Wordsworth Gabe Atkinson

This week’s challenge was to choose a word beginning with K or W and provide us with an inventive new definition.

Allan Laidler of Wellington writes: Warehouse: A plaintive cry from someone struggling in the property market. Also from Allan: Kindergarten: A more favourable place to plant your vegetables.

From Leslie Cooper of Dunedin: Watertight: To impose a strict limit on the time a guest may spend in your shower.

Picton’s Nozz Fletcher: Weatherbeaten: Hardship suffered by farmers as a result of climate change.

Two from Hamilton’s Yvonne Moosberger: Knapsack: To be fired for sleeping on the job. Ketchup: A yacht stranded high on the ice.

Palmerston North’s Ian McDonald: Wavering: Jewellery worn by the Queen when riding in an open carriage.

Peter McDonald of Whangarei Heads: Keepsake: A lock-up cabinet in which to conceal your best rice wine from the in-laws.

Hans Zindel of Palmerston North: Kowtow: To remove livestock from a flooded area.

Dianna Rule of Dunedin: Kaftan: An alfresco restaurant in the desert.

Mangawhai’s Maureen Skinner: Kayak: Informal discussions taking place during a hangi.

Poppy Sinclair of Karori: Whimsical: A bicycle tour organised on the spur of the moment.

Kate Highfield of Hawke’s Bay: Kindred: A deep fear of extended family coming to stay.

But this week’s prize goes to Auckland’s Rex McGregor: Kimono: Global reaction to the latest North Korean nuclear test.

For the next contest, describe an embarrassing incident in the form of a haiku with a 5-7-5 syllable count. You may choose to draw on personal experience, take inspiration from the news or create something fictional. Entries, for the prize below, close at noon on Thursday, October 12.