Poetry Challenge
Haiku This! Choose Your Bloom
Haiku Hub Poetry Prompt
According to Lord Tennyson at least, in Spring a young (and old) person’s fancy turns to love (yes, I expanded on his thought just a bit). With 3 lines — 17 moras, in classic haiku form — share your perspective on love in bloom…but there’s a twist: read on!
To many of us, Spring brings renewed thoughts of love, and flowers and love are often interchangeable. Perhaps not for everybody, though! So tell us, in your best 5/7/5 syllables (classic haiku poetic form, no variations please), how you respond emotionally to flowers. And here’s the twist:
Tell us in two different ways, by swapping one line out! Share two versions of your haiku in the same submission, with just one line changed. They can be two ways of saying the same thing, or perhaps there’s a plot twist. Ever struggle between two words, nuances, or even two totally different endings? Now you don’t have to choose!
Here’s an example to start you off:
We can’t wait to read your submissions! (And don’t forget to uncheck that pesky metering checkbox, please.)
Tagging just a few of our current writers…apologies if I’ve missed you, and let me know if you want to be tagged going forward!
S Lynn Knight 🖖🏳️🌈, Tracy Aston, Gosia Rokicka, China Cancio, Indira Reddy, Zev, Tasneem Kagalwalla, Elizabeth Helmich, E. Scott Alighieri, anna breslin, alto, JusTee, Wild Flower, Sally O’Dowd, Willow T. Lovelace, Tien Skye, DHBogucki, Colette, Nicole Willson, Efe Nakpodia, Richard Childs, Harper Thorpe, Kerry Kuhn, Aura Wilming, marika bianca, Daan Spijer, Patsy Starke, Kittie Phoenix, Ashwini Dodani, pamela star, Ashwini, Daniel Roxas, Paul S Markle, Rahul Misra, Owen Banner, Bruce Brachna, Fierce Force 💃🏼, Ambarish Chaudhari, Kesava Mandiga, Kathy Jacobs, Evelyn Roe, Steve Frank, Quintin van Heerden, Tanu Vohra, E-Dragonfly, Annie Littlewolf, J M Jackson, Rhonda Marrone, Moses in the Wild, Shadi Mirza, Ruth Lazkoz, johnronand, Esther Spurrill-Jones, kurt gasbarra, Crooked Little Flower, Jackie Ann, Parijat Bhattacharjee, Heath ዟ, Mela Blust, Randy Shingler, Mateen Manek, Tre L. Loadholt, David M. Dulkrazu, Anna Rozwadowska, Debbie Aruta, Prateek Joshi, Kim Andersen, Ré Harris, Michael Ramsburg, Jesse Wilson, Ikenna Anyabuike, Ali Wyles, Natalie Frank, Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology), Aaska Ejaz, Dennett, NSFS, Mitul Bhat, Susan Brearley, A.I. Root, D. E. Monnier, Samantha Wallen, Guérin Asante, Javier Gómez, Alice Evergreen, August Alondra, Joey L., Trip Kimball
