Cynewulf has invented a new form - at least, he thinks it a new form - of poetry, a haiku-like form, that uses interrogative in the final line.
The usual haiku 5/7/5 syllable count, ending in a question. Here is an example, one I wrote to try out the form.
{panwulf - time}
slow relentless drops
falling onto weathered rock-
will the water win?
No limit to the number of entries. Usual rules. The judge will answer your panwulf with a new one - keep it going, if you can!
Go write, and have fun! I will increase the winnings as entries come in.
The usual haiku 5/7/5 syllable count, ending in a question. Here is an example, one I wrote to try out the form.
{panwulf - time}
slow relentless drops
falling onto weathered rock-
will the water win?
No limit to the number of entries. Usual rules. The judge will answer your panwulf with a new one - keep it going, if you can!
Go write, and have fun! I will increase the winnings as entries come in.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on July 28
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 100, Bronze: 50, Honorable mention: 1 people
- Final notes: I let Cynewulf do the judging, as I had had all the fun answering the entries! His choice :
1st/ Grains of sand
2nd/ Heavy Bumblebee
3rd/ Can't be claimed as new
runner up/ Leaves into a stream
I have thought about these. I just liked them the most.
Thanks again for all te wonderful entries. I hope you had as much fun as I did!
Contest Winners
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The grains of sand fall
mixing in the hourglassby Griswold 2 lines, 71 comments, on Jul 22 11:13 PM. In Contest, Panwulf, Invented Form
Gold trophy winner
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can't be claimed as new as it's four centuries old -• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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Leaves into the stream
Flowing swiftly and quicklyby FieryHollow 4 lines, 16 comments, on Jul 22 9:49 PM. In Contest, Spiritual, Nature
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love is a fatal illusion life turned out to be an illusionby michichoeret 2 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 23 6:22 AM• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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Imaginationby iamthebeatles 11 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 23 9:12 AM. In Fantasy, Muse, Imagination, Dreams, Inspiration• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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hares answer questions inquisitively they seek• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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her ears tell me when inquisitively she seeks• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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Toes don't twinkle• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
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Chiaku beat you to it, Cynney, though true, you don't have to question the ram: http://allpoetry.com/contest/1945340
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That is the funniest contest I've ever seen on here! Love it, hope to get some entries like those!
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I dunno 'bout that ea......Panwulfs (I think Panwu sounds better) have to be a little poignant as well as entertaining.
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yeah, Panwu is better. Not sure about the poignancy - lol - I think the question has more potential for humor than anything else.
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I wouldn't really say its much of a new form because a Haiku can end with anything. You could have a poem made up of 2 Haikus just to make a sentence if its possible. But think whatever you want to think! If its a new form Congrats for thinking of it! ^^
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Everything that's old is new again - I hope you've written an entry!
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I might enter one soon. My mind isn't much on creative mode at the moment and probably won't be for a while.
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the key is you must stay up all night responding to each panwulf by another panwulf.
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Ah, I see how you did it - but how do I get them all on the one page?
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I just copied and pasted all the entries & comments into the final notes.
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OK, I'll go back and answer the two entries so far, and keep doing that...oh dear...maybe I won't be able to take the pressure of responding to them all...
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Prof Pat Pending
Well, I wasn't going to patent it. I am fairly sure I have seen Japanese haiku that end on an interrogative.
Well I may have done
I can't really remember
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I was thinking about this and I think Chiaku normally had questions coming in the second lines if they were going to show up, though it was not a "rule."
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My whatever-ku/ryu that end on a question aren't always funny intentionally though. Didn't Basho save haiku from becoming lude & humorously silly?
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I don't know. Did Basho ever write one on bukkake?
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Thanks for the comment Pania, although I'm not quite sure what it's supposed to mean XP
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Thanks for the fun contest - fun form, fun "answers," although you were way too fast for me to keep up with. (I can't text very well either!) Thanks for the silver.
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Thanks for playing! I love interactive contests - they add another strata to the fun. ea is so very clever with them, this was an idea of hers that I took and ran.
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dishonored panwu
does low rank make you want to
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oh, so sorry - Cynewulf was the judge, and I may not have agreed with him...
but thank everyone who came and had fun, and played - I want to run more interactive contests, just wondering about the form, and how to steer them. Any ideas are welcomed.
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