WRITE A ONE-LINE HAIKU
Poetry Contest
Example (author unknown):
"my barn having burned to the ground, I can now see the moon."
Notice this uses CONCRETE IMAGES (the barn, the moon).
NOT PHILOSOPHY OR ADVICE (does not say "Look on the bright side" or "Materialism affects our outlook on life" - It leaves that for the reader to figure out). It does not use clever poeticisms (like excessive alliteration, rhyme, simile or metaphor).
FOR THIS CONTEST USE:
only one line
no more than 14 syllables (fewer is okay)
present tense (concentrate on this moment)
concrete, objective images
(something you can see, hear, touch or smell)
minimal punctuation and capitalization
no personification
no simile
no overt metaphor
a nature or seasonal reference
no art work
no author notes
for description line use only:
"one-line haiku"
for title use only:
"haiku (few words from first of poem)"
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