I have been noticing a lot of poetry on the site recently, and I thought it would be nice to have a friendly little poetry competition. There will be a weekly theme, and the entries will be judged by one of the moderators or administrators. This week's theme will be "Water." The deadline is Saturday, August 2nd. The winner will be awarded 25 Armor Points.
The entries are closed for now, I'll be announcing the winner later tonight (after I get out of work).
I'm switching it up this week (hopefully it won't backfire on me) and having the form be haikus. There is no topic, so express yourselves.
Any poem not following the haiku form will not be considered to win. For a refresher, a haiku is a three line poem. The first line has five syllables, the second has seven, and the last has five. Have fun!
@Toadlord, for yours to work, you need to take out the middle syllable in, "Different." Try, "diff'rent," otherwise, that last line is 6 syllables.
Aug 23, '08 at 4:48pm, Toadlord wrote:
It really all depends on how you say it. Some people also say Sigh-uh-mese instead of Sigh-mese.
The amount of syllables in a word is a funny thing influenced by metathesis, haplology, and elision (really fun words to say, especially together). Different notation would, perhaps, provide a standard for pronunciation, such as using an apostrophe to remove a syllable as suggested by Estel. An accent can be added to add a syllable such as in Line 5 of Sonnet 116. And I'm pretty sure "Sigh-uh-mese" is the proper pronuciation.
Here is my haiku:
Omelette for breakfast At the end of dinnertime The chicken is done
