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
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It’s Japanese poetry
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Poet’s
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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