spring haiku
Poetry Contest
Write a Haiku. A Haiku has three lines. The first line has 5 syllables. The second line has 7 syllables. The third line has 5 syllables again.
It must be a poem about spring. There must be a seasonal reference, to spring.
Haiku doesn't rhyme. A haiku has to paint mental image in the reader's mind in 17 syllables allocated as you like in three lines.The goal of a haiku is to capture a single moment with very few words.
There must also be a last line which pulls it all together after two concrete images.
Present tense!
Personification is allowed.
Artwork is optional.
No author's notes!
The contest winner will win half of the prize pool of 90.00 member dollars. In this contest at least 2 submissions must be made for the vote to begin.
Deadline: Contest is closed. Deadline was Friday, January 24, 2014.
Full Contest Listing
It must be a poem about spring. There must be a seasonal reference, to spring.
Haiku doesn't rhyme. A haiku has to paint mental image in the reader's mind in 17 syllables allocated as you like in three lines.The goal of a haiku is to capture a single moment with very few words.
There must also be a last line which pulls it all together after two concrete images.
Present tense!
Personification is allowed.
Artwork is optional.
No author's notes!
The contest winner will win half of the prize pool of 90.00 member dollars. In this contest at least 2 submissions must be made for the vote to begin.
Deadline: Contest is closed. Deadline was Friday, January 24, 2014.
