International HAIKU competition
INTERNATIONAL HAIKU COMPETITION
Gimnazija Vič, our Slovenian partner school in Ljubljana, has invited Poli to join the annual HAIKU competition. This year four schools are taking part:
Ava Gymnasium, Sweden
Jrvenp Gymnasium, Finland
Gimnazija Vič, Slovenia
Poli, Hungary
Haiku is a three-line, seventeen syllable, Japanese poetic form.
Each line has an exact number of syllables. It is also required to ’suggest’ a single season. It might be directly, by using a word like ’snow’ for winter, or indirectly, by tone, imagery etc. The poems should be written in English.
first line 5 syllables
second line 7 syllables
third line 5 syllables
total: 17
These were written by Slovenian students last year:
’Running away from
equations, in a cosy bed
with Sylvia Plath’
by Grega Ulen
’The sun slowly sets.
Silence all over the park.
A leaf gently falls.’
by Dunja Kristan
‘Smell of fallen leaves.
Soft rain, warm coats, strong black tea.
It’s the best perfume.’
by Lina Berlot
‘snail house
warmth helps me
to forget you’
by Ana Semrov
and a few more examples:
’I drink my tea
and say
Hm hm.’
by Jack Kerouac
’Aft er supper
on crossed paws
Th e cat meditates’
by Jack Kerouac
As you can see, sometimes the rules can be broken… give it a try and write!!! The best haikus will be published in a book.
The DEADLINE is: 8 NOVEMBER
If you have any questions, contact
Edina,
Csiga,
Mr Black
or Rob