ForumsArt, Music, and WritingHaiku Contest - Broken Bond (page 531, due: Feb 2)

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Maverick4
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A Haiku is a Japanese lyric verse form having three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables, traditionally invoking an aspect of nature or the seasons.

Well, that said, heres the rules:

1) The Haiku must be original (no plagarizing)!
2) It must fit the weeks theme
3) It must be submitted before the deadline
4) It must be submitted for the contest (no using works previously written)
5) One Submission per user
6) The Same User cannot win twice in a row (but there welcome to submit!)

Hopefully oneday the winner could get a merit...

The Deadline will always be a Wednsday, so the deadline for the first theme will be Wednsday, September 2. The theme is The Pond

(special thanks to 'thisisnotanalt'

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Maverick4
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The Pond: Alt
The Fruit Tree: GuitarHeroFTW
Mountains: Hectichermit
Through The Haze: Yielee
In a Garden: Bronze
Longest Road: ???

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Ernie15
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Tired merchants sleeping;


That is just one of those words that I never knew if it was one or two syllables. :P
dudeguy45
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It's two... not hard...

Ernie15
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Well that would mean that the first line of the haiku has too many syllables and is therefore invalid.

Did that make me sound somewhat sophisticated?

dudeguy45
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I have always found you sophi.... that.

Bronze
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Here I go, back to my roots. Inspired by an illustration in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.

Walking the high road
The shadows begin to fall
Watched from the darkness

Yakitori
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This road seems endless
Impenetrable forces
Make it look that way

yielee
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Lonely Mountain Road
Slowly Rising Temple Smoke
Sends Prayers To Heaven

Hectichermit
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That is just one of those words that I never knew if it was one or two syllables. :P


Well its one in my dictionary B)
Elitemagical
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It's two... not hard...


Suit youtself-it's very commonly pronounced as one syllable.
dudeguy45
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Ti-erd. Tired.

Maverick4
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Sends Prayers To Heaven


I think this line has one to many sylabuls Yielee.

Sends Pray-ers To Hea-ven
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Sends Pray-ers To Hea-ven


Are we doing the number of syllables by how it is listed in the dictionary or how it is usually pronounced when said aloud?

Because everyone I know says it as prairs.
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No worries, I'll just write another!

Maverick4
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It can be used both ways.

Source: Merriam-Webster.Com

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