What do you hope to see happen on Thursday? We’re giving away the Django Unchained soundtrack for the best haiku. Or you can just enter for fun. I’ll start. Five syllables, seven syllables, five syllables. Got it. Friends with a rabbit. Elwood P. Dowd was his name. Please nom Dowd named Ann! Too many actors. Leo, Christoph, Samuel L? The D. is silent. Oh...
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As you know you must stick to the format — and that is three lines, with 5, 7, 5 syllables in each respectively. Five for the first line, seven for the second and then five again for the third. We will select three winners. I’ll start. Who cares if you lose, But winning is everything. Still only a Globe. Who needs dialogue Love and a bit with a dog. That’s...
Rigorous wordplay Turns adversity to verse; Squabbles sound sweeter. My favorite thing about haiku contests is how they ask that we carefully consider our wording so all the clashing opinions find the same rhythm in a harmonious chorus. I was supposed to choose a few of the best Haiku to highlight when the giveaway winners were announced. But, you know, 95% of the entrants...
We’re all a little worse for the wear this year. But let’s try to perk ourselves up with a little Haiku. A haiku is a non-rhymed verse genre.There are 5 syllables in the first sentence, 7 in the second and 5 again in the last sentence I’ll start. The game must be changed, That’s the people’s battle cry. But not the actors’. Soldiers...
The haiku is an Awards Daily/Oscarwatch tradition. The haiku is a three line, seventeen syllable poem, with perfect thoughts per line and each line containing the syllable pattern: 5, 7, 5. I’ll start. AD fight to death, Sandra versus Meryl Streep, who would rather kiss. Make the connection, Is it dances with Na’vi? Why so beautiful? Horse cocks and giggles, Best...
It’s an annual tradition by now. We like to do Haiku twice. Once for the Globes and once for Oscar. The Haiku for this will follow the 5,7,5 syllable pattern and ideally each line is its own little thought. I’ll start. Avatar gets Hurt Golden Globes settles the score Queen will beat the king Too bad no Scarjo. Who will wear the pretty dress? And low cut neckline. Drink...
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