Posts tagged ‘Haiku’

What’s Going World?

John W. Davis.  The Haiku contest is going extremely well.  Shout out to www.detroitbadboys.com for the Alley-Oop.   

Name: Richard
City: Howell, Michigan

Chauncey, Rip, Rasheed
and tayshaun lead the way to
next year’s title run

Paul August 11th at 8:42 pm

So what do you think?  Who is winning?  Email us at hosts@pistonscast.com

Peace,

John

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Whats up World?

John W. Davis. It’s time for another contest. YAH! I know right. Anyway. Since its summer time and people are taking those last minute vacations and or last few weeks before school, I thought why not, Poetry time!

Ok background time.

For those who don’t know or don’t remember, a Haiku is a Japanese poetry form. It’s got three lines and is supposed to have five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the third. Some translators and writers of Haiku, however, deemphasize precision with respect to the syllable count and instead emphasize that there is a kind of rhythm over the course of the three lines from something specific and concrete (often nature-related) to something more general or extraordinary or philosophical and then back to something ordinary again, but now seen in a different light because of the move to the extraordinary in line 2. But here’s a link to a site if you really want to delve into the intricacies of the form: http://www.ahapoetry.com/haiku.htm

Ok here I go.

John W. Davis’ Pistons Haiku:

We are Bench Babies

Pistons Future is now here

Our youth shall lead us

Your turn. Leave a comment to this blog or email us at hosts@pistonscast.com

Peace,

John