Haikus are short, yet powerful. Able to convey emotion, create a visual or even tell a story in three simple lines.

Write a haiku about change and growth.

Haikus are poems written with words containing 5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in the next line and 5 syllables for the last line.

Poems will be graded based on staying to the structure of the poem (50%), creativity (30%) and adherence to the theme (20%). Ties will be broken based on creativity score.

Scoring

Participating in this competition award points towards the overall event following the scoring breakdown below.

1st place: 6 points
2nd place: 5 points
3rd place: 4 points
4th place: 3 points
5th place: 2 points
Participation: 1 point