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
Lost in labyrinth. I follow her lovely voice. Eyes closed, heart open.
I pronounce labyrinth, labrinth. But I googled it and I got three syllables... Is that how it's normally pronunced? I'd rather use lost in a labyrinth, but I'm not sure if it's also often pronunced with two, or if it's just me.
Well that was speedy if I do say so myself. It's been a long time since I judged, so I hope you all enjoy.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The "Clapping your hands and counting doesn't hurt" Award
Rise thy black shield Mask yourself, for all women Hath fury of love ~salvidian
It seems to me this individual's shield is protecting him from women. Nice old English vocab, but your first line is only 4 syllables. Other than that, thought-provoking haiku.
This tree held by fire Caressed branches fall and burn As flames yearn for heights ~aknerd
After a fierce argument with myself, your syllable scheme is off. "Fire" has two syllables. It was a nice "haiku" otherwise, but it also doesn't fit the theme, unless the fire has a crush on this tree.
Sorry, but you two are disqualified.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Cultured Gentleman Award
Michael is full of love and hate, searching for his dear sister Laurie. ~GhostOfMatrix
I'm sure I would be more appreciative of this haiku if i knew the reference... *searching google*... Ah, Halloween. "But dudeguy, you've never seen Halloween? What a queer!" Yes, I know, but one thing about haikus is that they should usually be as universal as possible. Hopefully achmed is more cultured.
The Optimistic Bookworm Award
Love is like a book. When the beginnings look bleak; They end happily. ~CheapCheep
Except, of course, the Harry Potter series, where the formula is revered. Nice haiku, good grammar with the semicolon, and nice metaphor. "To the school counselor" Award
cutting hearts daily ripping emotions apart deathly love come here. ~killersup
Not the gushy love that I expected from this theme, so nice diversion. It gives me the idea of physical carnage, but it can also be a metaphor for ending relationships. Bravo.
Wheeeeeeeere, is love? Award
Love dropped down and died Hope flowed away to find it but it was lost, gone ~murasaki
Niiiiiiiice. I like the personification, and the repetition at the end is reinforcing. Also fits the theme nice. Good haiku.
"To the Dictionary" Award
Seek venture my sweet Palpation of thy heart beat let fly, dread to fall ~jazmoon
I admit, I had to look up palpation for this. Once I found out what it meant, I think you confused your words. Assuming you meant Palpitation, not Palpation (which is physical feeling to determine size, doesn't really fit) your haiku is excellent. I'm always down for rhyming haikus, it may not be traditional but whatever. Excellent vocab, but I'm gonna cut you a break since Palpitation would mess up your syllable scheme, and you didn't technically write it. Other than that, excellent haiku.
Love in the Cornmaze Award
Lost in labyrinth. I follow her lovely voice. Eyes closed, heart open. ~dair5
The last line is a killer. Theme fitting. It shows how blind love is, and nice vocabulary. Interesting how you put a period after the first line. It does break up the flow a bit, but that's a minor issue.
Classic Award
"Don't cry; I'll return." Yet tears overflow my heart; I must pursue her. ~jeol
Get the girl, man. Not many people use quotes in haikus, so nice job with that. Good grammar, and your haiku probably fits the theme best. Good job. Quest Activated Award
Elusive temptress, Who we all go in quest of Stop running away ~goumas13 Another good fit for the theme, I like how you make love a "quest", which it truly is. You could of, in the last line have said "Stop fleeing from us". Ya know, big words impress me. But nice haiku. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And the winner is:
dair!
Nice haiku man. You nailed the theme and brought up how blind love is... since there is no merit.. I present to you...
THE INTERNET!
I feel like I did a good job on the track to getting merits back, so keep up the good work guys.
Rise thy black shield Mask yourself, for all women Hath fury of love ~salvidian It seems to me this individual's shield is protecting him from women. Nice old English vocab, but your first line is only 4 syllables. Other than that, thought-provoking haiku.