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This is for the general contest

All thoughts of this are blind,
And in blindness I see
All the inbetweens, that tread
So carefully between the lines.
With soft glances, and harsh
Movements, I find a way.
To shield my eyes; dry
As they must be, for you,
(Always for you) have left.
All thoughts of this are blind.

From Wikipedia:

Traditional haiku consist of 17 on (also known as morae), in three phrases of 5, 7 and 5 on respectively. Any one of the three phrases may end with the kireji. Although haiku are often stated to have 17 syllables, this is inaccurate as syllables and on are not the same.

So, can I submit a different one, or am I disqualified for this month?

This poem is for the General Poetry contest

I wipe the stray tear from my face,
his words a lie, a deadly mace
For he does not tell it all
he dabbles with the truthful ball
and never seems to see the light
a darkened room, a sleepless night
Utterances of pure hate
Just make me unlawful bait,
for the swine who yellow
the wrong truth, i bellow
that you only make a Touch Of Truth


woah... too deep for me... my brain hurts

@Reton:
The other haiku contests went on for, let me think...over three years? So I do not see why we should stop now. XD

@HUA7X:
Of course you can, or retool your previous one to work. Just as long as you make it clear which one you want submitted, you are in the clear. We're not that harsh. ^_^

I ain't no word spinner by any means, but here it goes...

For the general contest, something overly emo...

A knife may have worked, a farewell to you.
Yet God forgives the wretch, a paradise
Which is eternal is hard to cut through.
Death is a mercy that would not suffice.

To simply live, and forgive and forget.
A sentiment lost, a time forgotten
Before childish dreams became regret.
Kindness would only be misbegotten

Was there fault in knowing, the signs were there.
The sunset was fading, the weak of mind
Travel to what is beautiful and fair.
An advantage used by snakes and their kind.

But I digress, the punishment is late.
For what you've sown, live with unending hate.

And for the haiku contest...

Hammer strikes iron,
A pair of chains lie shattered,
Freedom discovered.

This is yet another entry for the Haiku Contest, since my first one did not count.

The tinted white van
At the children's candy store
High, dreadful screaming

Here is the entry for the haiku, breaking bonds:

In the summer sky -
clouds part away from above
nigai kinoko.

(If that doesn't work maybe this)

In the summer sky -
clouds part their ways to reveal
a bitter mushroom.

(or this alternate poem)

In the summer sky
the white clouds are tormenting
nijū hibakusha

The rules in the Haiku Contest state only one submission per user per round. Adding to that, your third poem has an error in the last row, containing 6 syllables and not 5. Choose either the first or second submission, or revise the third.

First of all, my bad.

Second, I am horrible at counting syllables, so I used this site:
http://www.syllablecount.com
I'm seeing the site probably didn't see Å« as anything and didn't count the syllables correctly.

Okay, sorry about that. This below will be my one entry for the haiku contest.

In the summer sky
the white clouds are tormenting
the hibakusha

Man. I haven't done this in a long time. Plus I was never very good. Let's see what I can do though.

Poetry Entry:
A compulsive liar was he
To which everyone could see
They did not trust him one bit
Not even if he spoke a mere lick
He had a strange look in his eye
Though he saw no one when they walked by
One day he took a lie too far
And for it he was tarred
He died with a smile on his face
One that could not be replaced
He wouldn't of had to die
If he did not tell that little white lie

I dont know much bout poems but i like writing, and also have a bit of trouble as i thought them in italian so the transation is a bit difficult and my grammer is terrible i exuse my self for any mistakes in spelling, so this is my one,
Poetry Entry:
we walked
we ran
we dashed trough life
with all our might
but to the dark sister
we could not escape
as she comes
gently
embracing us
and to bed
laying us.

For the Haiku contest:

Rosebushes entwined
Suffered wither and decay;
Loathsome liberty.

(The rosebushes are meant to symbolize lovers)

I'll have to think of something for the poetry contest.. I can do that, right, posting each entry in different posts?

Act of betrayal,
breaks the bond of compassion.
Love eternal, gone.

For the haiku contest.

Okay, I revised my poem again. This will be my haiku entry. I wanted to add punctuation.

In the summer sky,
the white clouds are tormenting
the hibakusha.