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Elizabeth was a close runner up in a previous contest, proving the wisdom of the adage, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again!” Win or lose, haiku is a worthwhile endeavor. If you have never tried writing haiku, it is quite a challenge to evoke a poignant emotion moored in a decipherable seasonal setting using a prescribed number of syllables per line. If you are at all like me you will start out with a feeling or mood surrounding a subject matter that in its genesis seems pretty promising -- call it a thesis. Now try to convey it with economy and style using seventeen syllables, five/seven/five. Seasonal reference, objective sensory description, contrast and resolution are important, and you’ll need to craft it in such a manner that it rolls out comfortably, like it always existed. Chances are it will sound pretty clunky and forced, and the fleeting sense of, “Hey, I’m on to something here” soon gives way to “Boy, this is harder than I thought!” Here is a link to a primmer on haiku that we have offered before as a worthwhile introduction to the art should you be enticed to give it a try. http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Haiku-Poem Now through June 1st we will accept submissions for the Spring 2011 Igneous Rock Gallery Haiku Contest. Don’t forget the criterion that we have added to the traditional haiku criteria – your original haiku must convey Igneous Rock Gallery products in a favorable light! Oh, and Elizabeth’s winning entry: frosty winter stone |
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