Haiku Contest

[Drumachine09]

Contest: Best fish/aquarium related haiku

Purse; 15,000 points

Rules: Its your job to come up with the BEST fish or aquarium related haiku.

The scheme is 5 sylables in the first line 7 in the second, and 5 in the last. Here is an example:


In the glass ocean
The pink condy gently sways
"feed me shrimp" he says



Only one haiku per person for the entire contest, so make your only one good. NO PLAGARISM! I will close the contest on saturday.

[YaYgoldFish]

i don't know if this one would count but..:

Fish swim through water,
But much less well on my plate.
I prefer burgers.

[Incredulous_Ed]

i don't know if this one would count but..:

Fish swim well through water,
But much less well on my plate.
I prefer burgers.
lolololololol! that's great!

[cocoa_pleco]

lol, good one!


through the planted tank,
scurries the angel fish stealthly,
preying on tetras.

[Drumachine09]

Both of the entered ones are good poems, but are not haikus. Re count your syllables.

[cocoa_pleco]

through the plan-ted tank (5)
swims the angel fish slowly (7)
prey-ing on tet-ras (5)

[Drumachine09]

through the plan-ted tank (5)
scur-ries the angel fish stealth-ly (7)
prey-ing on tet-ras (5)


Its spelled stealthily, with 3 syllables.

[YaYgoldFish]

I edited it.

[cocoa_pleco]

I edited it.


ditto:1: :1: :1: :1:

[Drumachine09]

ditto:1: :1: :1: :1:



Dont think so. Recount line two. I came up with 9

[cocoa_pleco]

son of a michael jackson.


fixed it again

[Drumachine09]

son of a michael jackson.


fixed it again


no, still nine.

[Drumachine09]

Shwa? 2 entries? and only 1 that actually has the right syllable count? Its 15,000 points people! Enter the contest. You could win ;)

[Rue]

Pugnacious plakat
Flaring fins frightening foe
Sees self reflection

[Nick_Pavlovski]

Haiku of frustration:

Again I'm waiting
for the cycling to finish
and then add new fish
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Arty:

Big tank and small tank
tetras zooming past green plants
meditation place

[Drumachine09]

Haiku of frustration:

Again I'm waiting
for the cycling to finish
and then add new fish
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Arty:

Big tank and small tank
tetras zooming past green plants
meditation place



cycling has 3 syllables no? ill just use your second one.

[Rue]

Cycling has 2...

cyc and ling

[Drumachine09]

Cycling has 2...

cyc and ling


Ok, your right, but my instructions say ONLY one per person, so i will just use the first one. READ THE RULES!

[Nick_Pavlovski]

My mistake, I didn't read the rules...
sorry all...I used to partake in haiku comps on another forum and got carried away.

Please only accept the first one (the haiku of frustration).

[Drumachine09]

My mistake, I didn't read the rules...
sorry all...I used to partake in haiku comps on another forum and got carried away.

Please only accept the first one (the haiku of frustration).

Its no big deal. The first one it is.




The contest ends tommorow at around noon central time, so get your haikus in quickly!

[YaYgoldFish]

Its no big deal. The first one it is.




The contest ends tommorow at around noon central time, so get your haikus in quickly!


Contest over?

[cocoa_pleco]

Contest over?



its 4:31pm here, so id imagine so

[gm72]

I'm just seeing this, so even if it doesn't count, here it is...

Fish, fish so lovely
I really want you to breed
Do it now, okay?

[Drumachine09]

Im extending the contest for another 5 or so hours for lack of entries.

[gm72]

I don't think people understand how to count syllables.

I am a Speech-Language Pathologist, so it comes naturally to me!

[gm72]

...anyone? Come on, its not that hard!

Drum, maybe Haiku is easy for us because, as percussionists, we can feel the beat of the words?

[Rue]

...psssst! Stop it...you're reducing my chances of winning something! *SMACK*

[Drumachine09]

...psssst! Stop it...you're reducing my chances of winning something! *SMACK*


OUCH!!!! Ok, contest over.

[Drumachine09]

...anyone? Come on, its not that hard!

Drum, maybe Haiku is easy for us because, as percussionists, we can feel the beat of the words?


lol, we are awesome poets!

[YaYgoldFish]

When are you posting the winners?

[Drumachine09]

there was a tie. It was between rue and gm72. But since ive won the daily lottery 4 days in a row, i gave them each 15,000, instead of splitting it and giveng them 7,500.

[Rue]

YAY for winning points! *happydance*

[gm72]

Ditto with the happy dance. Jammin'!

[YaYgoldFish]

congrats GM and Rue :)

[Nick_Pavlovski]

Well done both,
but I'd hate to have to say Rue's haiku 10 times really quickly...a powerful tongue twister!