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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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FallenSky
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Actually I did get it. More than that, though, is that I am surprised one as young as yourself gets it! (Oh, and Genesis is one of my fav bands of all time, although Peter Gabriel went and ****ed everything up....)

I'm not surprised you're surprised. I don't follow trends of my time, and progressive rock of the seventies/eighties fascinates me. As you said, Genesis became horrendously bad after Peter left. I'm glad someone did get the reference!

@Graham; I wasn't so far off then was I ^^.

FallenSky
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To all: seems there's some kind of fuss about the theme. If you know more than one definition to the term Catalysis, you're free to go down the road you wish.

halogunner
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the liquids bubble
the mass of plasma vibrates
speeding reactions

Freakenstein
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The ''Haikus are not supposed to rhyme'' award; slayguy8!


Haikus are able to rhyme. It's not a rule!

Well, at least I got a special mention. Shows that that haiku was pretty good!

What I intended for that haiku to be about was Father Time, and how he works his magic to make the world turn.
1337Player
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Okay, after an (1/4) hour of researching here's my haiku.

The way it changes,
heat emitting from the core.
Kinetically.

I hope that made sense.

FallenSky
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Haikus are able to rhyme. It's not a rule!

Thus the word ''Supposed''. Moreover, it's stated on the very first page by the original judge maverick that they are generally unrhymed.

As for the theme, don't think of it only as a chemical term ^^. Think of how it can applied in the everyday life.

BlackSkullDragon
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Congratulations shayneii for your win.

[quote=HidenxBeast007]the man got in trouble
i blew a bubble
he liked to tumble[/quote]

The first line in your haiku has six syllables and the second one has only five.

And now my entry:

The world must change now,
Speeding things up will not work.
You made it all worse.

KingLemon
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the man got in trouble
i blew a bubble
he liked to tumble


adding on to BlackSkullDragon, the first two lines rhyme (trouble and bubble) traditionally haiku's do not rhyme...
HahiHa
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Clashing of powers
The razing hatred and blood
Make men blind and deaf

1337Player
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As for the theme, don't think of it only as a chemical term ^^. Think of how it can applied in the everyday life.

I was going to do something non-related to the chemical definition but then I came up with that haiku.
FallenSky
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I was going to do something non-related to the chemical definition but then I came up with that haiku.

Just said that because everyone seemed to look only the chemical definition. Here's what I meant:

Wuthering wind is
Weighting on the frail red leaves;
Bringing them to ground

Where the wind is the catalyst to the fall of the leaves.

wolf1991
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Typhoon of struggle
Lashing the battered shoreline
Leaving husks behind

Freakenstein
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adding on to BlackSkullDragon, the first two lines rhyme (trouble and bubble) traditionally haiku's do not rhyme...


I'm going to clarify this once more so everyone will know:

Haiku's can rhyme.

Japanese Haiku's don't.
iMogwai
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What time is it now
I dunno I ate my clock
Tasted like five seals

1337Player
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Wuthering wind is
Weighting on the frail red leaves;
Bringing them to ground

Where the wind is the catalyst to the fall of the leaves.

Oh I see. That makes total sense now.

When's the deadline?
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