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One thing I forgot to mention for the haiku is that it has to include a season word. This can be fixed by saying either "cold stone" or "cold ocean" as well as many other ways. There is a link in the form descriptions that includes examples of "season" words.
 
hmmnmm said:
at the risk of leading you astray, my understanding of haiku is to present the most vivid in the simplest terms.

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I would say that is a good goal for any haiku, but there are rules! of course, there are rules... Things a haiku has to have. Things a haiku can't have. Embrace the rules.
 
UnderYourSpell said:
ok the Haiku is up the spout but what do I do about this submitted Clerihew?
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If it was submitted to Lit, can you go to your list of submissions, edit it, delete it, and drop Laurel a PM to delete that submission?
 
all haikus have rules? or are the rules for haikus just for these haikus, these haikus that must somehow survive?
 
hmmnmm said:
all haikus have rules? or are the rules for haikus just for these haikus, these haikus that must somehow survive?
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all haiku have rules.
There are a lot of misconceptions about haiku. One misconception that I grind my teeth when I hear is : 5-7-5 As in the syllable count for each line.
Haiku can have up to 17 syllables. Haiku can have more than 3 lines.
Haiku must be completely objective... not value judgements at all-- pretty, best, etc.
No anthropomorphism. Haiku are like a snapshot.. a single instant.

Haiku must have a season word (winter, cold, hot, or animals or follage that is restricted to a season). Haiku often contains a contrast or comparison of images.. not difficult if you are including two objects in the haiku. It's just by having these two distinct objects or images. You wouldn't say one is taller, or directly compare them in any way.
 
LadynStFreknBed said:
all haiku have rules.
There are a lot of misconceptions about haiku. One misconception that I grind my teeth when I hear is : 5-7-5 As in the syllable count for each line.
Haiku can have up to 17 syllables. Haiku can have more than 3 lines.
Haiku must be completely objective... not value judgements at all-- pretty, best, etc.
No anthropomorphism. Haiku are like a snapshot.. a single instant.

Haiku must have a season word (winter, cold, hot, or animals or follage that is restricted to a season). Haiku often contains a contrast or comparison of images.. not difficult if you are including two objects in the haiku. It's just by having these two distinct objects or images. You wouldn't say one is taller, or directly compare them in any way.
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looks like you better unsheathe your crop if I foolishly succumb and plunge into survivor
 
Okay, so you flash a petticoat hem... come in distress's throes. Plant subtle hints. Good job. Then comes greed, shameless greed, gluttonous for more, chasing... again, chasing, tongue dripping, knees crawling across desert sands, to the point of exhaustion... maybe... probably... later. February. Next week. Day after tomorrow. ???
 
you know you want to...

resistance is futile. keep it up and UYS & i will tickle you until you give in.
 
It is true: sometimes you think you don't feel like doing something then you start doing it and you feel like doing it all night and into the next day. It's true.
 
But here's what I believe is more true: you're all just part of the Great Lit Sex Cult and this is just another ploy to lure in new fresh devotees. Yep. That would fit.
 
Those triggers don't look too friendly. So every poem must contain one of the listed triggers? No trigger-free poem?
 
hmmnmm said:
Those triggers don't look too friendly. So every poem must contain one of the listed triggers? No trigger-free poem?
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yes, but don't fear the triggers...

here, i'll let you hang on to my life preserver. we're all in this together... and the water's warm.
 
not sure it's fear, although it could be; just don't know. It's only January now. Who knows what might strike come a couple days, a backburn simmer. Who knows. Lot of rules though. Lot of rules. Rules always make me feel... oh, restricted. Teachers. Rulers. Teachers wield rulers. Pull triggers.
 
I won't deny the Idea is attractive, but when I dare gander at the Reality... and then if I perform a bit of my latest technique to help make decisions, which involves taking two choices and holding them in my hands and asking honestly, 'for sheer enjoyment you can have/do this, or this?'... y'know?

Now, if Observable Productivity was the criteria certainly the decisions would be different, but I've lately hopped on a wave of hope to achieve a pure state of pleasure-for-its-own-sake existence. If that makes sense. Rambling in here is a pleasure-for-its-own-sake. Sitting at the kitchen table, watching the snow fall and having at hand a sheet of paper and a pen and maybe or maybe not scribbling something that may or may not conform to a predefined structure or that a poetry expert may or may not grant a nod of approval or a frown of disgust, is a definite pleasure-for-its-own-sake contender. Attempting to compose something that is consciously destined to become a certain type of poem is less a competitive contender. Conscious observance of a trigger in same drops it even lower. At least that's the state of things today. Will not predict the same for tomorrow or even later today.

:heart:
 
On another hand, if it could be just a good reason to rub up against a couple curvy blondes, without really worrying about composing poems... the pleasure-for-its-own-sake lifts itself to a significantly higher level.
 
hmmnmm said:
On another hand, if it could be just a good reason to rub up against a couple curvy blondes, without really worrying about composing poems... the pleasure-for-its-own-sake lifts itself to a significantly higher level.
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LOL

indeed.

Since I enjoy a challenge & enjoy learning new things, the poetry survivor contest is quite pleasurable.
 
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