN
26. HAIKU: START | ROB’S SURF REPORT
27. RSR GENRE HAIKU CHALLENGE – EPIC FANTASY: ONLY RECOURSE | WRITING TO BE NOTICED
28. EPIC FANTASY HAIKU: THE HOBBIT | LAITH’S RAMBLINGS
29. IT MIGHT BE RANDOM BUT.. | THE INDECISIVE EEJIT
30. EPIC FANTASY HAIKU: THE HOBBIT – UNEXPECTED | LAITH’S RAMBLINGS
31. EPIC FANTASY HAIKU: THE HOBBIT – MOONBEAM | LAITH’S RAMBLINGS
32. EPIC FANTASY HAIKU: THE HOBBIT – TREES | LAITH’S RAMBLINGS
33. EPIC FANTASY HAIKU: THE HOBBIT – SUNSET | LAITH’S RAMBLINGS
34. CIMMY’S POETRY: PRAYER HAIKUS | CIMMY’S STORIES
35. HAIKU: TRANSITION | ROB’S SURF REPORT
36. EPIC FANTASY HAIKU: THE HOBBIT – ARKENSTONE | LAITH’S RAMBLINGS
37. EPIC FANTASY HAIKU: THE HOBBIT – STORM | LAITH’S RAMBLINGS
38. HAIKU: COMMUNITY | ROB’S SURF REPORT
39. EPIC FANTASY HAIKU: THE HOBBIT – TROLLS | LAITH’S RAMBLINGS
40. EPIC FANTASY HAIKU: THE HOBBIT – MIRKWOOD | LAITH’S RAMBLINGS
41. LOOKING BACK/LOOKING FORWARD: 2014 | LAITH’S RAMBLINGS
42. EPIC FANTASY HAIKU: THE HOBBIT – BACK AGAIN | LAITH’S RAMBLINGS
43. EPIC FANTASY HAIKU: THE HOBBIT – STING | LAITH’S RAMBLINGS
44. EPIC FANTASY HAIKU: THE HOBBIT – BARRELS | LAITH’S RAMBLINGS
45. EPIC FANTASY HAIKU: THE HOBBIT – THIEF | LAITH’S RAMBLINGS
46. EPIC FANTASY HAIKU: THE HOBBIT – TREASURE | LAITH’S RAMBLINGS
47. GUEST EPIC FANTASY HAIKU: THE HOBBIT – BATTLE | LAITH’S RAMBLINGS
48. EPIC FANTASY HAIKU: THE HOBBIT – RETURN | LAITH’S RAMBLINGS
49. GUEST EPIC FANTASY HAIKU: THE HOBBIT – ARROW | LAITH’S RAMBLINGS
50. EPIC FANTASY HAIKU: THE HOBBIT – BESIEGED | LAITH’S RAMBLINGS
51. EPIC FANTASY HAIKU: THE HOBBIT – LAKE-TOWN | LAITH’S RAMBLINGS

The complete Hobbit Haiku is posted here:
HOBBIT HAIKU, THE JOURNEY ENDS? | LAITH’S RAMBLINGS

With a little more than two weeks to go, this month’s Genre Haiku Challenge is biography, and we already have ten submissions. A biography haiku is so simple, and the person can be anyone in the world; who could you haiku?

Also, a note on submission: I’ve recently changed the settings on this blog so that comments can post for up to ninety days from the date of posting, so feel free to link up to any previous challenges.