Welcome to Back to Sporcle week! It’s Day 2 of our official kick-off to fall. If you joined us yesterday, we talked about making an account, creating quizzes, and earning badges.
Today, we want to announce our first contest: Sporcle Haiku!
Whether you consider yourself a poet or not, anyone can write a haiku. It’s a form of Japanese poetry consisting of 17 syllables (also known as on or morae). There are three lines, consisting of 5, 7, and 5 syllables. Haiku is known for juxtaposing (or placing next to each other) two contrasting images. There are numerous tutorials on how to write haiku, for example this one.
The rules:
– Write an original haiku related in some way to Sporcle
– Post your username and haiku in the comments section of this post
– The winning poems will be posted on the Sporcle Facebook page
As you search for inspiration, check out these top Sporcle quizzes from the summer of 2013:
I have learnt so much,
Created quizzes, played games,
So play Sporcle today!
That last line is 6 syllables.
Oops. Am I able to change mine slightly
I have learnt so much,
Created quizzes, played games,
So play some quizzes today!
I have learnt so much,
Created quizzes, played games,
So play games today!
I’m screwing this up more and more aren’t I. Making another…
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=must+haikus+have+17+syllables
Lots of work to do
Deadlines, contracts, building up
…Time to learn countries.
-massoblivion
Blitz
Twixt the mines I twined,
Hooked herrings I dodged deftly,
But. Forgot the clock!
Spelling is a chore
Always missing ‘Y’ or ‘Z’
Curse you, Kyrgyzstan.
Kiribati, Palau,
Guinea, Kyrgyzstan and…
Damn Sporcleitis
-Isstvan
A slip of the mind.
I can’t believe I forgot.
Sorry, Kyrgyzstan.
Quizzes, oh so hard,
Why is this quiz so short time.
Finally, beat it!
just one more puzzle
but thirty seconds
is unfair
Spelling my own name,
Can sometimes give me trouble,
But not Kyrgyzstan.
-Droxnar
Tick tock, Tick tock, tick
Clickclickclickclickclickclick, sigh
Ten more seconds, please!
–yoopergirl
Peaceful pale orange
All sense of time is now lost
Addicted to Sporcle
-KWReyes
Can we enter more than once?
Sure! Thanks everyone, for the contributions so far!
Spelling Kyrgyzstan
is now one of my talents.
Sporcle for the win.
Higher Ed. failed me.
Advanced degrees did elude.
Still, Sporcle scores soar!
Space, space, space, space, space
two hundred twenty to go
All for this one badge
-mk31
Envision orange
Tip-tap the blackened levers –
This moment has turned
– Chewy
Take a Sporcle quiz
Hope to beat the challenger
Memory improves
Sporcle’s only flaw?
No three letter body parts
Are in “Kyrgyzstan”.
Make Sporcle my job
Then maybe my time wasting
Could be spent on work
-jayvil
Hi, I’m Spacemaniac
I’m addicted to Sporcle
Don’t feel bad, I’m fine!
Curious truths lie
at the summit of knowledge;
trivialities.
Calm grass, flow of water, snake hiss
Concentrate: achieve state of bliss
Tranquil thoughts scatter
Haiku’s in shatter
Sorry, I’m just not good at this
Lol, your name makes this funnier.
Only a few plays,
For my LOLcat picture quiz.
I can haz publish?
*I don’t actually have a LOLcat picture quiz. Poetic license applied.
-Droxnar
Naming capitals
Do I type London first? No,
Ouagadougou.
I love this haiku, but if makes me wonder if you’re pronouncing Ouagadougou wrong. It has four syllables, not five.
For a simple site,
Sporcle is very good for
Procrastination.
-amazingjosh
Love these sporcle games.
They give my brain a workout
Each and ev’ry day.
-Fitzy23
Poor Tajikistan
Kyrgyzstan’s next door neighbor
lost in its shadow
Religion and Sports,
Language and some History
Not a mix for me
I’ll try just once more,
To try for a perfect score.
Arrgh! Just one more time…
Lost a challenge
Need to get away from screen
Or blindness will come
Took hint, Côte d’Ivoire
I forgot South Africa
Wow, Sporclitis
Can you name the ways…
Can you pick the facts and plays…
Sporcle taught today?
Watching them closely,
EP, CP, or publish
is now in my eye.
Five hundred more plays
Until I obtain the badge.
Darn you, Film Critic!
Strong Sporclitis
Guessing Burkina Faso
But Forgetting France
Why can I just not
Click one to one-hundred once
Just another badge
So many answers
Eclectic questions for you
Don’t let time run out
Knowledge shared, Sporcle
Trivia quizzes, Sporcle
Good times with Sporcle
One day I will earn
Dean’s List and Crazy Ivan.
Yes, my time will come.
-Droxnar
Back to Sporcle week?
I am still in Summer mode…
Sporcle, here I come!
My weak brain may learn
the capital of Palau.
Please retain my PIN.
I’m playing Sporcle
Tons of homework on my desk
Just one more quiz, please?
The Haiku Contest,
Fair for all Sporcle users…
save LimerickMan. 🙁
-cuatrodosocho
Ignore that lost post, here’s a new one:
I said to myself
“Okay only one quiz today”
Well, that means hundreds
Quizzes when at work
Learning things in the meanwhile
Until departure
Know every flag now
But I’m three days late for work
Thanks a lot, Sporcle
I forgot Poland
But remembered Kyrgyzstan
Darn Sporclitis
Asian Capitals.
Kyrgyzstan? Ha! That one’s easy!
Japan? um… uh-oh!
Sporcle is the most
Mentally stimulating
Game website ever
Deadlines approaching
Fearing incomplete projects
One more quiz won’t hurt
Improve your spelling
Expand your knowledge
Scream as the time expires
Sporcle is too fun
Even though I should do work
I love Kyrgyzstan.
(Username: Mag721)
I am writing this
As I sit in Study Hall
Guess how much work is done?
For the instant joy
Remembering and learning
Sporcle is fun
Spelling is my curse
Where does that stupid z go?
Damn you Kyrgyzstan.
The Republic of the Congo
Africa’s middle
Sporcle says it’s not Zaire