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Welcome to Haiku Heights, a place for weekly Haiku prompts. Every Saturday, some time between 9AM and 12PM IST, I'll give a word as the theme for the week's haiku. You are free to use it as you feel appropriate (in a Haiku, or Senryu ; not a free verse). You can use the word, or build upon its meaning, the only rule here is that it should sync with the topic.! We hope you enjoy sharing your haiku with us here each week.

If you are a contributor here, you can also suggest topics for future prompts. I'll save your suggestions and pick up one from the list at random each Sunday! You can suggest at the prompt suggestions page.


Wednesday, August 17, 2011

The Height of Haiku Challenge

THE HEIGHT OF HAIKU CHALLENGE - SEPTEMBER 2011 



How high are you on haiku? Do you love the form and feel you can write a haiku a day? Do you want to try?

Haiku Heights is going to ask you that question this coming September. 30 days, 30 haikus is the challenge I'm throwing to you. Are you going to answer it? 

The challenge is just that; the remaining rules of Haiku Heights still hold for the duration of the challenge. 

  • I'll give the themes before the challenge begins. The prompts from #59 to #88, 30 themes will be there in the Haiku Heights Year 2 page on or before 23rd August 2011. 
  • I'll read whoever writes a haiku and comment; if not a haiku or senryu, I'll remove the link. 
  • The challenge is to write 30 haikus in 30 days, but you are free to not write for a prompt too. You can write for one prompt or few prompts or all thirty. I leave it to you. 
  • The haiku is to be written that day, sharing old haikus matching the theme isn't the aim of the challenge. You can write multiple haiku for the theme in one day too. 
  • The link widgets will be open from 12AM IST to 12PM IST the next day so all time zones are covered to a majority extent..
  • I reserve the right to remove a link if I find it to be hurtful or malicious.
Hope to see you all up for it. Looking forward to an enjoyable and challenging September with all of you.

Leo.

9 comments:

Eric 'Bubba' Alder said...

I think I can manage, since I post a haiku almost daily already (I'll have to add weekends, that's all)

Ramesh Sood said...

I look forward to it.. not as a challenge but as something that will give joy... may not be able to contribute everyday..I mean one can't say.. but shall try my best.. RS : )

Tarang Sinha said...

It’s really ‘the height of haiku’ but I’ll try for sure!

iblogmoore (Amanda Moore) said...

Ooooo count me in!

Heaven said...

This is indeed a challenge for me as I don't write a lot of haiku.

Please let us know the themes in advance so we can prepare for it.

Thanks for all the encouragement ~

Gowthami Nandigala said...

Hi...
This si quite interesting..

I will try..I know am not good at it..but I will try to learn :)

Nice thought!

imnotaverse said...

I'm in!

vivinfrance said...

and I am - a great idea, thank you Leo

Ananya said...

I am in too. Though I didn;t understand the rules quite properly.. I still will write for every day in september. :)