Christian Haiku Group Writing Project

It has been a while since Faithful Bloggers hosted a group writing project so we thought it was about time for one.

Announcing the Christian Haiku Group Writing Project

Why Christian Haiku? Well, Monday April 17th is Haiku Poetry Day. In honor of that, we are seeking writing submission which are Haiku but are also Christian in content.

We will be compiling all the submission of Christian Haiku into a downloadable book (PDF) which you can share with your readers.
This PDF will be hosted on Faithful Bloggers for download but if you are a contributing writer, you are also welcome to make this available on your own site (for free only, this can not be charged for). The purpose of this book is to share the Word of God in a manner which is a bit different than you may have done in the past. Having something on your site for your readers to download creates increased engagement. This is a good opportunity for you to have something for them to download at minimal work on your end. It's also a good opportunity to stretch yourself and your writing.

If you are asking, "What exactly is Haiku?" well, we're glad you asked.

Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry which originated in the 16th century. It is a pattern of 3 lines of poetry (that's all, not so hard right?). The three lines contain specific numbers of syllables, the first line has 5 syllables, the second 7 syllables and the third line has 5 syllables. Here is an example from
Tom DiFrancesca III of http://www.4u-lord.com

Immeasurable
Like snowflakes falling quickly
God's grace pouring down

There are many examples of Haiku available online if you need more examples. If you would like more Christian examples, there are some links at the bottom of this post.

How to submit for the Christian Haiku Group Writing Project:

Send an email to admin(at)faithfulbloggers.com.
The subject line must read: "Haiku Submission".
You are welcome to submit up to 10 Haiku.
If you want us to include a link to your website in the PDF, you must include it in the email submission. If it is not in the email, it will not be in the PDF.
All submissions will include the name of the author unless it is specified in the email that you wish to remain anonymous.
The deadline for submission is Wednesday April 12th at 10:00a.m.
If you want us to include a link to your website in the PDF, you must include it in the email submission. If it is not in the email, it will not be in the PDF.
We reserve the right to refuse any submission we feel are innappropriate for our readers.
By submitting to the Group Writing Project you are giving permission for your submission to be distributed free of charge here on Faithful Bloggers as well as on other contributors websites.

We will turn all submissions into a PDF and will send an email on Friday April 14th for you to access the PDF so you can promote it on International Haiku Poetry Day (April 17th).

So get busy writing those Haiku, we can't wait to read them.

UPDATE: The Haiku PDF Download can be found here

LINKS TO CHRISTIAN HAIKU: