Disparage your Marriage: Haiku edition
Feb 5, 2018 16:29:57 GMT -5
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Post by Dan on Feb 5, 2018 16:29:57 GMT -5
It’s time for this year’s installment of “Disparage your Marriage”, an occasional challenge to the commemorate the dysfunction of the sexless marriage in verse. (Poetry being a staple of sappy Valentines cards, let's fight fire with fire...)
This time, the theme will be “haiku”. Please write a haiku poem -- earnest or comical -- expressing your experience, feelings, or advice about living in a sexless marriage.
Quick refresher: Haiku form is traditionally considered three lines (that don’t need to rhyme); with a pattern of 5 syllables on the first line, 7 on the second, 5 on the third. Bonus points if you work in a reference to a season or something else in nature, as is customary in Japanese Haiku.
I’ll get us started: see the first two examples, below. (The second one gets the "nature bonus".)
(Recommended formatting: Font Size 4; italics; centered. Accessible via the web version of the site; not sure if available on other readers such as Tapatalk.)
UPDATE:
The winner will be given the accolade “ILIASM Poet Laureate” for 2018!
To be a contestant, simply write a Haiku and post it on the contest thread soon. Multiple entries are allowed.
To vote, simply “like” any poem that meets your standards. Multiple votes are allowed.
Voters are encouraged to consider the depth of evoking our community’s ethos, literary merit, and conformance to the prescribed form (haiku).
Have fun!
The fine print:
Note: as the thread initiator, while I would be flattered by your votes, I recuse myself from competition for the accolade!
FYI, previous poetry threads:
Cracked Nursery Rhymes:
iliasm.org/thread/1564/cracked-nursery-rymes
Disparage your Marriage: Couplets for the Sexless Couple (on EP.com):
www.experienceproject.com/stories/Live-In-A-Sexless-Marriage/7656014
This time, the theme will be “haiku”. Please write a haiku poem -- earnest or comical -- expressing your experience, feelings, or advice about living in a sexless marriage.
Quick refresher: Haiku form is traditionally considered three lines (that don’t need to rhyme); with a pattern of 5 syllables on the first line, 7 on the second, 5 on the third. Bonus points if you work in a reference to a season or something else in nature, as is customary in Japanese Haiku.
I’ll get us started: see the first two examples, below. (The second one gets the "nature bonus".)
(Recommended formatting: Font Size 4; italics; centered. Accessible via the web version of the site; not sure if available on other readers such as Tapatalk.)
UPDATE:
I’ve decided to make this Haiku thread and actual ILIASM contest!
The winner will be given the accolade “ILIASM Poet Laureate” for 2018!
To be a contestant, simply write a Haiku and post it on the contest thread soon. Multiple entries are allowed.
To vote, simply “like” any poem that meets your standards. Multiple votes are allowed.
Voters are encouraged to consider the depth of evoking our community’s ethos, literary merit, and conformance to the prescribed form (haiku).
Have fun!
The fine print:
- Voting will close and the end of the day on Valentines Day. (Since we have members in just about all time zones, that will mean early morning of Feb 15, Eastern US time.)
- Thread will be sticky during the period the contest is open for new votes.
- The thread may be locked or moved for a period on the 15th to prevent voting while the votes are tallied by one or more moderators, after which the winner will be announced, and the thread will be unlocked to allow additional post-contest participation.
- Ties will be decided in favor of the earlier post gleaning the same number of likes.
- Voting for one’s own post is considered bad form; a self-vote will be subtracted, but this will only be checked if the top vote-getters are within one vote.
- Admin's decision will be final!
Note: as the thread initiator, while I would be flattered by your votes, I recuse myself from competition for the accolade!
FYI, previous poetry threads:
Cracked Nursery Rhymes:
iliasm.org/thread/1564/cracked-nursery-rymes
Disparage your Marriage: Couplets for the Sexless Couple (on EP.com):
www.experienceproject.com/stories/Live-In-A-Sexless-Marriage/7656014