The January Haiku Contest!: Entry Thread.

[Bear]

And now, suddenly, and without warning... sponsored by The Elder Cave... its the...

First Annual January Haiku Contest!

Thats right, the January contest is a Haiku Contest! Whats a Haiku? A Haiku is a Japenese style of poem with a distinctive 5,7,5 arrangement of sylables to create its distinctive look.

Need an example? Heres everyones favourite forum mascot Frankies entery:

Crispy on the plate,
Porcine gift of the heavens,
Bacon is the nom.

Don't get it yet?

Cris/py on the plate (5)
Por/cine gift of the hea/vens (7)
Ba/con is the nom (5)

So now your wondering how to enter the contest? Its easy! Write a haiku on any subject you wish and enter it in this thread!

And now... The rules:
1. Only One haiku entry per person.
2. Enter only your Haiku. No pictures or bribary!
3. Don't discus the contest here. Do it in the contest discussion thread.
4. Deviating from the rules means disqualification!

Enteries to be taken between now and the 19th of January. Voting will then take place until the 26th, and voting will be in random brackets, until there are only 2 winners left. Prize as always, is a snazy colour for your name, and a shiney rank title. ;)

Previous contest winners can enter, and win, but the prize will be defered down to the person with the next highest number of votes to make things fair to those who haven't yet won anything.

Entry to simply consist of a short introduction to your Haiku concering its subject. IE. 'This is my Haiku Contest entry, its about X', and then your Haiku. Nothing more.

That is all, get Haikuing!

[Ithilion]

*wraps kimono around and ties hair in a samurai ponytail, then sits down in the middle of the garden*

elders around fire
the dark cave in winter grows
madness covers all

[Morwen]

*kneels next to master and pulls hair up with two pins*

frolic in bubbles
of mad dreams and shadow born
in spring we wither

[karpeth]

*Dresses extra english-y*

Putting on some tea
The britts and chinese unite
tea for everyone

[midgetshrimp]

Looks like a pirate
But doesn't say "arr" that much
Rum only in cake

[Fen]

This is a forum for Menage a trois, you know.

Lesbians are weird
Quod erat demonstrandum
For cocks are awesome.

[Don Alexander]

Finally home

As the sunset sighs
Rose petals dapple the lake
Love is eternal

(c) REDMAN 13. 1. 2009

Bit more of a classic feel - I hope. ;)

Edit: Specified flower to lower syllable count - "dapple" is way too nice a word to change. ;)

[Phoenix]

The bear growled at Don
--1----2------3-----4---5
Don ran off to get a gun
--1---2---3--4---5--6--7
WHOOSH! The bear got wet!
-----1--------2----3----4---5

[Asaryu]

stalking tentacles
sinister and murky depths
bubblybaff time!

[zgwortz]

Thousands of new posts
Just one weekend off the net
Must read them all now

[Peppercat]

Was riding my bike back home when this came to me

Southern summer nights;
Cool grass under my bare feet;
I wish you were here.

[MrBishop]

I've always done mine as 3-5-3.
I'll see if I can write one as 5-7-5...later

Four-oh-four
Object not found
under the net

**Disregard re: contest

[cyanide_sweet]

I'm just kidding about mine Don't actually vote for me guys

I am so clever.
Smexy pictures! Vote for me!
Bribery haiku.

[LadySheDevil]

Well, after wracking my brain for a few days, I can't think of anything original... So here's an old one, having to do with a certain couple of lycanthropes from the Harry Potter universe...

Fangs and fur and tongues
Dance wildly in the moonlight
Collars optional.

EDIT: Fix'd.

[MrBishop]

Find five syllables
Mix them up together, just so
hoping that they rhyme

**Disregard re: contest