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
Ernie said he would have the oxygen theme judged by Saturday or Sunday. Well it is Tuesday.
Nag, nag, nag...
I'll do the judging right now, but it won't be an elaborate one that everybody likes because I just don't feel like judging every single entry. Just the top 5 will be posted.
Sorry for the very late judging. I haven't had much energy for the past week or so, so I've been putting off judging for a while. Hopefully the next time I judge I won't be so exhausted; at least, not without a good reason.
Since I will be offline for the next few days, I thought it best to do the judging now instead of wait until Monday.
I assure you I've read every entry, and there were three in particular that popped out at me. My mind is so exhausted that I can't express my critiquing in words, and I don't quite even know how to finish this sentence, but....here are the awards:
3rd Place - Dudeguy45
Draw your final breath Don't take your air for granted your lungs thank you
2nd Place - FallenSky
Fading for so long Inert in the sterile bed How I'd like to die
1st Place - Maverick4
On top of the world, Light-headed euphoria. Crystal are the skies.
This was a hard choice, but out of the three that jumped out at me, Maverick's jumped the highest; so to speak. Congratulations Maverick, go inhale your merit!
The next theme is The Old West and the deadline is June 17.
Kewl, we wait so long and don't even get our haiku judged. Well I understand, I'm sorry that you are so exhausted, hope it gets better. And I do think it's a good idea you put off judging for a while.
