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Poetry Month, Meet Architecture Week: The BuildingGreen Haiku Contest
What do you get when you cross National Poetry Month with National Architecture Week? We'll find out when you enter the first-ever BuildingGreen Haiku Contest!
UPDATE: You can also enter the contest via Twitter! Just use hashtag #GreenBuildingHaiku.
As you may know, April is National Poetry Month. As a BuildingGreen reader, you may also be aware that next week (April 8–14) is National Architecture Week.
What we don't know is what kind of explosive creative energy might result if we were to celebrate both at the same time. In the spirit of both science and fun, we're planning to find out--but we need your help.
The BuildingGreen Haiku Contest
We're asking readers to submit sustainable architecture-themed haiku. Here are the rules:
- Write an original poem, using the 5–7–5 form that's typical in the Americanized version of haiku (five syllables for the first line, seven for the second line, five for the third line).
- Write about some aspect of sustainable design, architecture, construction, green rating systems, or building operations & maintenance. Humor is encouraged but not required.
- Send via email to news@buildinggreen.com by 5 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday, April 10--or simply post in the comments section below.
- Send only one entry per person.
We'll publish our favorites by Friday, April 13.
Good luck!
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(2012, April 5). Poetry Month, Meet Architecture Week: The BuildingGreen Haiku Contest. Retrieved from https://www.buildinggreen.com/blog/poetry-month-meet-architecture-week-buildinggreen-haiku-contest
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I hope that I shall Surely se
I hope that I shall
Surely see a home design
eco perfect as a tree
I rise to check in / How is m
I rise to check in / How is my building today / Building dashboard view
Stormwater splashes roof -- M
Stormwater splashes roof --
Managing runoff credits
Scorecard and God-card
basking in the sun quietly, c
basking in the sun
quietly, calmly spinning
the meter backwards
Lots of great stuff here! Kee
Lots of great stuff here! Keep 'em coming, everyone. Today's the last day.
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Up from the black fields
Green buildings growing tall,
Life sustainable!
built environment healthy, du
built environment
healthy, durable, sustained
resource efficient
Early green builders Soon joi
Early green builders
Soon joined by large numbers
Head up to zero
Buildings made to last. Imagi
Buildings made to last.
Imagination given form.
Echoes from the past.
sustainable building - above
sustainable building -
above the solar panels
mockingbirds ballet
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