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
You kknow what else is amazing? I myself have lost all internet connection because my wifi isnt responding. this has happened for 4 days... and still no judging? now isnt that something to worry about? now, im not angry, im just dissapointed
[I only released the Top 5 because the judging is long overdue, and we need to get moving again. If your Haiku did not place, and you would like to recieve a critique, message me your haiku and state that you would like a critique.
As Creator of the Haiku Contest, I have the authority (if not, lets all pretend that I do) to make new rules. Over the past few weeks, many (myself included) have commented about the judging, or lack there of. So from now on, if your comment doesn't have anything to do with your haiku, or helping someone else's haiku, or to ask a clarification question, it is spam. I'll get a mod to delete the unwanted post.
TL;DR: Comments about the Judging are now spam; don't do them. ____________________ b]5: Acmed[/b]
As the fog blinds me, As I see the glimpse of light. That is my way home.
This one is pretty good. It describes a nice scene, and turns a rather depressing topic into something that has hope. Having two lines that both start with 'As' is awkward to say outloud though. Keep it up.
4: Master565
The fog rolls over The trees go on endlessly The path home is gone
This one is pretty much the exact opposite of Acmeds. Where his finds a home, yours loses it. Could have used a little puntuation though. Good job.
3: Emperor Palpatine
A dense fog rolls in, Obscuring what lies beyond, Dare I go deeper?
This haiku was unique in the sense that it was the only one that gave off the impression of the author standing on the edge of the woods, rather than in the midst of the them. It ask a basic question, and pulls it off nicely. Good job.
2: Quirinus1
Ancient trees guard it, those woods, dark mysterious. Great evil lurks there...
When I read this, the first thing I thought of was the 'Mirkwood Forrest' from LotR. Rather than take a dark look at the picture, it rather makes it out to be evil. Middle line should have been capitlized if your other lines were, but still good job.
1: Graham
Shrouded in self-worth; A true glimpse above detracts from our own decay.
My favorite haiku of the bunch. This one was the only one that really went completely out of the physical, literal realm. Thats not easy to do, and the fact that you did it well really makes a good haiku. Congratulations, you win a merit.
Again, if you want a critique, message me your haiku and state that you want a critique.
The new theme is 'The Day Lily', and submissions will close on August 16. I will judge the next round, since I was originally schedueled to do so.
Let's not create anymore posts that are strictly complaints, alright? If it's posting to tell everyone that you don't have the project but will have it later...it's this. Obviously, complaining about the judge not having the results up as soon as the entries are due. But I don't see a "judge's due date", do you? Look, just keep the complaints to yourself, and we won't call it something else, mmk?
