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Haiku for the Lost Souls

Ok, here is a contest for haiku only. Dosen't need to be 5,7,5 Just needs to be 17 syllables total.

Here's the whole catch.

A friend took his own life a week ago Saturday. Doesen't matter why he did it, he did it.

I want haiku's, and haiku's only on life, and why there is life.

I want you to talk to a suicidal person in your haiku and convince them to live.

There is more!!!

I've chosen several quotes for you to chose your words from.

You can arrange them anyway you like, to make that haiku.

5,7,5 or different. I just want 17 syllable bliss haiku.

Speak brief

Speak powerful

Speak real

I'm only offering a gold here, because in life, I think there would only be one winner! I'm not offering big points here because we are dealing with human life which goes beyond the point system as far as I'm concerned.


Please give me the best you've got.

Please give me fresh and new!

Please dig deep into your soul and find a way to save a life.

Namaste & best wishes

Here it is

Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone; For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own.
Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Source: None

Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.
Author: William Temple
Source: None

I hasten to laugh at everything for fear of being obliged to weep at it.
Author: Pierre de Beaumarchais
Source: None

Thou hast done a deed whereat valour will weep.
Author: William Shakespeare
Source: None

Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either.
Author: Golda Meir
Source: None

Weep not that the world changes -- did it keep a stable, changeless state, it were a cause indeed to weep.
Author: William C. Bryant
Source: None

Two aged men, that had been foes for life, Met by a grave, and wept - and in those tears They washed away the memory of their strife; Then wept again the loss of all those years.
Author: Frederick Tennyson
Source: None

The truth is, laughter always sounds more perfect than weeping. Laughter flows in a violent riff and is effortlessly melodic. Weeping is often fought, choked, half strangled, or surrendered to with humiliation.
Author: Anne Rice
Source: None

We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone?
Author: Anna Letitia Barbauld
Source: None

Please use one of these quotes for your inspiration, and ADD IT TO YOUR COMMENTS SO i KNOW WHICH ONE IT IS FOR!

You can use up to three quotes.

If you don't add to your comments the quote which is inspiration, your poem will be deleted from the contes. Please don't make me delete

Any deviants from the rules will be disqualified.


Best of luck!!!!

Please hit me with your best


Shantti




Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on April 24
  • Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 100, Bronze: 75
  • Final notes:
    Ok, Finally done judging this contest. I'm sorry it took so long. Everyone gave such a beautiful piece I had a hard time judging.
    I picked haiku because it deals more with the senses rather than emotion.
    Ok, based on that passages is my gold trophy winner. My dear friend hit the nail right on the head with this one and gave me exactly what I was looking for!
    I had to go against what I initially stated and add a gold and a bronze.
    Untitled was so exceptional I had to give it a trophy if not the gold. The author went bold with a chain haiku which was remarkable and Ommmmmmm is just what I think people so need most times.
    I want to thank everyone that took the time to participate here with this contest and hope all are respectively proud of your work. There was a larger turn out for this contest than I expected, and hope that everyone got a bit of something from it as well.

    Thank you guys all for participating. You all are awesome poets!!!

    Shantti


Contest Winners

  1. Error: Unable to find finalist item , it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  2. passages
    fear is natural
    with change come tears and new life
    by Draig aine 3 lines, 12 comments, on Apr 18 6:20 AM. In Angst, Hope, Life, Pain, Personal, Thoughts, NaPoMo
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  3. Untitled
    This is a haiku I wrote for a contest, trying to convince a suicidal man not to
    by Michelle-Elizabeth 15 lines, 6 comments, on Apr 18 3:31 AM. In Pain, Contest, Suicide
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  4. Ommmmmmm...
    Let me take your hand
    leading you to innerpeace;
    by joyfuljossie 2 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 18 1:16 PM
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  5. green
    by Periwinkle Blue 2 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 17 11:01 PM. In Personal, Spiritual
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  6. Blade
    by Black Narcissus 6 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 18 12:30 AM. In Sad
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  7. lost
    by Emerald Lass 2 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 17 10:50 PM. In Life, Pain, Personal
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  8. Don't give it to them.
    by StephLippitt 2 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 18 1:47 AM. In Other, Pain
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  9. two vessels:::
    this desperate world,
    lost in the mist; self and soul--
    by RavenTheWhite 18 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 18 2:09 AM
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  10. Satisfaction
    I stared into the evening
    and the lingering bliss of the sun.
    by bobanonymous 2 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 18 2:25 AM
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  11. Seed
    Tortured souls bleeding
    Revive triumphant embrace
    by Bev Hilderman 30 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 18 2:27 AM. In Contest, Hope, Life, Pain
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  12. new life
    our tears caress this
    parched and sterile land of trials
    by Draig aine 3 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 18 6:08 AM. In Contest, Hope, Life, Personal, Pain, Thoughts, NaPoMo
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  13. console
    Autumn never be long
    winter waves not in high straits
    by Purush 3 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 18 6:10 AM
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  14. untitled #2
    one does not
    lay waste their soul
    by Macsword 3 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 18 6:51 AM. In Life, Haiku, Thoughts, Contest
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  15. Error: Unable to find finalist item 5255803, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  16. facts
    by Venugopal 21 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 18 9:02 AM
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  17. Vicious Cycle
    Remove that idea
    unless you want to repeat
    by joyfuljossie 3 lines, 12 comments, on Apr 18 1:19 PM
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  18. Together
    We all have lessons
    to suffer pain and suffering
    by joyfuljossie 2 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 18 1:11 PM
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  19. Error: Unable to find finalist item 5255061, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]

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  • poets whisper silver member
    April 17
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    sure you don't want senyru ... as that deals with emotion as haiku deals with nature ...

  • poets whisper silver member
    April 17
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    another great quote to consider:
    I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.
    Agatha Christie


  • Michelle-Elizabeth
    April 18
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    Verses

    does it have to have just one verse or can there be, like, 2 or 3?


  • joyfuljossie
    April 18
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    poopsies!!!!

    Am I too late??

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