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
Oh, they're easy to throw together, but if you want to have some sort of meaning in them, and make it sound good and, more importantly, sane, you'll find that it's quite hard to limit them to the amount of syllables that are allowed.
@GhostOfMatrix and RayOfLight The deadline for the entries was the 27th so I'm not sure if Frank will take your haikus into consideration. He might because ha hasn't posted the judging yet but I just wanted to let you know so you won't be dissapointed if your entries aren't judged.
Sorry about not submitting the ranked winners guys! Yesterday was just horrible. I had to stay in bed for most of the time, which is also kinda why my activity for the day was horrible as well.
Sorry you two, I can't accept those. Maybe after I submit the winners I can request that the mod add the deadline date as well. A short 2/12/11 should be short enough.
Now I know I said 6:30 EST, but I feel that since I was already late I could be a little more early than that, right?
SO, let's get this belated party started!
Wood Award - Jaza_M
The shadows of doubt, Cloud himself and his vision. What was he to do?
Contemplation is a big part of Psychological Occurrences, the theme of last week's haiku. Depending on your cognitive processes, you could reach various different conclusions. Metaphorically, doubt cast shadows over this guy's mind, clouding what he once knew or clouding what he should know. It's powerful imagery, indeed! That break before the second verse wasn't too healthy, I'm afraid. I felt that it would have been much nicer if it all flowed into one phrase, both poetically and grammatically.
Iron Award -- Jezz
Knew you would say that. Saw this scene, sleeping, before... Am I on replay?
De-ja Vu, right? Freakenstein smells confusion within this haiku, which does well for the type Jess went for. At least I thought so. For all I know, she might not be doing a De-ja Vu themed psychological haiku at all! I love the second verse! You broke up the words well so that it made sense.
Gold Award (merit winner) -- Waluigi
Deep in the realm of sleep, visions project themselves sweet dreams of times past
Very well done! I don't know really what to say about this one actually...But I have to--judging, lateness, sickness and all that.... It paints such a great picture in my mind, no pun intended, about a guy, tired from the day's exhaustion, that goes to rest and becomes enveloped in his wishes and wants. Times past? Usually I dream of the above (wants and wishes). Did you do this on purpose? Making me want to know the back-story to his past? Hmm? It is presented so calm, inviting, and peaceful...
Medal, presented to him for a week; he stands on top of the world.
And with that, congratulations to Waluigi! Be sure to message a moderator for your merit winning!
Theme: Yin/Yang (page 281)
Deadline: 2/11/11
Judging: 2/12/11
^^^Whomever renames the thread, can you include the deadline of this week's haiku inside this time please? Thank you!^^^
So let's take a look at this. This haiku's theme is Yin/Yang. Good and evil, right? You can make a haiku about pure good and pure evil, or you can make a haiku that involves both at once. Make sure to provide it with substance!
