Ready to Win with a Haiku? Physics Poetry Contest Starts Now!

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The discussion centers around a Haiku contest themed on physics, with participants encouraged to submit one Haiku each, adhering to the traditional format. The entry with the most likes by the contest's end on July 15, 2016, will win a book, with a $10 Amazon gift card as an alternative prize for non-U.S. winners. Participants share their Haikus, some expressing concerns about syllable counts and the correct pronunciation of words, particularly "evening." There are humorous exchanges about the nature of physics and its comparison to other concepts, including sex. The thread also highlights the importance of clarity in Haiku structure, with some members suggesting edits to improve their submissions. Overall, the conversation is lively, focusing on creativity and the nuances of poetic expression within the framework of physics.
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Time to get your physics poetry on!

Rules:
Must meet standard Haiku format.
One Haiku per member.
Haiku with the most LIKES is the winner
Contest end is 7/15/16
Winner must be in US to receive book otherwise will be given $10 Amazon gift card.

Prize:
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A warm evening,
Sitting in a tree's cool shade,
An apple drops down.
 
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Likes Sophia, EnumaElish, Clever Penguin and 1 other person
Physics in nature abound,
Understanding in brain,
Matter apprehends matter.
 
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Likes Clever Penguin
I think that this thread
Will only work if people
Can count syllables
 
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Likes beamie564, Clever Penguin and axmls
What is a Haiku?
Uncertainty overall.
Don't know where I am.
 
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Likes Clever Penguin and Greg Bernhardt
Timeless and spaceless
Blind to the universe, yet
Illuminates all
 
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Likes Pepper Mint, Jonathan Scott, MexChemE and 2 others
For every action
An equal and opposite
Reaction appears
 
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Likes Greg Bernhardt
A wonderful mind
The universe revealed in
Glorious detail

(BTW, I can't win either prize, so pick another winner :wink:)
(I have made this the Haiku for July 2016 on my website :smile:)
 
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Upside down alert!
All positive charge lovers
Are Lewis bases.
 
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Pepper Mint said:
No one voted for me :H
I think the contest was closed by accident and has been reopened. However, I didn't understand your first line (but it's 45 years since I last did chemistry).
zoobyshoe said:
A warm evening,
Sitting in a tree's cool shade,
An apple drops down.
I like this, but I don't pronounce "evening" with three syllables so for me it isn't a Haiku!
 
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Jonathan Scott said:
I think the contest was closed by accident and has been reopened. However, I didn't understand your first line (but it's 45 years since I last did chemistry).
Sorry mine doesn't make sense.
 
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Jonathan Scott said:
I like this, but I don't pronounce "evening" with three syllables so for me it isn't a Haiku!
I checked and it turns out no one pronounces it with three syllables. For some reason I thought three syllables was the technically correct pronunciation that no one ever uses, but it isn't.

Consider "evening" changed to "afternoon" and it's a haiku.
 
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zoobyshoe said:
Consider "evening" changed to "afternoon" and it's a haiku.
Yes, and one I would definitely "like" if you can get it changed.
 
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@Greg Bernhardt , would it be possible to change the word "evening" to "afternoon" in my haiku? Jonathan Scott would like it if you did. Thank you.
 
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it started strangely
we think but cannot answer
who knows what banged?
 
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May be practical,
but that's not why we do it:
sex is like physics.
 
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EnumaElish said:
May be practical,
but that's not why we do it:
sex is like physics.
I might have said:

In theory at least
Physics is better than sex
That's why we do it!
 
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