Gantic, you silly! You updated the theme but not the page number! Oh you...
And yes, I just noticed that you did so I had no time to...well yes, I'm the judge and I keep tabs on this thread so I should have seen that co--shaddap!
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The Trapped Inside award goes to: King Lemon!
Yellow wallpaper,
trapped behind it they are there.
I am one of them
Oh dear! A person who becomes part of what he fears? I wonder what happened to him. It's also kinda lulzy that someone is trapped behind wallpaper. The haiku has great imagery too, well done!
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The Close-Minded award goes to: thepossum!
My mind is my own.
And your opinions are yours.
Do you dare judge me?
No I'm not insane! Are you crazy? I don't care what you think, heeheehee, you don't need to lock me up! To me, this haiku represents someone who is denying being called insane by society. How can you tell if someone's insane if they are just opinions? What my neighbors do are strange to me; are they insane? Probably not.
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The What-Just-Happened? award goes to: HahiHa! RANKED
Spill dark blood, drink it.
Life's a funny game; they're scared.
..Did I just..? Oh well..
I get a very good picture of someone who is mentally insane by doing very strange actions, coupled with his impaired mentality. People can do some very insane things under the specific conditions. This one guy, he wrote in his diary about the horrible living conditions in his town and that he fed on others to sustain his water levels, turns out he was feeding on himself! You can imagine what he did when he ran out of ink...
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The Hallucination award goes to: Kyouzou!
So many voices
How they echo everywhere
Ringing within me
One of the various symptoms of insanity are THE VOICES! How do you know if they aren't real? But you DON'T know. It seems real to me...
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The Insanity award goes to: Wolf1991!
Observe my madness.
See it twist and turn within
Insany's mind.
Oh.... Well Wolf, the point of a haiku theme is to describe, personify, or perpetuate the theme, but not include the theme itself inside the haiku. While the haiku itself was very well done, as you perceived an image for us of what insanity seems to be, it's generally unproductive to include the theme itself.
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The PDSD award goes to: Voyageur! RANKED
The shadows running
In my head, frighten me
Scars of where I've been
Saw that coming, right? Post Duress Stress Disorder for those who don't know. A defense where a person can justify their crime because law enforcement officials forced them to commit it. Sometimes the stress is so great, people can end up like the guy portrayed in this haiku. Powerful stuff!
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The Hypocritical Crazy award goes to: MRWalker82!
They say it's madness
Crazy, I was called at times
Then I ate their hearts
You can only go so far before people start judging you the wrong way. Given the circumstances, the guy or gal in this haiku probably doesn't even know what he or she is doing!
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The Dementia award goes to: Graham! RANKED
Once, twice, thrice, then then,
Lest I lose heartbeats again.
seven, eight, nine, ten...
Normally, haikus aren't meant to rhyme. I don't know why, but it's a rule. However, it's the rhyming stanzas that deepen the meaning of insanity! This guy might be in a fetal position chanting to him/herself while stroking the arms! Who knows what situation this guy's into or experiencing? Very clever!
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The Sleeper award goes to: FallenSky!
In silence I wait
For him to awaken me;
Loosest as I'll purge
In this essence, sleeper has a different meaning; this one, to me, represents a follower waiting for his master to give him his just rewards.
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The Conspiracy Theorist award goes to: BlackSkullDragon!
Crazy they call me
the ones with minds blindfolded,
they won't see the truth.
If you are ranting that a leader or the government of a nation is corrupted, yet others don't see the same way, they may declare you insane because of the rant. But if they are blind to what really is happening, then they are insane for following the corrupted government!
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The Declaration award goes to: dudeguy45!
are they watching me?
alas, there is no one here
just 'ol straight jacket
How to put this... Well, I'm guessing the guy is in an insane asylum. He could be in there for excessive talking to inanimate objects and paranoia! I'm not sure how, but I was given a "here-and-now" explanation to how the guy ended up in the institution. To put that in a haiku is very tough to pull! You ain't a judge fer nuthin'!
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The Snapping Rope award goes to: Zaork! RANKED
Teetering iceberg
Progressively dissolving
It plummets within
To be honest, I was skeptical. The last theme was weather, which is why I thought this was a late entry to the haiku party, but it took another person to say "OHH I GEDDIT!" to make me twitch my eyebrows and think again. Correct! This symbolizes how you can be pushed so far before you snap and go crazy. It's somehow unbelievable that you took something that seemed so off-the-subject and turned it into something that fits the theme! Yet here it is! I must be going insane too! Sign me up for the funny farm!
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The Creepy Pasta award goes to: Hypermnestra!RANKED
Imprisoned, tested
You came in sane and healthy
You won't be for long
For those that don't know, Creepypasta is a website that houses many themes of scary stories to read and tell in the dark. This haiku reminded me of one such story where these scientists and psychologists were studying a man who incrementally became insane and insaner by the entry log. Eventually, the insanity somehow spread to the scientists, where they killed each other off overtime. This haiku is the same effect, except this summarizes a guy who went into a testing chamber fully healthy, but is being examined and tested by curious, corrupted scientists who wish to test the effects of the chemicals and medications on the amygdala, the part of the brain that regulates fear and fear responses.
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The Smeagle award goes to: jezz!
Come here, don't be scared
I am confined in both minds
Stay away from me
A man or woman who confronts both sides of his or her mind while fighting a constant battle has a profound effect on the physical and mental self, a sure-fire signal to others that he or she is insane. Instantly thought of Smeagle. If you don't know who Smeagle is, here's a ticket for The Funny Farm on 5th/3rd Street.
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Well I gave you my word and judged immediately after 7:00. However, this took me a little over an hour, so you can probably imagine the toughness of this week's judging. I like to only pick five ranked haikus, but there were like 4-5 more that were qualified. Leave it to the community of Armor Games to have a heated competition over who can perpetuate insanity better! Really though, give yourselves a pat on the back for making things tough for poor ol' Frank.
And the winner of the Haiku Contest for Insanity iiiiiiis....
Once, twice, thrice, then then,
Lest I lose heartbeats again.
seven, eight, nine, ten...
Congratulations Graham! Go contact a mod for your winning! To me, this gave the greatest picture of what an insane person is really like! Well done!
New Judge: FallenSky
Theme: Time
Deadline: Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Judging: Thursday, September 30, 2010
Happy Haikuing! And make sure you put a lot of thought into your entries!
