Do you Haiku?

Opening Day is right around the corner, and we’d like to celebrate the newfound international flair of the home town team with the Boston.com Haiku Contest.

To enter, simply click here submit your haiku (or to check out other readers' Haikus). We’ll be collecting haikus leading up to April 2 – Opening Day! On April 3, we’ll post the 10 best submissions and fans will be able to vote for their favorite. The winner will be announced the day of Dice K’s first start (likely April 5).

The subject of your haiku should be about the hometown team, or our new pitcher from Japan.

The 10 finalists will each receive a Dice-K T-shirt, courtesy of the Boston Globe Store. The grand prize winner will receive a Dice-K prize pack, including a T-shirt, and other baseball themed prizes.

What’s a haiku? A haiku is a Japanese verse form consisting of three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables.

Here’s an example:
Dice-K’s first Sox start
Gyroballs will be flying
Win it all again

Now it’s your turn…good luck! Official Rules: No purchase necessary. Submission deadline is April 2, 2007 at noon. Ten finalists will be chosen to win a Dice-K tshirt, courtesy of The Boston Globe Store. The ten finalists will be featured in a fan voting contest in which the highest vote recepient will receive a Dice-K prize pack. Finalists and winner will be notified via e-mail. Employees of the participating partners and the New York Times Company and their affiliates are not eligible to participate. Void where prohibited by law. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. Haiku finalists are chosen by Boston.com employees. Material submitted for the contest may appear in other forms. By submitting your haiku(s) to Boston.com, you agree that such haiku(s) will become the property of Boston.com and you grant Boston.com permission to publicly display and use the haikus in any form or media for any and all purposes. Your submission also allows Boston.com to edit, or adjust the haiku for clarity and language if necessary.