MaryAnne,

The first line has six syllables, but that's ok. The amount of syllables mentioned for this format is a maximum ( see Shadowpoetry.com).
I had to laugh a little, because when I think of a superhuman, I think of superman, lol.
This person you speak of, should be named like...mmhhh...idk some evil-sounding kind of man, ha ha.
I gather you speak of men like Hitler, Mussolini and Idi Amin in your poem, so maybe.."Mastermanipulator"?

I loved the whole concept:)

*hugs*

5/5 Ingrid

An average soul morphed
- - syllable count off?
an/av/er/age/soul/morph/ed

I'm counting six here, not the required five. May just be the a different way of saying it.. I dont know. But other than that another greatly written form. Loved your word choice it really set the mood as to how manipulating this person is.

I thought you did great at this, the only thing that was off was the first line. To fix this... maybe you could take off 'an' in the front, it is sort of important -- buut, you could probably go without it?

Well done otherwise dear. (;

5/5.
Temps.

^^

You chopped it into 7 parts Temps, lol.

I came back to this comment box to add this link MaryAnne, because you might not be able to find it, it is a little hidden on Shadow poetry.com:
http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/haiku/tanka.html

And indeed the first line should have 5 because that is the maximum. I was not really awake when I wrote my first comment, sorry:)

I don't understand this tanka as how does a phenomenon(is not evil it is a mavel or miracle) manipulate evil, perhaps an evil phenomenon, just does not make sense to me. Though I do understand what you want your message to be.
I think the change qualifies the phenomenon and then the tanka makes sense?
What do you thin ? let us know Ray S

That/ man/ip/ul/ates

Obviously I can't critique this, as I've not completely judged the contest yet. (:

Buuut I will say I love it, you brought something different to the table for this contest so I'm so happy you entered.

I'm guessing you say "Average" like myself--
two syllables. So it all fitted whilst I was reading it.

But I did see what Ray was saying above me,
maybe a different word would fit better there.
Something more tragic and less hopeful?
"An average soul morphed
Into a calamity,"
`or something alone the lines.

No changing yet though. ;]

Great job and gooood luck!
Should have the results tonight!

That sound and flows much better and now makes sense excellent tank 5/5 Ray S