Poetry + Photography = Free trip to Japan?!
Indeed it could… Olympus is going to send one lucky Canadian to on a 12-day photo excursion – and it could be you!
How can you make that happen, you ask? Quite simply, actually. From now until December 31, 2009 Olympus wants you to capture an image with their new E-P1 (the new Micro Four Thirds digital camera announced earlier this summer) and compose your very best Haiku to accompany said photo.
Absent from English Class the day they taught Haiku Poetry? We’re here to help. In the simplest of terms, a Haiku is a form of Japanese Poetry consisting of 17 syllables (technically “moras” – but syllable is the closest translation) traditionally in three metrical phrases (lines) of 5, 7 and 5. English Haikus can typically run 10 to 14 syllables… so test your artistic mettle and dazzle the judges! Need an example?
Over the wintry
forest, winds howl in rage
with no leaves to blow.
~ Soseki (1275-1351)
Entrants can only submit one (1) photo entry – supported by his or her original Haiku. Submissions can also include a supporting video. You can check out full submission guidlines here. And you can vote for your favourite photo and haiku here!
