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National 10-Haiku-Per-Day Month

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Your March Poetry Challenge

I am dubbing March as "National 10-Haiku-Per-Day Month". This means everyone who participates in this experiment will write ten original haiku everyday for the entire month of March. 10 haiku x 31 days = 310 haiku that you will write.

The reason I want you to write so many is because out of those 310 haiku, there should be a handful of really good poems, ones that you are really proud of. I want you to submit them on The Google Docs Page for the "Second Annual Haiku Anthology".

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Are You Ready to Participate in HaiPerDayMo

I want people to be excited about writing haiku. These poems are short and easy enough for anyone to write. I hope you will want to participate in March of 2012. Please take a moment to set yourself a reminder on your cellphone or on your desktop calendar. I want to see you there.

Countdown to National 10 Haiku Per Day Month 2012

National 10 Haiku Per Day Month 2012: March 1, 2012

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  • kitty Nov 25, 2011 @ 3:48 am | delete
    How to participate here in haiku contest? I do write haiku !
  • Jewelsofawe Sep 2, 2011 @ 8:37 pm | delete
    This is cool! Blessed by the poetry angel!
  • Yarnspinners Jun 30, 2011 @ 8:32 am | delete
    I got my copy of this book yesterday and I am very impressed with all of it. The cover looks great, and I was surprised by the additional artwork inside (am I giving away a secret?). Lulu does a good job with the publishing. Thank you so much for giving your time for this Robert, and to everyone else that stuck with it during March and wrote all those Haiku. I had so much fun learning this new to me form of writing.
  • Yarnspinners Mar 17, 2011 @ 9:42 am | delete
    I have limited internet connections for two weeks, until the 25th, so when I am able to get some Wifi, I'll be posting several haiku at a time. Just wanted to let you know that they are from multiple days of writing.
  • rgasperson Mar 17, 2011 @ 10:12 am | delete
    No Problem. I have done that twice already.dogriff
  • MarianaFargasch Mar 15, 2011 @ 3:02 pm | delete
    Love all the Haiku! Wish I could write them, I never tried really. I write a bit differently, my style of writing that is :) I have a couple of lenses on my poems and short rhymes. They are not your everyday poems and rhymes though.
  • rgasperson Mar 15, 2011 @ 3:38 pm | delete
    Try your hand at Haiku. They are easy and only take a minute or two to write. It is a great opportunity to appear in an Anthology as well.
  • sousababy Mar 14, 2011 @ 5:00 pm | delete
    Oh, would you like me to feature this on my 'Haiku to make you laugh' lens? It's kind of a goofy lens and not truly the Haiku that you write. Let me know . . .Rose
  • rgasperson Mar 14, 2011 @ 5:04 pm | delete
    Feel Free. All publicity is good publicity. Thanks
  • sousababy Mar 14, 2011 @ 5:17 pm | delete
    Okay, will do so right now. Thank you Robert and I hope you meet your challenge. Sincerely, Rose
  • Yarnspinners Mar 10, 2011 @ 5:35 pm | delete
    I'm starting to have the problem of deciding which of my ten daily haiku I like the best! Good problem to have, I guess.
  • rgasperson Mar 10, 2011 @ 5:51 pm | delete
    Sounds like it is time to start a haiku lens, website or blog. I'd say go ahead and post more than one, but I am afraid it might get out of hand. If we need more haiku at the end of the month, I may put it out there to add the other haiku that you were not able to add during the month of March. Lets see how many we get by the 31st.
  • Yarnspinners Mar 11, 2011 @ 9:09 am | delete
    The Haiku column
    Becomes unwieldy and long
    With more than one post.
  • Yarnspinners Mar 8, 2011 @ 8:59 am | delete
    And then too much mojo, honest I only hit the button once....silly mouse must have coughed. Plus remove the duplicate haiku, Lost. Thanks.
  • Yarnspinners Mar 4, 2011 @ 8:37 am | delete
    I now look at words
    For how they spell and then sound.
    Haiku dialect.

