Poetry competition CLOSED 19th October 2022 12:27pm
WINNER
UbiquitousVoid
UbiquitousVoid
RUNNER-UP:
Josh
ORWELLIAN HAIKU 101
Poetry Contest Description
Write a new dystopian Haiku inspired by literary depictions of the future, be they fearful or other.
Write a new dystopian Haiku inspired by literary depictions of the future, be they fearful or other.
Entries can evoke dystopian or utopian, or post-apocalyptic visons or something else.
What terror would they break you with in room 101?
Format
You can stick to the standard 3-5-3 Haiku format
Or up to four lines of free or metered verse, even prose.
All forms will be accepted as long as they are between 3 to 4 lines.
New writes, unless you have a piece that fits.
When it comes to judging I will judge. However, if those who enter want to help me decide, feel free to let me know of an entry other than your own, that you think should win.
The wasp sting grows near
The wasps produce no honey
Only noise and fear
DREAMSCAPE : DYSTOPIA
Veiled by smoke billows
The starlight has been consumed
A tithe for shadows
Written by UbiquitousVoid
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smelting ice age
Icebergs in meltdown
The ginormous thaw
Thirsty earth frowns
The ginormous thaw
Thirsty earth frowns
Written by Zaynab_kamoonpury
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The New Atlantis
The ice is now gone
Cities the new Atlantis
Men living under.
Cities the new Atlantis
Men living under.
Written by robert43041
(Viking)
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1984 now (Senryu chain)
Fiction, turned to fact
darkened warnings a travail
regaled farmyard tales
In 1984
Orwell wrote a classic book
best and worst reversed
Oppression, bombs chaos
four legs on two feet, vain ego
metamorphosis
Ukraine's bloody war
arrogant dictator needs
room 101, now
Putin locked forever
shackled, starved, living with rats
smell the shit he cast
darkened warnings a travail
regaled farmyard tales
In 1984
Orwell wrote a classic book
best and worst reversed
Oppression, bombs chaos
four legs on two feet, vain ego
metamorphosis
Ukraine's bloody war
arrogant dictator needs
room 101, now
Putin locked forever
shackled, starved, living with rats
smell the shit he cast
Written by slipalong
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Anonymous
The Age of Intellectualism
Finally, A.I.
eclipsed mankind's brainpower;
gave efficiency.
At first, things were great—
tackling Herculean tasks
saving us much time.
Then, disaster struck:
remarkable robots spawned
superior young.
Over time, things changed.
Each generation smarter—
vanquishing us all.
eclipsed mankind's brainpower;
gave efficiency.
At first, things were great—
tackling Herculean tasks
saving us much time.
Then, disaster struck:
remarkable robots spawned
superior young.
Over time, things changed.
Each generation smarter—
vanquishing us all.
Written by Wafflenose
(Ellie)
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Haiku/Senryu, Nr.09 — History Repeat
Tower of Babel
is being built. The language
is technology.
Written by Josh
(Joshua Bond)
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