{"id":387,"date":"2021-03-03T16:20:51","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T16:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lakerblogs.lssu.edu\/library\/?p=387"},"modified":"2021-03-04T16:21:26","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T16:21:26","slug":"pi-day-2021-piaku-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakerblogs.lssu.edu\/library\/2021\/03\/03\/pi-day-2021-piaku-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Pi Day 2021 Piaku Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"388\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lakerblogs.lssu.edu\/library\/2021\/03\/03\/pi-day-2021-piaku-contest\/pipie\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakerblogs.lssu.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/03\/pipie.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakerblogs.lssu.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/03\/pipie.jpg?fit=840%2C630&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-388 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakerblogs.lssu.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/03\/pipie.jpg?resize=222%2C166\" alt=\"Pi pie for Pi Day\" width=\"222\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakerblogs.lssu.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/03\/pipie.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakerblogs.lssu.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/03\/pipie.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakerblogs.lssu.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/03\/pipie.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakerblogs.lssu.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/03\/pipie.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 85vw, 222px\" \/>To celebrate Pi Day this year, LSSU Library is holding a Piaku Contest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is a Piaku?<\/strong><br \/>\nA Piaku is a form of poetry similar to Haiku, but instead of the 5-7-5 syllabic form, the number of syllables per line corresponds to the digits of pi.\u00a0 And, given the nature of pi, there is no limit to the length of a Piaku!<\/p>\n<p>An example Piaku, created by Marc Boucher:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Textbook<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(3) Why oh Why<br \/>\n(1) Do<br \/>\n(4) Students fail to<br \/>\n(1) Read<br \/>\n(5) Before going to<br \/>\n(9) Class when they know the teacher will ask<br \/>\n(2) Questions<br \/>\n(6) They will not raise their hands<br \/>\n(5) For they do not know<br \/>\n(3) The answers<\/p>\n<p>To submit your Piaku for our contest, email it to <a href=\"mailto:reference@lssu.edu\">reference@lssu.edu<\/a> by 3:14pm on March 12, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>And<\/strong><\/em> please join us in the Library Learning Commons by the giant whiteboard on <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Thursday, March 11 @ 2pm for a <strong>Piaku workshop<\/strong><\/span> to craft your winning piaku.\u00a0 All submitted piakus will be shared to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kjslibrary\/\">Facebook page<\/a> and displayed on the library&#8217;s lobby monitors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does the winner get?<\/strong><br \/>\nWe will include the winning piaku in the April 2021 Communique, and the winning poet gets a pie!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate Pi Day this year, LSSU Library is holding a Piaku Contest. 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