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Do You Haiku? Is Haiku For You? Poetry Contest

Write your own haiku



Enter the contest April 1 – 30



Traditional Japanese haiku has a total of 17
syllables divided into three lines

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five syllables

seven syllables

five syllables



Have you tried Haiku?

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It’s Japanese poetry



Best to do today



Title
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Poet’s
Name _________________________________________________



Phone
Number _________________________________________________



or



Library
Card Number   _____________________________



Contest
guidelines



Write
an original haiku in the traditional three line five-seven-five syllable format. Enter
as many different haikus as you like. Once you write one you will want to write
more!



All
ages are welcome.



Judges
will select the top three haiku poems to win a prize.



Submit your entry to: Lakewood Pierce County Library



6300 Wildaire Road S.W.



Lakewood,
WA 98499 •
253-548-3302

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