Twitter Writing Contest 2 is now closed. Thanks to everyone who submitted an entry, and winners will be announced Friday, November 21.
Back in May, I launched the first ever @copyblogger Twitter Writing Contest. People seemed to have a lot of fun participating and reading the hundreds of submitted entries, so I’ve been looking forward to doing another one.
If you missed the first one, the Los Angeles Times did a nice write-up of the event. In a nutshell, contestants had to tell a story in exactly 140 characters, which is the maximum allowed for any tweet on Twitter.
This time we’re doing something a bit different.
Write a Killer Haiku for the Win
As you might have gleaned from the headline, this time we’re going to write Twitter haiku. There’s already a healthy group of people who tweet clever little haiku poems on Twitter due to the constrained size, so it seems a natural for Twitter Writing Contest 2.
If your memory is a little rusty on what haiku is, here’s a refresher:
Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry. It consists of 17 syllables broken up into three phrases of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively.
Here are two quick examples found on Twitter Search with the tag #haiku:
Been up way too long / Need about a week’s more sleep / Might not be enough
The furnace is fixed / breath invisible again / how much is the bill?
~ @badboc
Got it? Obviously, the more clever, comedic, or compelling your haiku, the better your chances of winning.
Like this one found on t-shirts:
Haikus are easy / But sometimes they don’t make sense / Refrigerator
Now on to the good stuff.
First Prize? A MacBook Air
We had some really great prizes last time, but we’re kicking it up a notch. Here are the prizes for first, second, third places.
First Prize – A MacBook Air, the world’s thinnest laptop, courtesy of DIY Themes and the Thesis Theme for WordPress.
Second Prize – Free access to Product Launch Formula 2.1+, the highly regarded online training program (tuition $1,997), courtesy of Jeff Walker. (If you purchase PLF when it opens–and likely sells out–today, you will receive a full refund as winner).
Third Prize – Free access to the new-and-improved Teaching Sells online training program (re-launching in January 2009 for $997), courtesy of Teaching Sells.
These are the Rules:
Rules, rules, rules… you can’t avoid them. And to be eligible to win, these are the ones you’ve got to follow:
1. You must have a Twitter account. Open one for free to participate.
2. Please tweet your submission (one per account) in English with the following format:
Phrase one (5 syllables) / phrase two (7 syllables) / phrase three (5 syllables)
3. After you’ve tweeted, you must cut and paste the poem itself into the comments of this post, along with the direct URL to the tweet (to get the tweet URL, you click on the tweet time stamp, i.e. “3:32 PM Nov 12th” or “about 12 hours ago”). Make sure the email address you use for the comment is valid so we can contact you as a winner (email addresses are never used for any other purpose).
4. I know it’s unnecessary with this crowd, but… original submissions only! It’s quite easy to search Twitter or Google to see if your inspiration amounts to plagiarism. Don’t do it please. 
5. Submissions will be accepted in the comments of this post until 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, Sunday, November 16, 2008.
I’ll be answering questions and giving any necessary updates on Twitter, so make sure to follow @copyblogger. I’m looking forward to seeing what you all come up with!
About the Author: Brian Clark is the founding editor of Copyblogger, and co-founder of DIY Themes and Lateral Action. Get more from Brian on Twitter.
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Great twitter contest idea. Too bad that I am not good in poetry.
I desire a Macbook / But I’m no good at haikus / Unlikely to win
http://twitter.com/Dave_Child/status/1002176640
twitter fills my days/ with short tweets, posts, videos/ procrastination
http://twitter.com/eggmarketing/status/1002175818
Wow, it’s hard to choose between the three I’ve already written: thanks for the creative brain challenge!
I’m sure this can be loads of fun! Great contest, Brian.
She left me angels/ To look after me when gone/ I feel loved always
#haiku @copyblogger
http://twitter.com/NewWrldYankee/status/1002173599
Good luck to every one and Congrats to the winner in advance.
