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The Haiku Zoo! Show #4 New contest theme is TEMPTATION!

poeticsnakePosted for Everyone to comment on, 5 years ago4 min read

The Haiku Zoo!

Do you enjoy writing a haiku? Would you love to learn more about them? We are doing a new show every week on the You Got Snekked discord server! During the show we give people a chance to read there work and we will pick 3 winners every week! Scroll down to read more about the contest!


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Where and when?

Every Thursay!
5 PM EST
9 PM UTC
YOU GOT SNEKKED SERVER


With your hosts @breeze and @poeticsnake!

contest and theme!

Theme for this week 3 is TEMPTATION!
You can use this theme for your work in every way you see fit!

RULES!

Write a post with your haiku.
Use this weeks theme.
Use Haiku Zoo in your title.
Post your link as a reply to this post.
Use the thehaikuzoo tag as one of your 5 tags.
Follow the haiku rules! (Read what a haiku is down below)
To be able to win you NEED TO BE ON THE SHOW! The show is on Thursays!
The moment the show starts you can't enter anymore! So make sure to use the coming days wise!

What can you win!

First price: 100% Poeticsnake + Organduo upshare!
Second price: 75% Poeticsnake + Organduo upshare!
Third price: 50% Poeticsnake + Organduo upshare!


Fair Warning!!!! The hosts will be brutally honest during the show! If your haiku is not a haiku we will say it! We are not going to sugar coat things! ((Muhahhahaha)) Just wanted to let you all know!


@breeze and @poeticsnake both hope to see you on the show this Thursday!

The winners of last week:

1-Osasoft
2-Vicky
3-Keith


TO JOIN YOU GOT SNEKKED ON DISCORD, CLICK HERE

What is Haiku?

Haiku is a form of poetry, first made popular in Japan, which has become appreciated around the world. Haiku poets are challenged to convey a vivid message in only 17 syllables.

One of the greatest Haiku poets was the Samurai, Basho (1644-94). Basho's father was also a Samurai from the Iga province. To become a Samurai, Basho served a local lord who was fond of writing.

Basho learned the style of writing Haiku, and wrote under the name, Sobo. During the years, Basho traveled throughout Japan writing and further developing the Haiku style. He died in Osaka, Japan in 1694, and continued to write haiku up until his death. A sample of Basho's haiku style:

Spring morning marvel
lovely nameless little hill
on a sea of mist

In Japan these poems are valued for their simplicity, openness, depth and lightness. Structural Rules

• Use exactly 17 syllables
• Syllables are arranged in three lines of 5-7-5
• Avoid similes and metaphors
• Refers to a season of the year

What is a Haiku about?

Haiku poems can describe anything, but are seldom complicated or hard to
understand. Almost all Haiku has a dominant impression, or main idea, that appeals strongly to one of the five senses.

The Seasonal Theme

Each Haiku must contain a kigo, a season word, which indicates what season of the year the Haiku is set. For example, blossoms would indicate spring, snow would give the idea of winter, mosquitos would imply summertime. The seasonal words isn't always that obvious, you might needs to consider the theme of the poem to find it.

For example:

Clouds appear and bring
to men a chance to rest from
looking at the moon

The seasonal word in this Haiku is clouds, indicating the rainy season.

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