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
Nice wording. I really like the way it's put together. You put a rather destruction scene into beautiful words... I LOVE YOU... I mean, uh, the haiku...
2nd Place: Jazmoon
Flame tempts, course with fire bottle laughs, gurgling with glee Morning, i'm reborn
I think the flow through this one was fantastic. The words were spread out just enough for me to feel the full effect. Nice one Jazzy!
1st Place (non merit winner...): aknerd
A drowning phoenix Caught in eternal rebirth Born knowing its end
SINISTER. I LIKE IT. DIE PHOENIX. Nah. But the emotion did catch me, and it caught my attention as the winner for this round! Yours really has the heart in it all. Here! Take this... self achievement!
Though many people say that my personality is the cause of this thread nearly going down the toilet, we must
The key words in Gantic's post was lackluster judging, which it still appears to be. You're writing two short generic sentences for each poem. I could do that and I'm terrible at poetry. Put some more thought into it like Fallen, Maverick, and Frank used to.
Tip: Analyse the poetry itself, and not just give some skimpy comments. Don't appreciate the diction? Why? Was it too generic? Vague? Not impactful enough? How was the rhythm, tone, imagery used? Might be stretching in a Haiku, but they are still possible to talk about. Treat the poetry as someone you have to interrogate. Go in depth.
Michael is full of love and hate, searching for his dear sister Laurie.
Jason was loving till he drowned at Crystal Lake; now he pursues kids.
Yes, I referenced famous horror films. Yes, I know that I can only enter one haiku. I'll try to make a better one some other time or decide on which of those I want to enter.
Thanks for second n.n i do want this comp still to continue merit or not and i hope people still take part. The fun and creativity in writing poems should be the reason people enter not a silly merit, but it dose encourage people to join in which is good.
Love is like a book. When the beginnings look bleak; They end happily.
Yay, I placed. (4th, but whatever...) I was waiting for this kind of prompt. (Still not my best poem but again, whatever) Right now, I have a crush on a girl. I've been trying to write that perfect poem/story but attempts fail.
