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
Patience Nater. It looks like we'll have to wait a little bit - the competition closed yesterday but sometimes judging can take a while. Anyway, it's better this way. The judge has more time to reach a decision.
Judging time is here, good old midnight. Shall I begin? Yes I shall. I'll do a top seven, just because I like the number seven.
Oh yes, and before I begin, I have an announcement. I'll be taking a break from judging, permanently. I'll still be a backup judge if it's ever needed, but as it stands, I'm too dam unreliable to make a viable judge. So, yeah. I'll decide a judge tomorrow. I'm up for Possum or Samy, one or the other.
Seventh Place - MoonFairy
Went through the monsoon Into the eye of the storm Finally there's peace.
Monsoons don't have eyes, but hurricane is close enough. Same season.
Sixth Place - Possum
In southern Asia, The seasonal wind does blow, Bringing rain with it.
Aside from it's not just Asia, nothing wrong with the haiku. Good job.
Fifth Place - Dudeguy
Drip, Drip, Drip SPLASH SPLASH Under my lean-to, im scared Wheres my umbrella?
Kinda lulzy, really. Your fault for getting stuck in the rain.
Fourth Place - TrumpetFury
Absolute terror The monsoon will strike at you With fear gripping you
For not saying you're not very good at these, you did pretty good. Excellent.
Third Place - FallenSky
Lashing winds arise To feed imagination Monsoon in my soul
Creative. Sounds more emotional than physical, different aspect.
Second Place - Teeheegirl
The rain like nails The wind's song slicing through me Summer's deadly storm
I especially like that second line. Good imagery. Sounds quite painful. xD
First Place and the Merit Winner - Avorne
Pure drops upon stone Howling winds crash through the street Onyx clouds encroach
For some reason I got a medieval theme when I read this. Nice imagery and makes good use of the theme.
Now go collect your merit.
As for the next theme, it shall be Departure (very thematic for the moment, don't you think?). The deadline will be decided by the next judge as whenever they feel like.
Now, goodbye as your judge. Go cry yourselves to sleep that I'm gone. Please, it'll make me feel good.
Good job everyone, I'll admit that I didn't put as much effort in my haiku than I should've; I learned the lesson. Anyways, it's pretty sad that you're leaving Enter, but don't be late on your departure *wink*. It'll never be the same without you, but is the new judge already chosen? Not that I'm asking for the post, but I wouldn't mind. Well good luck to all for the next round.
