Tuesday, 28 July 2020

Haiku Surprise

5 July 2020

Sometime in May I saw an opportunity to enter a competition for writing Haiku (a japanese form of  poetry with three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables per line).  I am fascinated by the tightness of focus this structure requires so I thought I'd enter.  The entry fee went to the Oxfam Coronavirus Emergency Appeal, so it was in a good cause.  The theme was 'Lockdown'.

 This was my entry, together with the photo that inspired it.
Much to my amazement, I heard that I had been included among the 131 shortlisted entries.  Such a nice surprise to get while we were out sailing.

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