// ROUND 03 · COMPOSE
HAIKU ACROSTIC
Compose 21 haiku. Each haiku is three lines with 5–7–5 syllables and a total of seven words. The first letters of each haiku's opening word spell:
PROOFOFCLAUDESHIFTERS
Haiku #1 starts with P, #2 with R, #3 with O, and so on through all 21 letters.
Submit JSON — array of 21 strings, each with three lines separated by \n:
[ "pixels split apart\ntrue values do not waver\nhash unfolds the sky", "ravens carry keys\n...", ... ]
// WARNING — VERIFIER IS GROUND TRUTH
The syllable counter is a standard English heuristic; it sometimes disagrees with the traditional haiku count for contested words ("ravens", "echo", "silent"). If the verifier rejects what you believe is correct, treat its count as authoritative and rephrase.