One Line Haiku
Poetry Contest
Why do poets write one line haiku?
Alan Summers addresses this in a quote from the book: traveling the single line of haiku: "I find that haiku reminds us to use caution with our words, and also helps us realize the value of a single word. In terms of "economy of language", one-line haiku makes full use of very few words, even more so than three-line haiku."
BrokenWordsPoet writes: one line haiku "...are pretty (and are) the poets preference for formatting the haiku at the moment."
Contest Rules:
As it is with traditional haiku, there MUST be a satori (a break in thought)
but this contest has NO seventeen syllable requirement.
BREVITY is ideal, 12 syllables or less is best.
Like traditional haiku, the words MUST express something that can actually be seen, heard, or touched in the real world.
As it is with senryu, NO kigo is required (a seasonal reference).
As with traditional haiku, NO poetic elements are used (metaphors, similies, alliteration, personification, etc).
For this contemporary haiku contest, post no picture.
Down in the Author Note section, please type the same haiku wording used for your entry as a haiku tercet (for readers? viewing and study).
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The following examples are from the internet, plus one of my own:
heading home I return the stone to the river
- Stuart Quine
heading home
I return the stone
to the river
the blind child reading my poem with her fingertips
-- Elizabeth Searle Lamb
the blind child
reading my poem
with her fingertips
in the eggshell after the chick has hatched
-- Michael Segers
in the eggshell
after the chick
has hatched
meteor shower rapid heartbeat as I watch
-- Janet Qually (Spangle)
meteor shower
rapid heartbeat
as I watch
The contest winner will win the full prize pool. This is a winner take all contest. In this contest at least 2 submissions must be made for the vote to begin.
Deadline: Contest is closed. Deadline was Tuesday, December 7, 2021.
Full Contest Listing
Alan Summers addresses this in a quote from the book: traveling the single line of haiku: "I find that haiku reminds us to use caution with our words, and also helps us realize the value of a single word. In terms of "economy of language", one-line haiku makes full use of very few words, even more so than three-line haiku."
BrokenWordsPoet writes: one line haiku "...are pretty (and are) the poets preference for formatting the haiku at the moment."
Contest Rules:
As it is with traditional haiku, there MUST be a satori (a break in thought)
but this contest has NO seventeen syllable requirement.
BREVITY is ideal, 12 syllables or less is best.
Like traditional haiku, the words MUST express something that can actually be seen, heard, or touched in the real world.
As it is with senryu, NO kigo is required (a seasonal reference).
As with traditional haiku, NO poetic elements are used (metaphors, similies, alliteration, personification, etc).
For this contemporary haiku contest, post no picture.
Down in the Author Note section, please type the same haiku wording used for your entry as a haiku tercet (for readers? viewing and study).
*****
The following examples are from the internet, plus one of my own:
heading home I return the stone to the river
- Stuart Quine
heading home
I return the stone
to the river
the blind child reading my poem with her fingertips
-- Elizabeth Searle Lamb
the blind child
reading my poem
with her fingertips
in the eggshell after the chick has hatched
-- Michael Segers
in the eggshell
after the chick
has hatched
meteor shower rapid heartbeat as I watch
-- Janet Qually (Spangle)
meteor shower
rapid heartbeat
as I watch
The contest winner will win the full prize pool. This is a winner take all contest. In this contest at least 2 submissions must be made for the vote to begin.
Deadline: Contest is closed. Deadline was Tuesday, December 7, 2021.
