{"id":944,"date":"2014-11-03T14:14:03","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T19:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/?p=944"},"modified":"2014-11-03T14:14:03","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T19:14:03","slug":"vwcc-haiku-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/2014\/11\/03\/vwcc-haiku-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"VWCC Haiku Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Virginia Western Community College Haiku Contest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Haiku can be &#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>An old silent pond&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A frog jumps into the pond,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>splash! Silence again.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>by Basho (1644-1694)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Haiku can be &#8230; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;In a Station of the Metro&#8221; by Ezra Pound (1919)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Haiku can be &#8230; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Get used to your body, forget you were born, suddenly you got to get out!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Approaching Seoul by Bus in Heavy Rain&#8221; by Allen Ginsberg (1990)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Haiku<\/strong> is a brief poetic form, traditionally using the 5-7-5 syllable structure of its Japanese origins, that captures a brief, illuminating moment in time.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Haiku<\/strong> often incorporates vivid nature images, humor, and should be read in one breath.<\/li>\n<li>In its most traditional form, &#8220;<strong>Haiku<\/strong> was &#8230; written in the present tense and focused on associations between images. There was a pause at the end of the first or second line, and a &#8216;season word,&#8217; or <em>kigo<\/em>, specified the time of year&#8221; (Academy of American Poets).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, do <em>you<\/em> <strong>haiku<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Visit the Japanese Print exhibit in the art gallery (H212) for inspiration after it opens this Wednesday, November 5<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/li>\n<li>Submit to the Virginia Western Haiku contest by emailing your submissions to <a href=\"mailto:awoodford@virginiawestern.edu\">awoodford@virginiawestern.edu<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 There will be separate categories for students and faculty\/staff of VWCC.\u00a0 There will also be an impromptu Haiku board in the art gallery with its own contest.\u00a0 See the board and its guidelines to enter for another prize.<\/li>\n<li>Deadline November 16, 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>First prize is a $100 Barnes and Noble Gift Card. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Second prize is a $50 Barnes and Noble Gift Card.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(One each for student submissions and faculty\/staff submissions.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Winners will be announced at the International Students Club Festival on November, 21, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia Western Community College Haiku Contest Haiku can be &#8230; An old silent pond&#8230; A frog jumps into the pond, splash! 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