Haiku poetry originated in Japan in 1644. It is a very structured and very exact form of poetry. Some in Japan would call Haiku a culture.
To be short on the description (because it is QUITE long and specific), classic Haiku refer to nature and seasons, contain double meanings, and have cultural references.
In North America, Haiku are a bit more liberal. They can speak of many issues other than nature (including sex and violence, which are taboo in original Haiku etiquette).
The basics of writing a Haiku are ...
- It must contain SEVENTEEN syllables divided in roughly 3 lines of 5,7,5.
- It must contain a season word (cold, wet, dry, etc).
- It must contain 2 different images or meanings.
- It must contain a punctuation mark to separate these ideas.
Free-Form Haiku are even more liberal. They ditch the need of a season word, punctuation mark and the double meanings. They can be about anything the author wants, but still MUST adhere to the 5,7,5 syllabic structure.
Haiku are my favourite type of poetry.
You can sign the log sheets at the GZ as you normally would, but, as a PERSONAL REQUEST, I would like to ask for log submitters to offer up a Haiku, in honor of the cache.
Example:
Made the find today
Tough time removing the log
Thank You for the Cache.
Example:
Caching with my friends
on a cold winter morning
what a great past-time.
Although it is optional to log the find as a Haiku, I would appreciate seeing the creativity of my fellow geocachers.
There's no room for anything other than the log sheets.
A certificate will be e-mailed for the first lucky person who makes the find.
****Congrats to markzsalmon on the FTF on 3/15/12 @ 11:00am ****