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Dear all,

Latest news: the voting has ended (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=455689.0)!

Please feel free to continue posting Haikus! They won't take part in the contest, but they inspire our creativity :)

==

to celebrate the new Frozen-Coin-Thread ( https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=411291.0 ) I'd like to start a poetry contest  :D

The rules:
1. Please write a Haiku which is featuring the word "Frozen" or "Frozen Coin"
2. The language of the Haiku is your free choice! (This means: for non-English Haikus most users need probably translate.google.com, but that's ok. Not required but it would be nice: an English translation)
3. Post your Haiku during the next three weeks. Please include a Frozen-Address for rewards (or donations of fans). Last submission: end of January 2014 (your local time). I will post a "Contest Ended" statement at February 3rd, my local time). I will set up a voting for the best Haiku until February 10th (I may be a bit scarce on time then)
4. Simplified said is a Haiku a poem consisting of 3 lines with usually 17 syllables altogether (usually 5-7-5). For an example look at the end of the post, for the real definition of a Haiku please refer to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku
5. You can post more than one Haiku. Your Haiku with the most votes will partake at the rewards (only one reward per person)

Process:

• I'll think of some fitting duration for the voting depending on the number of submissions
• The voting rules will follow with the setup of the voting. The rules will include: no bought votes. Your own poetry.
• There are some liberties about what counts as a Haiku and what not, but I will rule out obvious "non-Haikus"
• If there are not enough submissions I'll forfeit the remaining rewards

The minimum rewards (*):

• 1st place: 200 FZ
• 2nd place: 120 FZ
• 3rd place: 75 FZ
• 4th to 10th: 15 FZ

(*) You can pile up the rewards by sending to the Haiku pot (address at the end of the posting)

The dates (once more):

• Until end of January 31st: post your Frozen-Haiku
• Until February 10th: voting starts
• Somewhen in February (date still open): voting ends

Here an example for a Haiku, quoted from http://www.toyomasu.com/haiku/:

Have fun with it and good luck!


=== Haiku Contest Pot: 700 FZ. Address: FJHBp2h8fFb22Cp9dhUrVjFtnXrJV72mzM

Original pot: 500 FZ (trenton81)

Donations: if you like to add to the contest rewards please send your donation to the Haiku pot address above. I'll
take 70% of the sum to pile up the rewards for the first 10 winners and the remaining 30% to make rewards for
further winners.

200 FZ - The Frozen Donation Pool (http://www.frozentalk.org/showthread.php?tid=12) (FKXWGDbUocEB2e8gC7LLUSFwxgA2Sji2ME)

Awesome idea trenton!

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FQ6i4KFdJCMYZX43fb1N22mJPEWk36L9L9

@apple8848 , @tomgreen:

please post a Haiku to partake in the contest and earn some Fz - please read the inital post. Good luck!

Are these people bots? He and apple8848 made only posts with an andress...?

Thinking the best of all I guess they simply missed the initial post :)

In the cold season
So aptly named is Frozen
With warm reception

F8U9uNX8XQQLLtDyaTnVSQB9MbAgfAia6n

I just sent 3 FZ for submitting the first Haiku! Thanks and good luck!

My first poem ever!! i'm learning new stuff thanks to cryptocurrency, and FZ!



The bull rides at dawn

Our old ways are dying slow

Frozen is the sun

FBFnNDDxmVhNEw7t25REWpaVcNsh2fJDUd

That is really an interesting and original contest idea man ! :)

the new age crypto
a new leaps into sky
a frozen light

 ;D
FGgcVwdvsVJjCPmA9kZRQVvkwfUeZZHVuk

Arctic snow monkeys
Frozen by the cold winter
Throw snow to unthaw

:)

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Hey all,

I just "threw some snow to unthaw" (1 FZ) to rail233 and wanksta11 (posters number 3) and 2 FZ to RJX (poster number 2)

First poster's special donations are done now. For you all: good inspiration and good luck!

Have lots of fun!

trenton

Thanks mate! I'm also having fun  ;D

Thanks Trenton!

perhaps it is best
to provide an example
that has been fine-tuned

(i.e., for the example "Without flowing wine" I count 5-6-3 instead of 5-7-5?)

