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The Recognition Committee is pleased to announce that Harambe iz ur Daddy is the Recognized Writer for July. He has been a member since August 2021. We have not seen the likes of very many whose extreme creativity, eloquence, linguistic gymnastics, satiric irreverence, and scatological humor have graced us the way Harambe has on FanStory. Harambe has both won numerous contests and has been the creator of a number of contests - many extremely clever - including his 2D Acrostic Challenge. Not only is he a frequent poster, but also his reviews are encouraging, thorough, honest, and helpful with the advice he gives. He will often upgrade the stars when writers go back and make needed improvements from his suggestions. Take some time to review Harambe iz ur Daddy's extensive portfolio and congratulate him on this well-deserved award.

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5-7-5 Poem

Write a 5-7-5 Poem! This is a poem with only three lines. The catch is there is a strict syllable count. The first line has 5 syllables, second 7, third 5 again. This contest is for members that have not had a first place finish in thirty days.


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Featured Poems


from 36 reviews.

Simply exploring love through words.
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If I Were A Writer
by Ella Brooke Marzonie

from 28 reviews.

We said we were.
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Indivisible
by Jamison Brown

from 3 reviews.

Does It look like love or hate?
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How do you See The World
by Debi Pick Marquette

from 27 reviews.

A Few FICTIONAL Examples of Dislikes in MONORHYME
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My Mom Taught me to Never Hate
by Debi Pick Marquette

from 29 reviews.

Birds singing
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Bird Song
by Cecilia A Heiskary

from 30 reviews.

a ballad tribute
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from 18 reviews.

The beauty of fall
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Fall
by Cecilia A Heiskary

from 23 reviews.

Parents life
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Parenting
by Cecilia A Heiskary

from 15 reviews.

Baby Monkeys
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Monkey
by Cecilia A Heiskary

from 15 reviews.

Do you enjoy mountain hikes?
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Echo Lake
A contest entry

from 10 reviews.

The Forest Didn't Blink
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The Quiet Witness
by Patty Mazzurco

from 4 reviews.

Never let a good opportunity go to waste
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Good to the last bite
by Noreen Bernardo

Featured Stories


from 28 reviews.

A Mother Writing a Letter to Her Son.
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Letter to Son
by Harry Craft

from 5 reviews.

History of the Sinclair's and Moray's partnership.
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from 24 reviews.

True Story
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Swat Team
by rama devi

from 21 reviews.

The Mother of Sorrows
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from 12 reviews.

75 Word Flash Fiction
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Could This Be Love
by LJbutterfly

from 20 reviews.

A World of Wonder Opens
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from 18 reviews.

coming soon
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A Theater Near You
by jessizero

from 17 reviews.

Chance Encounter for The Sharp Quill
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from 11 reviews.

Miranda gets sick.
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from 19 reviews.

A Missing Piece
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from 5 reviews.

Things can spark in the most unexpected places.
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Penny on the Floor
by Tim Margetts

from 6 reviews.

Chapter 18 of An Alien from a Parallel Universe
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Well Received Poems


from 11 reviews.

A Sonnet
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Incendiary Words.
by Dolly'sPoems

from 12 reviews.

A haiku for the contest
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from 18 reviews.

The beauty of fall
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Fall
by Cecilia A Heiskary

from 15 reviews.

Baby Monkeys
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Monkey
by Cecilia A Heiskary

from 12 reviews.

Fibonacci poem
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Eddie *EVH*
by Marilyn Hamilton

from 12 reviews.

A rhyming 369poem.
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It's Soup Time
by patcelaw

from 10 reviews.

A Sonnet
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Dear Brenda
by Dolly'sPoems

from 8 reviews.

A Purely Hopeful poem for Potlatch Club
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Calm is rife
by Pearl Edwards

from 8 reviews.

Remembering the joy of discovering nature's wonders.
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from 8 reviews.

a contest entry
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Missing In Action
A contest entry

Well Received Stories


from 12 reviews.

75 Word Flash Fiction
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Could This Be Love
by LJbutterfly

from 11 reviews.

Garden insects talk
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from 9 reviews.

a 75 word flash fiction
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My Monster
by Kirsten Shonle

from 9 reviews.

Bears and Butterflies
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from 9 reviews.

Be careful who you love.
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from 7 reviews.

memories of the heart
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from 5 reviews.

Things can spark in the most unexpected places.
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Penny on the Floor
by Tim Margetts

Well Received Books


from 11 reviews.

Miranda gets sick.
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Well Received Scripts


from 18 reviews.

Another Widows of Viewmont episode
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Dee's B-Friend Z
by lyenochka


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Born To Dance
Santa's reindeer discovers his real passion.
Pays: 10 points. and 52 member cents
Serendipitous Chapter 11
A wedding is agreed to.
Pays: 10 points. and 1.23 member dollars