General Poetry posted September 7, 2015

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haiku -love contest entry

A chapter in the book 2015 Haiku

haiku (lovers embrace)

by Gypsy Blue Rose

Writing Prompt Writing Prompt write THREE separate haiku on the subject of love - don't have to be in same location. That's a total of nine lines with a line space in between each haiku 1) written in present tense 2) title must read, 'haiku suite (1st line of the FIRST haiku)'. If title is too long for the site to accept, don't worry and just fit in as much as possible 3) only TWO words in EACH haiku may start with the same letter ('as/and/the' don't count) . You may use two words with the same first letter and two OTHER words with a DIFFERENT same first letter in each haiku) 4) no punctuation except for proper nouns or hyphenated words 5) two lines of inter-connected and grammatically flowing imagery (written as ONE sentence over two lines), plus a satori line ('ah-ha' moment). Satori may be 1st or 3rd line 6) Personification is welcome but not necessary 7) each haiku must be in 'short/long/short' format, with the middle line having more syllables than each of the other two - '5-7-5, 4-6-4, 3-5-4' as examples. Each haiku may have a different syllable count 8) NO artwork or sound effects allowed 9) NO 'author notes' allowed 10) NO 'gerunds' ('ing'-ending words) allowed 11) NO end line rhymes

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