It’s summer, no really, it is, and to celebrate, we’re launching the Remedy Creative summer Haiku competition.
If there are any Haiku purists reading this post, now is the time to look away. And yes we know, the plural of Haiku is Haiku, but cut us some slack here.
There are different ideas for the structure of the perfect Haiku, but in this case, what we are looking for is a three line poem in a 5, 7, 5 syllable format. The theme has to be summer, and to show you what we mean, here’s one what we wrote earlier:
Asleep in garden
Forget to put on suncream
I look like lobster
All your Haiku needs to do is make us smile, giggle or go “wow” a little bit, to stand a chance of winning:
a one-off, money-can’t-buy, extra special prize – your Haiku as a stunning typographic poster –
designed and printed by Remedy and delivered with love (or in the post).
To enter, simply post your haiku as a comment below.
Terms & Conditions:
1. You can submit as many entries as you wish.
2. Automated entries will be disqualified.
3. Entries must be received by midday on 22nd July 2011.
4. A winner will be chosen by an independent panel from all the entries received.
5. The winner will be contacted via email on 22nd July 2011 and delivery of the prize will be arranged.
6. The poster will be delivered in a frame unless the winner is outside of the UK.
7. The winner consents for their name to be used for publicity purposes by Remedy Creative Ltd. in printed and/or online formats.
8. Remedy Creative will not pass on your details to any third party without your prior consent, but your name will be shown on our blog.
Tags: Haiku, poster, poster competition, summer
collected by day
solar lights flicker by night
echoes of the sun
summer images
melt in a puddle of light
edges blurred by heat
Dreams were of summer,
Parasol now put away,
Just brolly good times.
When summer is gone,
Good times will be remembered
With each sunny smile.
Cruising with top down
Looked at too many girls now I’m
Floating in the lake
Frisbee in the park
Really must wear shoes next time
Dog poo everywhere
Wasp, enjoyed my wine,
Now lazily slumbering,
Intoxicated.
When the sun shines bright
And the birds are singing clear
That is when I smile
When it is raining
And the birds have gone inside
That is when I cry
Spain has given us
Antonio Banderas
And some hot women
Sweet, tipsy laughter,
Mud sandwiches and champagne,
‘Party in the Park’.
She sells her sea shells
On the sea shore to tourists
Thanks to recession
London to Brighton
Memories of Hampstead Heath
Planking on the beach
Warm summer breezes,
Dreaming, beneath golden sun,
Then alarm woke me.
Bee sting, mosquitos,
Barbeque set hair alight,
Much safer indoors.
Sick as a parrot
But the best team won Gary
At end of the day