Can You Haiku? Contest

What is Haiku?

• Haiku is a traditional form of Japanese poetry.
• A Haiku poem has 3 lines of 17 syllables – consisting of 5, 7, & 5 syllables, respectively.
• The rules for writing Haiku in Japanese are strict, but in other languages it is simpler.

• Example from a Haiku Master, Murakami, Kijo (1865-1938):
  (5) First autumn morning
  (7) the mirror I stare into
  (5) shows my father’s face.

Contest Rules

• Runs from April 1-19, 2016
• The winning poem receives a $25 Barnes & Noble Gift Card AND a FREE dinner at BMCC’s 28th Annual Asian Heritage Month Dinner on Thursday, April 21, 2016
• Winners will be announced on April 20, 2016
• Every Haiku poem MUST contain any variation of the word NOTE
• Professor Dorothea Coiffe (Library) coordinates the annual Can You Haiku? Contest
• Contest judges are Profs Dorothea Coiffe & Syeda Begum

Enter your haiku poem in the contest via this page.

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