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03-20-2007, 12:04 AM
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Haiku Contest
Some dimiss haikus due to their brevity, but in actuality they are one of the most difficult structures to write in: you have seventeen syllables to paint a picture that will last--haikus are generally focused on physical images, rather than abstract ideas or symbols.
To appreciate this powerful medium of prose: a contest! Keep them serious, please; and feel free to critique, though I'd prefer entries over criticisms. Make sure to give them names: after a sufficient number have been posted, we can make a poll to decide the 'best' haiku--one entry per user, please. Here's my entry, which I wrote for a poetry project not too long ago: The City Slumbers The city slumbers unaware of the thunder on the horizon.
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03-20-2007, 12:19 AM
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isfckingdead
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I <3 long titles, especially when they have the same amount of syllables as the piece itself.
To Pirouette Again Under the Curious Gaze of the Watcher On a silver sheet We danced in a figure eight As we kissed through glass.
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03-21-2007, 06:10 PM
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isfckingdead
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Bump, cmon!
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03-21-2007, 07:46 PM
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dontcareaboutyou
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: North Carolina
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Postcards Push
There is a staleness in the air, below my feet the wind won't blow here I did it cause ethan told me to.
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03-21-2007, 09:59 PM
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(Last line is four syllables.)
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03-23-2007, 07:31 AM
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Account Disabled
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Methville
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I made a few
MDL We had the cosmos But sold it for secrecy Enjoy your future Sleep As I shut my eyes Under the moonlit night sky You shine on, my star Sorry Light pitter-patter Soothing rain upon our house The cake is ruined |
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03-23-2007, 11:36 AM
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Scarf
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Brighton, UK
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Vitamins
I had me a grape I had me another grape Major pukage The ironic twist of fate on a slippery road Just for once I would like to get to know you too Car crash ruined it Blah.
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I rocked my shoelaces untied
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03-23-2007, 01:27 PM
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The Forums Sadistic Ghost
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: beyond midnight, in the abyss of time, the syren in the night
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do tanaka count, ie 31 sylibles 57577 pattern? if so i have some to post up here to, if not i'll post then in a set of haiku instead.
right now a haiku: sleep amoung the stars come to me my love let us frolic in the feilds and fall among the blooms
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03-23-2007, 04:18 PM
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I believe the term is 'tanka'; and sure, that's a variant form of haiku; go for it.
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