You got me there :)

Sorry for my smartass comment, one extra FZ for wanksta11 for having to bear this :) Ok guys, ignore fine-tuning. There's freedom in poetry, and so in this contest.

Best luck!

trenton

Erupter fucked up
So now we're taking over
Long live Frozen Coin

Too feisty? :)

FPWiKsxVUf7mg1pFG42V3xzZUWanB4MLLJ

i like it! :D

1st place!  ;D

thanks for the frozen!
 Hey, I think a limerick contest is another great idea. That was how I opened my first post here at btc. :D

Haha thanks katsoo & KoningKaas ;D

@katsoo, I like limericks. May be it will be the next contest :)

@CryptoEnthusiast, too feisty or not too feisty? That's the question... ... for the voters :D

I like all of the contributions so far a lot :)

Icy fingertips
make it difficult to count
My frozen coins

Unfortunately not really the 5-7-5 form but... well nothing is perfect. Right :)?

FTzEP152iWpJFXZGMTZc5epDAHxbnkRh2t

Edit: freakin english syllables... "count" is one or two syllables? Probably missed this lesson too :).

Good for me, all is well :) Good luck!

PS: as for your question, Snail2, count should go as a single syllable imho. Please correct me, folks :)

PPS: you could e.g. substitute "my" with "many" :D

FR3J96C5EjTrxwCCd13xTT4XXCBhN4eZD2

Forest trees be frozen:
The six month sun cometh...
For all who read this, to this coin show devotion

Good luck team - hope you enjoyed my first ever effort at Haiku with a Frozen twist!
(not quite 7-5-7, but it rhymes!!)

 8)

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thx

The reed swinging in the wind
frozen water with leaves stilled
new coin was born

FPYuDCjbzc6H2mAeMXTyU3j9jH16gaAGVH

F6PQzgGPYFPo5ZE5UL2SApVyRFWiU3PNXg

Thanks

@qiuzhixin15, @viriat0: your Haiku poem is missing, you need it to take part in the contest.

Please try to stick roughly to the 5-7-5 Haiku scheme - take an example in the previous posters :)

Take 2: 7-5-7 version!

Forest trees be they frozen:
Six month sun shines bright...
Avast a coin is chosen.

Enjoy!

Take 3:  (Did I say 5-7-5 Haiku - Doh!)

Formed from ice and men:
Light shines from a six month sun...
Reflects pure; Frozen.

All these girls excited
Oooo ya know they like it
Frozen so icy, so icy
Haters don't try to fight it
All yo friends invited
Frozen so icy, so icy   8)  8)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHyw6p4KksE   8)  8)

So far 8 submissions for the 5-7-5 Haiku contest.

If it stays at this count until the end of the month all get a price :D

We stuck together
Because Frozen is coming.
To win the coinwar.

F7RVJWEcTUUTBpAdLuUVQe6zbehybwSvL1

Thanks!

Ice flows, a mile thick,
Leaving the masters frozen,
So all may be free


Here's another one for you, though I think my last line needs shortening down a bit:

Soon, Trenton will know,
I have a Frozen address:
FABToW1dmw2HhvyxYpKmk78Y3bSWxJtSVq


Thanks! :)

FPo4x3D1YzupnfexPxKs7f5GWkuqsTGXGF

thanks

LOL well I guess you're right :D

@ariesjia, you need to write a Haiku to participate in the contest - please read the initial posting.

many altcoins
shoot me!
FrozeCoin did calm

FPPrPqb33HRvwNq4Cw59FRFjp4ZvaYdDQr

Thanks

Icy cool frozen coin.
Unique
Shivers sticks licks.
 :D
FN3MyvZMW1gTmWzkxuELaTtixGt8RJTME6

Frozen dice game glee
Fz coins for the dice dance
Drool school dream desert
FNyVJrWKLt2atKRMhEdKvfFyxeYiudQB5U
 :)

Frozen Mining,
as if it were a magician,
appears.

