梅が香に 追いもどさるる 寒さかな - Matsuo Bashō
"The scent of Ume blossoms
is chasing back,
the cold weather."
How do you see the spring?
What have you noticed, experienced?
What characterizes Spring for you?
What place, what mood comes to mind?
But what is a Haiku? What makes it differ from other poems?
We recommend that you take a good read through this checklist:
https://www.graceguts.com/essays/haiku-checklistHow to participate:
Choose a suitable seasonal words that reflects 'Spring' and write a haiku and submit it to us.
We accept:
-Unpublished Haiku
-Haiku with your choice of a seasonal word of 'Spring',
-and up to two haiku per person
Prizes (in CAD) will be awarded in the following categories (depending on number of submissions, we may collapse or change some categories):
- Haiku in Japanese: Best overall $30, Second best overall $20
- Haiku in English: Best overall $30, Second best overall $20
- Best Haiku by someone 16 years and younger: $30
Use this form to register for the Contest and submit your works, whether in English or/and Japanese,
by June 22 2024, end of day (Mountain Time, MDT).