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Autumn Haiku Postcard

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Autumn Haiku Postcard
Swap Coordinator:ArtyBeth3 (contact)
Swap categories: Letters & Writing  Postcards  Handmade 
Number of people in swap:14
Location:International
Type:Type 2: Flat mail
Last day to signup/drop:October 13, 2010
Date items must be sent by:October 23, 2010
Number of swap partners:2
Description:

Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry, consisting of 17 syllables, in three phrases of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively.

For each of your 2 partners, you will make a handmade autumn themed haiku postcard and finish it by illustrating your poem with an autumn theme. You may use any technique you want, EXCEPT stickers. Some ideas are: rubberstamping, watercolor, hand-drawn, collage, use a real leaf as a stencil or ink it to make a leaf “stamped” background, etc.). You may send this postcard “naked” or inside an envelope. Please write a note to your partner on each postcard.

Have fun being creative!!

Below is a haiku example. (It shows with bullets because I couldn't figure out how to get 3 separate lines to show.)

  • Walking in the woods
  • Red, orange, yellow and brown
  • Leaves fall around me

Newbies are welcome with a well-filled out profile. “Well-filled out” means you have written a little about you, what you like, your hobbies, and a wish list of things you would love to receive. If there are things you don’t care for, please list those as well. Feel free to look at mine or the profiles of others for examples.

All others must have a rating of 4.85, with no 1 or 3 ratings within the last 6 months, without a good explanation.

Discussion

papercaper 10/12/2010 #

Does the haiku have to be incorporated into the picture side & just the note on the side with address/postage stamp, or can we choose which side the haiku goes? I'm looking forward to making my PCs, even if it is Spring now where I live! ;)

ArtyBeth3 10/13/2010 #

@papercaper after some thought, I have decided to let everyone decide how and where they want to put the haiku. :) :)

papercaper 10/13/2010 #

Thanks, @ArtyBeth3 Making mine soon. :)

AynE 10/14/2010 #

I was looking at examples of Haiku and the Japanese did not follow a 5-7-5 format, as long as it was 17 syllables, it was considered Haiku. Do we 'hafta' stick with the 5-7-5?

AynE 10/14/2010 #

never mind, I was a good girl and wrote two haiku, one for each postcard using the 5-7-5 model.

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