ForumsArt, Music, and WritingHaiku Contest - Broken Bond (page 531, due: Feb 2)

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Maverick4
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A Haiku is a Japanese lyric verse form having three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables, traditionally invoking an aspect of nature or the seasons.

Well, that said, heres the rules:

1) The Haiku must be original (no plagarizing)!
2) It must fit the weeks theme
3) It must be submitted before the deadline
4) It must be submitted for the contest (no using works previously written)
5) One Submission per user
6) The Same User cannot win twice in a row (but there welcome to submit!)

Hopefully oneday the winner could get a merit...

The Deadline will always be a Wednsday, so the deadline for the first theme will be Wednsday, September 2. The theme is The Pond

(special thanks to 'thisisnotanalt'

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MRWalker82
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oppression = 3 syllables

Freakenstein
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break : free : from ore:shun

I agree it's 6. As referenced from dictionary.com, oppression is 3 syllables. The rest are also 3, altogether making 6.

MRWalker82
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Shepherd

here's a great tool for writers, especially as pertaining to haikus, where syllables are important.

Find how many syllables words have.

MRWalker82
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oops, i forgot to put 'the'... wow. having the flu is really messing with me :P I could have sworn I put it in there...

Cry "Freedom" and fight
Break free from the oppression
Take back what is yours

MRWalker82
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wow.. i totally /facepalm

thanks for catching it guys

Freakenstein
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Curses, he's right (in profile)

This place is OUR land;
Heavy is all our spirits,
Dim is your success.

Savingthedream14
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Hot here in Kuwait
I will tell you why I stay
I Fight for freedom.

Yeah well thanks for awarding me =) I can't wait for the next 'ceremony' when's the deadline?

Saving123
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I forgot to say that I was going for the escaped convict. Temporary freedom anyways. (: yep.

Avorne
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The official deadline as set by me is Monday 9th

thepossum
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Behind prison bars,
I have no hope for escape,
My spoon digs the hole.

Google567
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Farmer

Blood,sweat,tears and hope
Has to be earned, never given free
Life belittle without

I think thats a good try.

Avorne
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Your second line has 9 syllables. Nev-er and giv-en
Your third line has 6 Be-lit-tuhl

Quina
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I fail to be free
From the democracy here
Is it fair we ask?

Saving123
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Behind prison bars,
I have no hope for escape,
My spoon digs the hole.

What were you going for? The LMAO award??
Avorne
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Saving, I was thinking of TEH MIGHTY SPOON award. Or Spooning In Prison award (I love that spoon has dual meanings)

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