NEW! Word of the Day Haiku Challenge!
Some of you have expressed interest in participating in my weekly Word of the Day Haiku Challenge based on Dictionary.com’s Word of the Day. Back when I took the Blogging 101 Class this idea was born as a result of one of the assignments. I mentioned this new challenge in a “soft launch” on my Friday WOTD post (You can see it HERE.) PJ Priceless Joy gave it a go on Saturday! I would love to see a taker for each day of the week. Not only is it fun, but its a great way to learn new, interesting, and often rarely used words!
A (short) Week of Word of the Day Haiku
Friday
Internecine (Dictionary.com)
Polarized rivals
Engage in futile stances,
internecine wars
kat / like mercury collidingSaturday
Natter (Dictionary.com)
bitter natter
I should not let it matter
It drives me insane.
Priceless Joy / Beautiful WordsThanks PJ! Hopefully we will have company next week! 🙂
If you’d like to join us here are the rules:
Word of the Day Haiku Challenge
1. Pick a day that works for you. Once you pick your day, stick to it. This is what makes it fun and quite a challenge.
2. Choose an online dictionary that features a word of the day. I use dictionary.com but there are others. Pick your go-to dictionary.
3. Create a Haiku using the word of the day. In this challenge, no synonyms allowed.
4. A Haiku is a three line poem with the syllable structures 3-5-3 or 5-7-5.
5. (Optional) If you want, you may also post a expanded history of the word, your thoughts about the word, or some unusual facts about the word of the day.
6. Post a link to your Haiku in the comments so I can find you.
7. I’ll post the weekly roll call list on Sunday. So you have until Saturday at midnight (EST) to post your haiku.
8. Have fun!
I’m renaming this weekly post Word of the Day Haiku. Hope to have at least one haiku for each day of the week. I’m looking forward to reading your Word of the Day Haiku!
like mercury colliding... 
February 28th, 2016 at 8:30 pm
Very cool idea Kat!
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February 28th, 2016 at 8:46 pm
Pick a day and join us Lynn! 😊
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February 28th, 2016 at 10:55 pm
Brilliant idea. Will give it a glimpse 😊
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February 28th, 2016 at 11:17 pm
Thanks Jacqueline! I’m looking forward to seeing your take on it! 😊
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February 28th, 2016 at 10:57 pm
Sounds fun. Good thing I didn’t pick today, the word of the day over at thefreedictory is cerumen: (noun) A soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal. :0
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February 28th, 2016 at 11:19 pm
Haha! That’s the beauty of the challenge Doug! You never know what you’re going to get week to week. 🙂
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February 29th, 2016 at 1:46 am
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February 29th, 2016 at 9:58 am
Yes, hopefully it will catch on soon! Fun challenge!
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February 29th, 2016 at 10:06 am
🙂
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February 29th, 2016 at 5:51 pm
I’m working with today’s word: bissextus. Which auto-correct insists is a misspelling. My day may choose me when a word forms itself into a haiku.
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February 29th, 2016 at 6:58 pm
Haha! Sounds good! 😊
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March 1st, 2016 at 3:40 pm
Neat idea, when life slows down I might try it later if it is still going on 😀
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March 1st, 2016 at 3:42 pm
Sounds good Sarah. I’ll look forward to it. 🙂
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March 4th, 2016 at 4:45 pm
[…] And don’t forget, you too can join the Dictionary Word of the Day Haiku Challenge. Click HERE to learn more and play along. Some of the words this week were real doozies. I’m interested […]
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March 4th, 2016 at 4:45 pm
https://kmmyrman.wordpress.com/2016/03/04/fridays-word-of-the-day-haiku-factotum/
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March 7th, 2016 at 12:55 pm
florilegium
noun. a collection of literary pieces; anthology.
florilegium
is in my new library
my heart is content
I hope you don’t mind me sharing it here. For this week, I will make a post of it and share my url here instead.
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March 7th, 2016 at 1:29 pm
Thank you so much for sharing. This is perfect and a wonderful Haiku even with the FIVE syllable word of the day! Bravo!
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March 7th, 2016 at 1:33 pm
I’m not very good at writing poetry or Haikus. I wasn’t sure if I got the syllables right.
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