Heart Haiku Contest!
Write a clever haiku about any matter of the heart and win one of our new Humongous Hearts! This cardiovascular muscle plushie is almost three times bigger than the original, so its got a grand capacity for love. In case you forgot, haikus are Japanese poems composed of 17 syllables arranged in three lines of 5,7,5 syllables). You've got only heart to gain, so may the best original haiku win -- enter in the comments section below! U.S. entries only, sorry! Be sure to include a valid email address so we can contact you (it will not be made public on the blog). Contest closes next Monday!
Be warned all vampires
Stake and garlic breath have I
For thy heart and mine
My heart aches today
Is is that cute guy I met
Or indigestion?
Good luck everyone!
Here’s an old haiku of mine:
fourteen summers
the glue remains
of a paper heart
Alan Summers
1. The Haiku Calendar 2004 Snapshots Press ISBN 1-903543-07-X 2004
2. Disclaimer magazine, Bath Spa students featuring poetry, prose and artwork from Bath Spa students and alumni March 2008
my heart is broken
the haiku contest results
are not yet announced
Too young for a heart
Attack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack
Move body, eat right
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