[competition] Write your own haiku!
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Lord Frederick North
Ok -first of all, sorry everyone. Real life has snowed me under, and it's been 3 (!) days since my last proper article. Think of this as an apology.
So. Haikus. Ancient Japanese poetry. First, I'm going to tell you how to write them. Then you a) are going to write one and b) will get food for it.
Every peson who writes a haiku will receive 10 Q2 food (40 hp) for taking part. Then, I will judge them and awar😛
3rd place: 20Q2 (tot. 30)
2nd place: 50Q2 (tot. 60)
1st place 100Q2 (tot 110)
So the top place is worth 9x as much as the usual DQ!!!
How to write a haiku:
Most of you will know that to call it a haiku, it has to follow teh pattern:
5 syllables (eg/ "Rain on the treetops)
7 syllables (eg/ "The hurried wind, blowing in my face")
5 syllables (eg/ "Ah, feel the biting cold")
So all together, we have my haiku:
Rain on the treetops,
The hurried wind, blowing in my face,
Ah, feel the biting cold.
A rushed example but you get the idea.
Having trouble figuring out the number of syllables? Type it in here: http://www.wordcalc.com/
So what else?
Well, traditionally, haikus relate to the seasons, as in the example above (Winter). A haiku that does not relate to the seasons is a pseudo-haiku. For example:
Tyre tracks over the lawn
Horns blaring out at the night sky
Dark kings of the road
Here, I chose to write about cars -making this a pseudo-haiku. It also is not Kireji.
Kireji is where the poem is cut in half by something. Usually, either the first 2, or the last 2 lines follow one theme, then the poet switches to another theme. So
Rain on the treetops
The hurried wind, blowing in my face
Ah, feel the biting cold
Here, I have tried to use "ah" to break the poem. Did I succeed? You decide.
Over to you. Pleas note that taking haikus from the internet is cheating, and I will disqualify your entry if I suspect it is so. I am accepting pseudo-haikus, and those without kireji, but they'd better be very, very good.
Comments
Syllables neede😛
It's five, then seven, then five,
Makes Haiku easy.
Have 10 food for taking part.
However "Syllables needed" is only 4 I'm afraid. "The syllables needed" maybe?
I see bees buzzing,
Grass growing in the field,
As the sun rises
😃 any good?
Syllable is pronounced Syl-la-ble, so "Syllables needed" is 5
Birds high in the sky,
The breeze gently blowing by,
Wishing I could fly.
Hows that 🙂
LOL Lord North, sort your English out before telling people they are wrong 😃
I don't give a crap.
But screw all your silly rules.
And give me a cake.
Also,
Rain on the treetops,
The hurried wind, blowing in my face,
Ah, feel the biting cold.
that's
5
9
6
Seriously man, do you even understand what you're talking about?
That website is wrong you linked lies.
why oh why oh why
why oh why oh why oh why
hawaii* five-oh
[*ha-why-ee - just in case .. lol]
lolol
lololol
lmfao
everyone is dying
so I laugh at them Ha Ha
never felt sorry
Matt Hirst seems angry
Perhaps some masturbation?
It helps to calm me
I apologise
The vulgarity was bad
Children may read this
Blossom falls, whirling
Around tombstones; those fallen
Men left far behind.
Having been erased,
The document you're seeking
Must now be retyped.
Ah ok. The website lying makes more sense. Verdict repealed 🙂
Meanwhile:
3rd place: Blue and evil
2n😛 Matt Hirst
1st: Another war veteran
Well done everyone, and apologies for dodgy link.
Conquer French regions,
Fight for the Campaign Hero,
Enjoy the 5 gold.
Write us all a haiku
Make it fit the constraints or,
Omae wa mou shindeiru!
I am not angry
I masturbate plenty, kay.
Bad Griffinator.
I win the contest
Then I win the Nobel Prize
Fuck shit shit fuck fuck