    This was one I wrote yesterday, decided not to post it, but it's a good opener for the discussion I'd like to start. What I noticed while writing Haiku is that there are words that can be pronounced with one or two syllables, probably as a result of my speech pattern. Flowers is the best example that I found so far, either flow ers or pronounced like it was spelled flours. I just found this to be very interesting, and was wondering if anyone else would like to comment on their experience with it.
  • QueenofHaiku Mar 4, 2011 @ 9:14 pm | delete
    When I am in doubt, I look up the word in question in an online dictionary. Then, I go with whatever it says the correct number of syllables are. I find this helps me write haiku.
  • rgasperson Mar 5, 2011 @ 4:42 pm | delete
    I think Shortening words like that is fine as long as it goes with your writing. Flours would be more like a dialect, a way a certain group of people speak. Another example would be "Far". It's not a distance, it's a flame... "Put out the Far." Got that one from Jeff Foxworthy. If you are only using it because it fits your syllable count, then you should find a different way to say it I think.
  • Yarnspinners Mar 6, 2011 @ 1:49 pm | delete
    'chocolate' got me this way. Yesterday I counted it as 2 and today when rereading the Haiku, it came out as three syllables. Sneaky.
  • Yarnspinners Mar 3, 2011 @ 10:31 pm | delete
    The Haiku Expectations without the name was mine, I didn't realize when I posted it that the name would not be automatically attached. It really should be deleted, it is a duplicate. I reposted the Haiku under 'Expectations done the right way'
  • Yarnspinners Mar 4, 2011 @ 8:31 am | delete
    Also, I forgot to put my name on Story Time, I have to stop posting on this after work when I am brain dead. Story Time belongs to Cindy williams.
  • LizMac60 Mar 3, 2011 @ 7:54 pm | delete
    I'm only human I'm keeping my better haiku for my own poetry lens for March. Take a look if you like. Also I'm giving you an angel blessing.
  • QueenofHaiku Mar 3, 2011 @ 6:06 pm | delete
    Oops! Forgot to add my name to some of the haiku I posted. One of mine is titled: "The Quest Has Failed", and another is titled: "My Wake Up Call". Sorry! I will try and remember to put my name on it from now on
  • LizMac60 Mar 2, 2011 @ 8:00 pm | delete
    I hadn't written Haiku before this challenge. I'm really enjoying it. Thanks Robert.
  • rgasperson Mar 2, 2011 @ 8:09 pm | delete
    No Problem. I am glad you are having fun. That is the point, right :)
  • NathanLott Mar 2, 2011 @ 5:18 pm | delete
    I'm an elementary music teacher who is currently a substitute teacher. I also have a library degree so encouraging more reading is always a good idea. Great idea coming up with this project. Heard about it from Jen Thorpe on her podcasts.
  • sousababy Mar 2, 2011 @ 8:02 am | delete
    Ha, I just added one - hope it helps! Thanks for the encouragement, good luck to all. Rose
  • Jen Thorpe Mar 1, 2011 @ 10:27 pm | delete
    Heya! This is Jen, author of "Haiku of Frustration: Wage Slave". I love writing haiku, and was very excited when Robert first told me about this haiku challenge. I am excited to read the haiku that will be a part of this project.
  • Yarnspinners Mar 3, 2011 @ 8:36 am | delete
    I'm here because you talked about this project on Gemini Dragon. I've written a few Haiku over the years, so the ten a month is a real challenge. I find it is a good way to fill in the lulls at work, although mine too may end up being mostly work related.
  • rgasperson Mar 3, 2011 @ 9:22 am | delete
    Fantastic! The haiku that are driven by emotion are usually the best anyway. Please keep posting your haiku.
  • QueenofHaiku Mar 3, 2011 @ 6:08 pm | delete
    Heya! It's awesome that you are here because you heard about this on Gemini Dragon. My book of haiku is composed entirely of work related haiku (of frustration), and I have a second book in the works. Go right ahead and post haiku about work.
  • sousababy Mar 1, 2011 @ 2:14 pm | delete
    Oh I really admire what you are doing here. I wish I could participate but I know I won't be able to contribute as much Haiku to qualify. I certainly will support and vote, though, in your lens. Much luck to all and I'll bet you will hit Massaoka Shiki's record, for sure. Take good care, Rose
  • rgasperson Mar 1, 2011 @ 2:17 pm | delete
    Hey Rose. All You have to do is Try. If you can't participate everyday, that is OK. It is just a goal to be met. I just want as many people to join the project as possible. If you write a haiku or two you think people will like, please post them.
  • rgasperson Feb 28, 2011 @ 1:36 pm | delete
    My name is Robert. I am the crazy person who dreamed up this little challenge. I think it will be fun and I hope you think so as well. I have been writing haiku for the past two years pretty regularly. I am close to 1,000 of them and plan to hit Masaoka Shiki's Record of more than 25,000 haiku before I die. I think I should be able to do it. This is going to be a great Month.
  • LizMac60 Feb 27, 2011 @ 3:04 pm | delete
    Hi, I've been writing a poem a day for a year, right here on Squidoo. I finish on April 6th. Would love for you to visit my lenses. I intend to participate, not written a haiku yet so ten a day will do me good. Will advertise this on my lens and put my second best one on my lens and my best on yours. Wish you every blessing in this venture.
  • rgasperson Feb 28, 2011 @ 1:10 pm | delete
    Awesome! Thanks for participating. This is going to be a fun experiment.
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The 2011 Haiku Anthology

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Feel Free to purchase the Anthology containing the Haiku from the month of March in 2011. I have released it on lulu.com. Each copy will be sold at cost for $5.38 for the print copy and $0.99 for the PDF download.

I am not making any money on this. The charge for the book is what Lulu.com charges to print the book and host the PDF on their servers. I want to be sure you know I am not making money from the sale of this book.

Thanks again for all of those who participated.

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Attention all Poets.
Attention all Non-Poets.

My Name is Robert and I would like to invite you to take part in the Second Annual National 10 Haiku Per Day Month where you are challenged to write 10 Haiku per day during the month of March. Out of those 10 daily Haiku, you will choose 4 haiku that will fit with our theme (Earth Air Fire Water), post it on the Google Docs page.

When the month is over, all the haiku will be printed in the second annual haiku anthology. All proceeds earned by this squidoo lens will go to the Charity called "Room to Read", a charity that brings literacy to developing countries, giving as many children as possible the chance to learn how to read.

Lets all make the month of March an amazing creative experience, and lets share this experience with as many people as we can. Thank you again for your time, and Happy Haikuing.

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