Swap Coordinator: | Chai (contact) |
Swap categories: | Letters & Writing |
Number of people in swap: | 6 |
Location: | Other |
Type: | None |
Last day to signup/drop: | June 1, 2007 |
Date items must be sent by: | June 10, 2007 |
Number of swap partners: | 3 |
Description: | |
Hello! I'd like to host an international swap for Haiku lovers! We will each send 3 partners at least one haiku each on handmade postcards, more are optional. You must send them as handmade postcards. So you will send three postcards out total. Haiku can be either on the front or back. If you have a rating lower than 3.5 or have any no-sends, you will be banned. Please don't sign up if you're not going to send anything. I can't be responsible for no-sends, although I'll do my best if it's a problem. Happy Swapping!!! <3 Chai If you need help writing haiku, here's a reminder: Haiku is a poetic form originating in Japan. As written in English, haiku are extremely short poems written in 17 syllables or fewer, often (but not necessarily) arranged in three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables each. Haiku make use of concrete imagery or sensations, not abstractions or metaphors, and are often (though not always) concerned with the natural world. The important thing is to write about the experience or the image, not about the feelings themselves. These feelings will be most powerful if suggested indirectly, by letting the reader experience the image that the haiku conveys, rather than by trying to tell the reader what to feel. |
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