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"Silver Honesty"By: Penny
Cratered, silver orb
Revealing all my secrets
To you, Moon, I sing
"Haikus are fun little poems to create with friends or to write for loved ones, but they are also considered a serious form of poetry which can be found in literary journals and anthologies alike. Haikus can be written for both serious and unserious situations"I read the above quote over at the Literary Terms website. Apparently, writing Haiku is supposed to be fun. So I'm going to chill out and give an entry.
I don't know if I've done it right but here's my Haiku.
Before Me
I write words to build
God spoke. My life made. Before?
In the Secret Place
by Laura-Lee
"Captive"Locked inside my brain
And no key. Going insane
They won't let me leave.
(Do I get the extra points for rhymesssesss?)
(I wrote lyrics similar to this BEFORE Alec ever came out with that song, thank you very much. ;)
Breakfast CerealAs I pour my milk
Over my corn flakes I know
That I am in love
(I'll leave you deep-thinking poets to unravel the meaning of that.)
@Lana ummmmm *looks freaked out* I haven't thought about extra points :0
Haha, I was jesting, Anna ;) And SMAUG! WOWZERS, THAT's DoWnrIgHT AmAzIng, InCReDibE, InSpIrinG and BreAtHTAkinG!!
(Show Eli that one, I'm sure he'll find hints of loneliness and pondering)
I sit here and dreamAlone in the great big world
You are in my mind.
Don't forget titles!! :)Great job, everyone!
"Foggy Truth"
By: Shayna
Truth clings to my mind,
Barely see-able in fog,
It still is ringing...
By: Shayna
Truth clings to my mind,
Barely see-able in fog,
It still is ringing...
Smaug wrote: "Breakfast Cereal
As I pour my milk
Over my corn flakes I know
That I am in love
(I'll leave you deep-thinking poets to unravel the meaning of that.)"
Haha that is GREAT! Actually, everyone's is so good. Am I the only one who had challenges with this? But they were AMAZING challenges because I didn't even know Haiku's existed and it was super fun writing it!
As I pour my milk
Over my corn flakes I know
That I am in love
(I'll leave you deep-thinking poets to unravel the meaning of that.)"
Haha that is GREAT! Actually, everyone's is so good. Am I the only one who had challenges with this? But they were AMAZING challenges because I didn't even know Haiku's existed and it was super fun writing it!
Faith still needs to name her haiku.
Perfect, Faith!
Today is your last chance to get an entry in! Competition ends tomorrow morning.
Lana wrote: ""Captive"Locked inside my brain
And no key. Going insane
They won't let me leave.
Actually, one of the things I dislike about Haiku (here I go again) is that they rarely rhyme. Apparently, you are supposed to strive to keep it away from rhymes. My personal belief? If it doesn't rhyme it AIN'T A POEM! I say we give you ALL the points for
rhymesssesss?
Love LL
(Do I get the extra points for rhymesssesss?)
(I wrote lyrics similar to this BEFORE Alec ever came out with t..."
Faith wrote: "It will be named:Large dreams"
I think it should be called, Faith's Haiku.
And as far as Le'Kiss' entry. She actually knows how to write a Haiku. She was comfortable enough to break out of the 5, 7, 5 mold and still make a killer Haiku. Me? I kept counting the syllables on my fingers!
HERE'S ANOTHER WEIRD COMMENT FROM LAURA-LEEBelow is the first Haiku I wrote for this contest.
WITH MARSHMALLOWS I'M SQUARE
Arthritis body
Snap, Crackle, Pop, my noises
Human Rice Krispies
I decided against it but then I saw Smaugie's and thought, "Woah. That is so freaky!"
NOW here's something even stranger.
I will NOT be entering the Haiku contest.
I will not be deleting my posts and I'm not upset or anything but I'm getting a very strong, "No" from the Lord. I don't know why. But I definitely will obey.
But thanks to all for turning a rather nasty memory about Haikus into a pleasant experience.
Love Laura-Lee
HERE'S ANOTHER WEIRD COMMENT FROM LAURA-LEEBelow is the first Haiku I wrote for this contest.
WITH MARSHMALLOWS I'M SQUARE
Arthritis body
Snap, Crackle, Pop, my noises
Human Rice Krispies
I decided against it but then I saw Smaugie's and thought, "Woah. That is so freaky!"
NOW here's something even stranger.
I will NOT be entering the Haiku contest.
I will not be deleting my posts and I'm not upset or anything but I'm getting a very strong, "No" from the Lord. I don't know why. But I definitely will obey.
But thanks to all for turning a rather nasty memory about Haikus into a pleasant experience.
Love Laura-Lee
Are you sure you don't want to enter?
Title:Heaven- My Home
A vast universe
Within and beyond lie two-
One Earth, one my Home.
A vast universe
Within and beyond lie two-
One Earth, one my Home.
((Anna -- "Not bad isn't good enough. Not bad can get you killed." -Halt O'Carrick)) wrote: "Are you sure you don't want to enter?"Yup. You sweet thing. It doesn't feel intense or bad just " not for you". So I'll just cheer from the sidelines for this one.
Feel free to delete my Haiku from this thread. I thought if I did it everyone might think I was upset or angry, when I'm not.
Love LL
Le'Kiss wrote: "" Royal Warrior "Crown on my head
Sword at my hip
Following His lead
I'm His royal warrior"
Leyla!! I think the rule might have to be you HAVE to follow the 5,7,5 syllables, as Anna said above. That's a fantastic poem, but you might get disqualified :'( !!
Okay, Laura!And well...yes, the rule did say to follow the 5 7 5 syllable thing, which means there would only be three lines. It is a beautiful poem, but I don't want to pick and choose with favorite people or anything. This competition is now closed, but I'll give Leyla some time to go back and edit hers before I get the polls up.
This competition is now closed.
Okay!! Cool. And Leyla, if you'd like, you could put the original one in the sharing threads.
Sorry Leyla...I froze the thread thinking that you could edit your comment, but not everyone can do that. If you'd like, you can go ahead and post your revised version. I'll probably work on getting a poll up in a couple hours.
No more comments here please--thanks! (Only Leyla if she so desires :P)
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I don't know much about haikus at all, but I thought it would be fun to give this a try. Thus, these are the rules for haiku writing:
"Haiku is a very short form of Japanese poetry in three sentences going in the order 5 syllables 7 syllables and then 5 again." ---taken from Wikipedia
You are allowed to write your haiku about anything you like so long as it follows the group's rules and follows Wikipedia's definition of a haiku--you can write one about the picture, but you can also do something completely different that has nothing to do with it.
1. Do not steal someone else's haiku and enter it for your own.
2. Follow the general idea above.
3. Please give it a title.
4. This contest starts NOW (1/13/20) and ends Saturday (1/18/20).
GO!!