General Poetry posted September 1, 2015


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Autumn

haiku (football sized pumpkins)

by hager

football sized pumpkins
creamed when autumn leaves touch down
winter loses yards




haiku - autumn writing prompt entry
Writing Prompt
Write a haiku on the subject of autumn

1) written in present tense
2) title must read, 'haiku (1st line of the haiku)'
3) only TWO words in haiku may start with the same letter ('as/and/the' don't count)
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) haiku must be in 'short/long/short' format
8) NO artwork or sound effects allowed
9) NO 'author notes' allowed
10) NO end line rhymes
Pays one point and 2 member cents.


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