FKzqKdaX2RvFdsKkTXzWqnXT63NvmLgVX9

Thank you

Hey guys,

great submissions!  If you plan to submit, please try a bit more to stick to the 5-7-5 syllable scheme, as I'm sure the voters will look at this.

Here one more Haiku example quoted from http://www.toyomasu.com/haiku/, this one from Noel Kaufmann:


Good luck all!

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    Thanks you  ;)

Hey vovan115, you need to submit a Haiku in order to take part at the contest. Please read the original post.

I'm adding another 80 Fz to the pot! This is a great idea and I support the use of creativity to earn some coins :)

Great, thanks a lot! :)

I added a comment and a donation address in the original posting.

I'll use 70% of the donations to stock up the rewards for the first 10 winners and 30% to create rewards for more than 10 winners. Sounds ok for you?

Many greetings

trenton

Frozen is frosty.
With its cold icy goodness
We can all enjoy.

FSj3E8NaZ89aFeAvAqfXZ3hzKZwJ1hdHez

TY!  ;D

more and more people like frozencoin!

OK Lets keep this going!!

Frozen O Coin of Mine
On Cryptsy May the Sun Shine
And then WE BUY WINE!!   ;D


waltsmith


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The dev was greedy
But frozen community
Keep growing surely

I tried ;D

FPBsE6Nhv7iLLd3x8aYVsAR7TcGvNZJU2f

Thanks

Hehe, I like both :D

Good luck for all submitters!

Frozen extractive
it's cold outside
Tahitian buy


hope through translator meaning is not lost

FPSAo6GXgCRvK1MGDXPXcB6hB2t8dggVSR

Just add it in your original language, this is a multi language contest :)

trenton:


Status: 6 confirmations, broadcast through 9 nodes
Date: 1/17/2014 20:05
To: FJHBp2h8fFb22Cp9dhUrVjFtnXrJV72mzM
Debit: -200.00 Fz
Net amount: -200.00 Fz
Transaction ID: 8866314c2e50c45e1b1bd32eeb4c5a21c8a451ace66e288835d3bc989d232f1c


Added 200 instead :)

This is from the Frozen donation pool, not me.

Frozen is a clone
Same distribution as Quark
Nothing new here

The sting of winter
The whiirrr of a computer
Frozen coin is born


FJVNGa4W3mMutyhn8QkeKXAwfU5ajuCgvs

FrozenCoin Blossoms
Snow, Ice, Movies, and Popcorn
Come and join the fun

FPqu3yeCspob8NtWBdfLhHbwpSBEQ2ysdd

Frozen coin in hand:
My heat enters the coin and
is stored in your palm.

FFYbkawiaapdY17kzRvSGWVZBr9ie14ijW

 ;D

Snowy nights 'on ice'.
Ice glazed by winter's crisp air.
Rose frozen to win.

 :D

FU6wLbfAjkDieqfjFk9eGntLTYdDEEuvwt

She's like a snowflake
Inside , her heart is frozen
Mine's beating faster

This is another piece of poetry :P

Fast , secure and rare
Frozencoin is here
Transactions are instant
Value is growing constant
If you want to spend
Or value to send
Without any institution
Frozencoin is the solution
Fast , secure and rare
Money around the globe
You can transfer
You can receive
And send for free
No more taxes
And no fee !

Sorry if this is not a haiku , I hope I am not too late and I will win at least a small consolation price :P
My Fz wallet is : FLg2vbdTkyzR7ZnkWufE5qwNDeznuPksih

Lots of good submissions! :)

For your inspiration here one more example with the 5-7-5 syllable form I found in the web:

Oh Frozen my dear
you'll see soon your lovely light
at sky will shine bright

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The reed swinging in the wind
frozen water with leaves stilled
new coin was born

FNsZad25y9hogXDdgRHtuRi8Um2RvCKJyT

everything in doubt
but frozen broke through the drought
ready to bring clout

Haiku don't typically rhyme but oh well.

FGgfhpzmCNrUKcn8bgSyexHNt7hqUaFq8m

FU4k7GLg5eRDofpEe1UJ9avWb5Rpv6M7kz

thx

Hey Tasunko, you need to send your Haiku to participate in the contest :) (please read the OP)

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 Thanks you  ;)

Hey vovan115, you need to post some Haiku to participate in the contest. Please read the first post...

