Opening Chapter Blag

Haiku Competition

Occasionally the Blag will set a competition. For this special launch issue your mission is to write a Haiku. You can define Haiku the way you want to, but for the purposes of this competition the type of Haiku that will stand the best chance of winning will be:

• A short poem written in English and formatted into 3 lines
• The first line should be five syllables
• The second line should be seven syllables
• The third line should be five syllables
• Direct metaphors, similes and other poetic devices should be avoided
• The poem should be an observation of part of the cycle of nature

Here’s an example of the type of Haiku we are looking for.

blown leaves collecting
at the foot of the elder
the forest is bare

A selection of Haiku will be published in the next issue of the Blag and one will be chosen to receive the prize of a signed book

Please send your entries to the Blag by using the form on the contact page with the subject “Haiku competition”. Please include your name, location and e-mail address with the statement: “This Haiku is my own original unpublished work”