SPRING HAIKU DEADLINE IS TONIGHT AT 11:59 PM – THE STREET LIGHTS SHOULD BE ON A BIT BEFORE THEN, GIVING YOU AMPLE TIME TO WRITE WITHOUT GIVING UP ANY TIME IN THE SUNSHINE
“Grain by salty grain,
I bring the beach home with me,
smuggled between toes”
by Alison Colby-Campbell
The nearly fulfilled promise of Spring got you waxing poetic???
There is a time and place for that.
Now!
On my blog!
Surely you remember the Haiku form most likely taught in fifth grade – three lines: First line is 5 syllables, Second line is 7 syllables, Third line is 5 syllables.
This is actually the American style of the Japanese form of poetry traditionally inspired by nature.
This is how the first ever – One Perfect Ku (5/7/5) – 24-Hour* Spring Haiku Contest (c) will work… *more or less
DEADLINE – By 11:59 pm EST on Monday, March 19, 2012.
RULES: Craft your 3 best, original, Spring-themed Haiku. You are allowed up to 3 entries per person; all must be based on the Spring-theme. Submit your entries either together or under separate cover to: alisonhere@msn.com. Do not post…
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