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25 April 2006
Japan Embassy In Manila Announces Haiku Contest For Filipinos In Rp And Abroad
To commemorate the Philippines-Japan Friendship Year, the Embassy
of Japan in Manila, in coordination with the Graduate School
of the University of Sto. Tomas, has launched a Haiku Contest:
A Call for Pinoy Haiku with a theme: “Pinoy Haiku: Verses
for Mother Nature”.
Haiku is a form of poetry that developed in Japan 400 years
ago which combines form, content and language in a meaningful
yet compact form. Haiku poets write about everyday things. Many
themes include nature, and feelings or experiences. The most
common form of Haiku is three short lines. The first line contains
five syllables, the second line seven syllables. A haiku doesn’t
rhyme, it must paint a mental image in the readers’ mind.
The entries may be in Filipino and English. The contest is open
to all Filipino nationals living in the Philippines and abroad.
For more information on the contest and to download the entry
forms the public is advised to visit the Embassy of Japan’s
website at www.ph.emb-japan.go.jp. Deadline for submission of
entries is on 2 June 2006.
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