Monday
Aug132007
why not? (a contest in haiku)
Monday, August 13, 2007 at 02:34AM
I joked yesterday about having a haiku contest. A few folks responded that they were looking forward to it. Well, let's give them what they want.
A haiku, just so you know, is a short poem, consisting of three lines. The first has five syllables, the second has seven, the last has five. At least, I'm pretty sure. Let me go look it up...
(time passes...)
Yup. I was right. Rosie, however, is wrong. That is not haiku. She will not win this contest.
So here's the contest. Best haiku wins. Leave them as comments. DO NOT EMAIL THEM TO ME! Why? Because we will vote later in the week. So your haiku must be visible, and to be visible it must be in the comments section.
So write your awesome haiku, it can be about anything, though it would be better if it was about me, and leave it as a comment. Let's say on Thursday we'll start nominations. Then by Saturday, we'll have some finalists. And then the vote. This will rule. Winner will get a cd of mine of their choosing.
I'll close with a couple examples:
tonight we rehearsed
my throat is now all beat up
long live rock and roll
Tuesday is my show
12th and Porter is the place
so glad you're coming
(subtle hints for tomorrow's show)
O Insomnia,
what must I have done to you
to receive such wrath?
and finally...
if I was a dart
would you tape across my board
a picture of Clay?
Wordsmiths, grab your pens! Poets, your paper! Wow us with your brilliance! Dazzle us with your wittiness! Let the haiku contest begin!!!!
A haiku, just so you know, is a short poem, consisting of three lines. The first has five syllables, the second has seven, the last has five. At least, I'm pretty sure. Let me go look it up...
(time passes...)
Yup. I was right. Rosie, however, is wrong. That is not haiku. She will not win this contest.
So here's the contest. Best haiku wins. Leave them as comments. DO NOT EMAIL THEM TO ME! Why? Because we will vote later in the week. So your haiku must be visible, and to be visible it must be in the comments section.
So write your awesome haiku, it can be about anything, though it would be better if it was about me, and leave it as a comment. Let's say on Thursday we'll start nominations. Then by Saturday, we'll have some finalists. And then the vote. This will rule. Winner will get a cd of mine of their choosing.
I'll close with a couple examples:
tonight we rehearsed
my throat is now all beat up
long live rock and roll
Tuesday is my show
12th and Porter is the place
so glad you're coming
(subtle hints for tomorrow's show)
O Insomnia,
what must I have done to you
to receive such wrath?
and finally...
if I was a dart
would you tape across my board
a picture of Clay?
Wordsmiths, grab your pens! Poets, your paper! Wow us with your brilliance! Dazzle us with your wittiness! Let the haiku contest begin!!!!
Reader Comments (71)
blog contests are super lame
and I already own all Andy's cd's
so I refuse to compete
...crap.
My third best lover
She will never leave my side
I heart my guitar
Why can I not rock
Why must I be thus fated
Oh stupid ten toes
The call of Caedmon
Is now the call of Andy
Thus the rock ensues
Nine-toed guitarist
coaxes melodies from axe
faces rocked 'til dawn
little bald head singer
is now added to the mix
who wins guitar war?
threats from Claynation
float on lotus blossoms and
angry blog comments
You played my guitar
On a couple albums, yeah
Ebay, here I come!
Music is my dream
I am deaf in my right ear
It won't hold me back
You only take baths
When your old man comes around.
Selective hygiene.
(I teach and had a kid submit that in a poetry unit we did last year.)
Photographs, Postcards,
Letters to the Editor,
*And* The Morning? Wow.
Obama Hussein
iPhone Sex and Clay Aiken
Google PageRank climbs.
This is much akin
to Gullahorn's show reviews.
Except that it's not.
Hai... ku... Hiaku... Hai-
ku... HAIKUHAIKUHAIKU!!!
Hai-ku. "Gesundheit."
Andy imitates
Ella's laugh, my girl laughs back.
Andy loved it. Sweet!
(This last one happened as AndyO was opening an AndyP concert in Whitestown, IN in September 2006. After my daughter laughed back, he pointed down toward her and said "I love that!". *MADE HER NIGHT*. Thanks, Andy.)
List'ning and watching
I have learned *so* *much* *guitar*.
Thanks for the chops, eh!
Hard to play bluegrass
On twelve-string - for me at least.
Bet Andy could, though.
'Coustic and 'Lectric
Guitars, Piano, Trombone...
Break Out the BANJO!
Purple-pigmented
Over-enunciating
Hippopotamus
Indestructible,
swallows mountains as pebbles,
bathes bleeding eyes: hope.
it's only 9 now
too many entries here so
i don't stand a chance
I'm satisfied, but
Letters to the Editor
volume 2, Andy?
Nashville may be home
but dammit, play in Houston
sorry for language
throat stuff and one toe
Andy lacks but is still whole
maybe less is more
you wrote about gear
now i lust for new stuff. thanks.
broke before i spend
should make these one post
but more comments are better
sigh, i need a job
umbrella, -ella
-ella, ay, ay, ay, under
my um-ber-ella
in indiana
there lived a beautiful girl
her name was kara
since it didn't work
out with Kara - hate to ask
um... what's her number?
Andy plays guitar
And he's awesome, that is true
Such amazing riffs
This Haiku is lame
But what should ya'll expect?
I can barely write.
He is the one who
Generates sweet rock and roll:
Andrew Osenga
sweet kohalu'u
snorkeling without sunscreen
curse the blessed curse
andy osenga
anything except normal
inspires jealousy
nasty constantine
defiling andrew's webpage
i almost vomit
Dude, just because you
read my blog, that doesn't mean
that I'm reading yours
lunchtime in Nashville
bass players from defunct bands
plenty of faux-hawks
Nashville bloggers get
sick of people telling them
get a co-writer
The contest got very broad very quick
Ali Osenga
won the ultimate contest
for Andy O's heart
I'm in Andy's song
Had to get robbed to do it
Guess it was worth it
One cannot honor
Leonardo DiCaprio
With simple haiku