{"id":19232,"date":"2017-10-09T15:37:39","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T19:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/?p=19232"},"modified":"2017-10-09T15:37:39","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T19:37:39","slug":"1st-annual-radio-haiku-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/?p=19232","title":{"rendered":"1st annual radio haiku contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The haiku contest is inspired by the Countess and I watching this video of Robin Palley, who the Countess worked with at newspapers in Philadelphia.  Robin went on to be one of the early participants in WebMD during the late 1990s.   She is currently quite active in the haiku movement.<\/p>\n<p>The venue for this video is the edge of <a href=\"http:\/\/harleighcemetery.org\/\">Harleigh Cemetery<\/a> in Camden, New Jersey.  Back in the day, Camden was a prestigious location for rich people to be buried.   Some of the Countess\u2019s ancestors are buried there.  Most relevant to the video is the fact that renowned poet Walt Whitman is buried there as well as haiku author <a href=\"http:\/\/www.courierpostonline.com\/story\/life\/2016\/05\/12\/big-camden-legacy-man-few-words\/84279930\/\">Nick Virgilio<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Robin Palley &amp; BJ Swartz\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rDEredmGsUI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you aren\u2019t familiar with haikus, they are a poetry form from ancient Japan.  In proper form, a haiku has three lines, with the middle line being longer than the first and third &#8211; typically 5-7-5 syllables.  Somewhere, usually at the end of a line, there is a \u201ccutting word\u201d that connects two different mental images.<\/p>\n<p>Here goes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nLate Night Radio<br \/>\n\u201cCaller, what is your question?\u201d<br \/>\nLarry King falls asleep<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\nShe loves you yeah yeah<br \/>\nThe secret truth  &#8211; John is dead<br \/>\nGirls weep silently\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\nThe needle vibrates<br \/>\nFourty five times per minute<br \/>\nThe record breaks hearts\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Your turn.<\/p>\n<p>The winner will receive 1 million Streaming Radio guide volunteer points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The haiku contest is inspired by the Countess and I watching this video of Robin Palley, who the Countess worked with at newspapers in Philadelphia. Robin went on to be one of the early participants in WebMD during the late &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/?p=19232\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19232"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19237,"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19232\/revisions\/19237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}