One more:

I give you Frozen:
Only deep cold can preserve
the value of coins.                               8)

FFYbkawiaapdY17kzRvSGWVZBr9ie14ijW

Hey all,

about one week left to participate in the 700 Fz Frozen Poetry contest (see original posting). Still no foreign language contribution :)

Thanks for two further great contributions! Great explanation, BitcoinFX!

Good luck for all contributors and many greetings

trenton

Crypto coins are the future
No global warming here
Fz coin is here to stay

FHK4LgcCSEwaFwWg7JCWSQttKpBu6SL5BY

Frozen but not cold
Coins but not solid
Crypto is our future

FHK4LgcCSEwaFwWg7JCWSQttKpBu6SL5BY

Born to great promise
Dealt a horrible blow
Frozen coin prevails


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first CPU only
now GPU dominates
harder to solo mine

FPS2MxmsJRB365HRHQvHZ8XvLas83QLKGK

Two more:


He said he wanted
"Cold, hard cash." No substitutes.
Frozen was the key.


He found his way home--
lone, broke--yet cold cash online?
Saved! Frozen comes through!


FFYbkawiaapdY17kzRvSGWVZBr9ie14ijW

 ;D

Hey all,

Frozen's still fun :)

The closing date of the 700 FZ Haiku contest is getting nearer and nearer. The prices make about 0.1% of the total FZ supply, so don't miss to get poetic! Here once more the Haiku example from the original post (rules explained there, in short: please respect the 5-7-5 syllable scheme and include "Frozen"):


Good luck to all!

trenton

With great effort the sparrows fly
Faster and faster they will go
But the cold will stop them shy

Donate: FPURuimvDxrDgR9mcSVEvKxVwXsU4LRWVn

What the heck...

A cold time, ice about--
the stored heat of coins warms us--
Frozen brings the thaw.

FFYbkawiaapdY17kzRvSGWVZBr9ie14ijW

Frozen in time
All the other coins may be
The true king rises

Donate: FPURuimvDxrDgR9mcSVEvKxVwXsU4LRWVn

Countdown for this contest = T-4 days! :)

700 FZ for prizes, 10 winners at the minimum, check the OP for details and send your 5-7-5 syllables Haiku!

Good luck

trenton

A Frozen years end,
As A Young Coin Begins Life.
Warmed by our GPUs

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Ha that was fun :)  :-X ;D

edit: Not sure on the Haiku rules on abbreviations, personally I think you should let that one slide :P

No prob at all :)

(We had a short discourse in the beginning of the contest with the conclusion, that everything looking more or less like some Haiku is ok)

Good luck!

Cheers :)

Dear all,

LAST CHANCE to participate in the contest! Deadline for Haiku's with "Frozen" is today!

Good luck to all! :)

trenton

So pumped to hear the results! ;D

Deadlines gone,
Over in the blink of an eye,
Me? winner? :D

:D

Sticking to my rules in the OP I wait a bit with the announcement of the voting procedure ("I will post a "Contest Ended" statement at February 3rd, my local time") :)

Best greetings

trenton



PS: this is a Frozen Cliff Hanger :)

:P When you will post how the voting will happen :P ?

I'll medidate a bit about it :) The planning from my initial post:

    Until end of January 31st: post your Frozen-Haiku
    Until February 10th: voting starts
    Somewhen in February (date still open): voting ends

Best greetings

trenton

Hey all,

The Contest Has Ended! Thanks for your great contributions!

I'm still considering the one or other option about the voting, I'll see as announced in the original plan that it starts until Feb 10th.

Best greetings

trenton



PS: please feel encouraged to post further Haiku's for fun, even if they won't take part in the contest!

bit chilly
Bad weather for short trousers,
Frosty bits  ;D

Dear all,

The voting for the most popular Frozen Haiku has started! (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=455689.0)

Please feel free to post further Haikus! They won't take part in the contest, but they will inspire us all :)

Cheers!

trenton