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
I think that the theme is good but it might be hard for some users to come up with something about Ancient History.
I thought so. Well I promise to make next week's haiku contest MUCH more exciting!
By the way, could you give me your opinion in the amount of syllables in "we'll" because I want to know if I will have to change the last line of my haiku.
I believe it's one syllable. Lemme check...yeah, it's one syllable. Dictionary.com says the pronunciation is "weel", so it's all one syllable. --------------------------------------------------------------------
Well, we got a couple more...we will see how this plays out.
Well...Hello guys... I was going to make a story about how I forgot to bring my charger for my laptop when I went on vacation last week, but since someone already judged...I'll limit myself to ''sorry pals''.
Anyhow, I'm happy to be back from vacation, but a week without internet or any laptop at all was pretty bothersome.
So yes, I'm back for good now and I plan to judge next round.
But yeah, I had to take control of the reins for a bit. "The show must go on!" as some people would exclaim. So after tomorrow's judging, Fallen will judge again. Sounds like a plan!
Woah tomorrow! I have to make a submission quick! As for the last round, I'm satisfied with the judging, Zoark's entry was fantastic. But seriously Freak, ''Leaves don't have hope''!?
As we cling to hopes
It's a comparison process!! Nice job everyone, sorry to be such a letdown judge from time to time. I had really planned to judge on vacation but I forgot my charger and since it takes me hours and hours to judge I was kind of screwed :P
Yesterday's blossoms Like days from antiquity So full of wonder
It's kind of a dual theme, although "antiquity" is the focus of the metaphor. I'm hoping it's enough with the theme to be considered, but I wanted to try the more traditional style of focusing on nature in haiku while still having the theme a focal point in my poem.
