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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.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

The April Heights - Day 26 - #138 - MELODY




Hello! Welcome to Haiku Heights.The countdown to the last week of this beautiful month of poetry and haiku has begun. This is day 26 of the month, and including today's prompt, we have 5 left to go. My name is Leo, author of the blog "I Rhyme Without Reason" and your host here. Today is our twenty-sixth topic for the month and our 138th overall. Aakriti of the blog, "Yarn of Words" gives us today's topic, MELODY. Have fun!


This prompt will end at on 27th April 2012 at 1 PM IST.

These are the general rules here. I rephrase them just so no confusion exists.

1. Write a haiku on the prompt given and post in your blog.
2. Link back to Haiku Heights either with the code given in the bottom bar here, or with a hyperlink.
3. Enter your name and link into the Linky widget. (It should be the post link, and not your blog link in general)
4. Read and enjoy as many of the other writers as well. 

  • Some of my readers, and new writers at Haiku Heights had asked me how to write a proper Haiku.
  • Haiku is Japanese poetry form that has three meaningful lines which are complete and reflecting nature.
  • Haiku have syllabic limitations as well. A traditional one has eleven or seventeen syllables, in a strict 3-5-3 or 5-7-5 format.

We wish to celebrate the haikai forms through your words. some poets are straying away from the Haiku format so kindly stay within the Haiku limitations. I know it is difficult but very challenging too!!

Thank you. for more details READ HERE.

Please note: I will remove the link if the post is just a random one or another form.

Please note: The plural of Haiku is still Haiku and not Haikus.

Please note: THE HEIGHT OF HAIKU - APRIL 2012, A 30 DAY 30 HAIKU WRITING CHALLENGE.. TOPICS and DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE HERE.



A small request to all the entrants on the Blogger platform. If you could kindly turn off the word verification on your blogs, it'd be a lot easier for other participants to comment on your blog. The new CAPTCHA type of verification is quite muddling, and it's confusing even the actual bloggers as well.

You can also interact with other poets who are part of this challenge by visiting our interaction page. Click on the tab in the menu above, or just click here.
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