Poetry competition CLOSED 20th August 2015 7:46pm
WINNER
Arbasyn
Arbasyn
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Kick-Ass Haikus
Poetry Contest Description
Let's write some haikus.
Hey,
"Haiku" is a traditional form of Japanese poetry. Haiku poems consist of 3 lines. The first and last lines of a Haiku have 5 syllables and the middle line has 7 syllables. The lines rarely rhyme.
The trick there would be to use 5 haikus to describe a landscape (or a place holding a meaning to you) and how it makes you feel. The four first haikus work as pairs, and the last one is kind of a conclusion.
You can have up to 2 submissions per poet.
Happy writing!
"Haiku" is a traditional form of Japanese poetry. Haiku poems consist of 3 lines. The first and last lines of a Haiku have 5 syllables and the middle line has 7 syllables. The lines rarely rhyme.
The trick there would be to use 5 haikus to describe a landscape (or a place holding a meaning to you) and how it makes you feel. The four first haikus work as pairs, and the last one is kind of a conclusion.
You can have up to 2 submissions per poet.
Happy writing!
"Snowglobe"
A runaway world,
The herald of mystic lands,
Sheltered behind glass,
Promise Land setting,
Destination directions,
Hidden underneath,
A sole bungalow,
Coconut laden palm trees,
And fish aplenty,
Whitest of beaches,
The sun dances off the shore's,
Microscopic pearls,
My future escape,
For now it's temporary,
In my own snowglobe.
(my grandmother gave me a snowglobe when they lived on a naval base in hawaii, I know it's not exactly what you were looking for, bit unorthodox on my part but this landscape means alot to me. A place I've been yearning to go my whole life, feel free to delete my previous posts to avoid confusion. :)
A runaway world,
The herald of mystic lands,
Sheltered behind glass,
Promise Land setting,
Destination directions,
Hidden underneath,
A sole bungalow,
Coconut laden palm trees,
And fish aplenty,
Whitest of beaches,
The sun dances off the shore's,
Microscopic pearls,
My future escape,
For now it's temporary,
In my own snowglobe.
(my grandmother gave me a snowglobe when they lived on a naval base in hawaii, I know it's not exactly what you were looking for, bit unorthodox on my part but this landscape means alot to me. A place I've been yearning to go my whole life, feel free to delete my previous posts to avoid confusion. :)
Arbasyn said:"Snowglobe"
A runaway world,
The herald of mystic lands,
Sheltered behind glass,
Promise Land setting,
Destination directions,
Hidden underneath,
A sole bungalow,
Coconut laden palm trees,
And fish aplenty,
Whitest of beaches,
The sun dances off the shore's,
Microscopic pearls,
My future escape,
For now it's temporary,
In my own snowglobe.
(my grandmother gave me a snowglobe when they lived on a naval base in hawaii, I know it's not exactly what you were looking for, bit unorthodox on my part but this landscape means alot to me. A place I've been yearning to go my whole life, feel free to delete my previous posts to avoid confusion. :)
Haha I love it! I cherish originality and love when people are turning up a prompt to their "sauce". Thank you for such a delightful kick off :)
A runaway world,
The herald of mystic lands,
Sheltered behind glass,
Promise Land setting,
Destination directions,
Hidden underneath,
A sole bungalow,
Coconut laden palm trees,
And fish aplenty,
Whitest of beaches,
The sun dances off the shore's,
Microscopic pearls,
My future escape,
For now it's temporary,
In my own snowglobe.
(my grandmother gave me a snowglobe when they lived on a naval base in hawaii, I know it's not exactly what you were looking for, bit unorthodox on my part but this landscape means alot to me. A place I've been yearning to go my whole life, feel free to delete my previous posts to avoid confusion. :)
Haha I love it! I cherish originality and love when people are turning up a prompt to their "sauce". Thank you for such a delightful kick off :)
Anonymous
The sun rises,
I smell blood,
Enemies dead,
Friends impaled,
What a nice day to start.
I smell blood,
Enemies dead,
Friends impaled,
What a nice day to start.
"A Tale of Places in 5 Haikus"
In my cellar home
forever hid from the world
always cool and dark
Days spent reading books
in a world all of my own
on my little cot
I imagine earth
Places I will never see
just on printed page
Look over the sea
View the endless desert plains
The vastness of sky
Ever denied me
my deformities condemned
by my Christian dad
In my cellar home
forever hid from the world
always cool and dark
Days spent reading books
in a world all of my own
on my little cot
I imagine earth
Places I will never see
just on printed page
Look over the sea
View the endless desert plains
The vastness of sky
Ever denied me
my deformities condemned
by my Christian dad
"The Mourning Mead"
Faceless names abound
Lying in the mourning mead
Pillars of the guild
Rolling emerald hills
Shrouding death and it's remains
Glisten sorrow's dew
A hint of fresh soil
Floating in the autumn breeze
Causes trees to shake
The dark of the day
Braids itself in misery
Among the flowers
I lie on my back
Watching black clouds roll the sky
And fade into naught
Faceless names abound
Lying in the mourning mead
Pillars of the guild
Rolling emerald hills
Shrouding death and it's remains
Glisten sorrow's dew
A hint of fresh soil
Floating in the autumn breeze
Causes trees to shake
The dark of the day
Braids itself in misery
Among the flowers
I lie on my back
Watching black clouds roll the sky
And fade into naught
Ass Kicking Haikus (Literally)
We need discipline
Currently it is lacking
A solution found
It’s Suitable for all
Those who step out of line
Can be corrected
Many deserve
Way too few actually get one
Such is an ass kicking
Anyone can take it
Some folk cannot dish it out
The man with one leg
I’d like to help out
I am a man with one leg
Up for sit and kick
We need discipline
Currently it is lacking
A solution found
It’s Suitable for all
Those who step out of line
Can be corrected
Many deserve
Way too few actually get one
Such is an ass kicking
Anyone can take it
Some folk cannot dish it out
The man with one leg
I’d like to help out
I am a man with one leg
Up for sit and kick
A NEW WORLD AWAITS
Awoken in pain
Memories that never die
Continue to burn
I'm forced to replay
all of those stinging lost days
haunting me each hour
New thoughts to play with
Nothing but another day
All taken away
Nothing to show now
All those things I struggled for
Now taken away
I can rebuild this
It is happening today
A new world awaits
Awoken in pain
Memories that never die
Continue to burn
I'm forced to replay
all of those stinging lost days
haunting me each hour
New thoughts to play with
Nothing but another day
All taken away
Nothing to show now
All those things I struggled for
Now taken away
I can rebuild this
It is happening today
A new world awaits