Blogs, tweets, and comments
The new social currency
Are phone calls dead now?
http://twitter.com/Figliuolo/status/1002177552
Twitter for MacBook / My Vista box has just died / MacBook for Twitter
http://twitter.com/RealNerd/status/1002179707
To @copyblogger / A haiku contest sounds fun / Will this entry do?
http://twitter.com/NathanRidley/statuses/1002177687
Though I see further / Do not use giants shoulders / Bought binoculars
http://twitter.com/petewailes/status/1002182500
Why people haiku / is a mystery to me / makes no sense at all.
http://twitter.com/lastres0rt/status/1002181503
doggies are sleeping / better get some work done fast / they’ll want to play soon
http://twitter.com/lisawood/status/1002187073
why am i writing / oh that’s right, a MacBook air / probably won’t win
http://twitter.com/thechristianguy/status/1002183639
Twenty-six candles / Eleven Twelve Eighty-Two / Can I Haz MacBook?
http://twitter.com/film_girl/status/1002191575
Early Christmas treat / Macbook from Copyblogger / Ho ho ho ho ho
http://twitter.com/dulcenegosyante/status/1002194176
not too much money/bored with it six months from now/it’s from ikea
http://twitter.com/hbeeinc/statuses/1002200927
# haiku
one hundred forty/characters are not enough /to express desire.
(though enough for a haiku about twitter, apparently!)
http://twitter.com/nerdseyeview/status/1002202676
On Macbook users / They Have It Better Than Us / We Vista Users
Direct link:
http://twitter.com/steven_sanders/status/1002209489
the beans roast slowly / grinder whirrs, water drips hot / I won’t tweet before coffee
http://twitter.com/hitthosekeys/status/1002206749
I so love my Mac / With fear now I use PC / Waiting for the crash.
Looking through the fridge / Pair of yellow underwear / How did that get there #haiku
http://twitter.com/sjoystudios/status/1002212997
Haiku! I tweeted / What did many tweeps reply? / Gesundheit! they said
http://twitter.com/DazzlinDonna/status/1002218385
This is my submission:
freelance work is hard / no missed opportunity / Mac Book Air would help
http://twitter.com/salmndr007/status/1002216106
Ohh, and here is one to help get the word out:
Coppybolgger rocks / Twitter haiku for Mac Book / check out site for info
http://twitter.com/salmndr007/status/1002216761
I’m now wondering / does technology change art? / What about prizes?
http://twitter.com/chapmanchapman/status/1002224550
Could not sleep last night / Afraid the clowns would eat me / Last time I watch IT
http://twitter.com/vedo/status/1002214040
Some call it Progress / Twitter kills attention spans / The death of Writing
http://twitter.com/ryanwanger/status/1002227551
Yay, I love these twitter contests! I’m spreading the word right now.
You know, I haven’t had to write a haiku since like… elementary school or something. Time to exercise that haiku muscle.
Shiny Macbook Air / @copyblogger’s contest prize / Probably won’t win
http://twitter.com/andymurd/status/1002227846
finger in her nose/frequent ER toddler pass/remove Barbie shoe
http://twitter.com/nik_nik/status/1002226778
autumn tweets inside my mind / do not use copy paste to see / if an elephant is big
link: http://twitter.com/cristianciofu/status/1002231151
Win A MacBook Air / Visit Amazon.com / Buy DVD drive
http://twitter.com/philipnorton42/status/1002232062
Worries, stress, and pain / Always getting in the way / Living life today
http://twitter.com/Euthyphro/status/1002216685
Someone played a trick, feeling like cat on a hot brick, who is the culprit?
http://twitter.com/SharadP/status/1002232589
Particle or Wave?/Duality combined thus/A photon quanta
http://twitter.com/hepcj/status/1002233017
New to the Haiku/I hope my Haiku doesn’t /suck it up and write.
http://twitter.com/JosephArnone/status/1002231631
Autumnal twittering. / People talk of cold and snow. / Warm here in Texas.
http://twitter.com/crredwards/status/1002234252
Fresh Air To The World/ It’s Beauty Like A Fine Art/ You Just Got Rick Rolled
http://twitter.com/CraigKessler/status/1002238381
@LearningNerd agree with you. This contest allowed me to refreshen up after a long day of work.
“Let the cat out of the bag” @copyblogger..
emails delete! zap! / little relevance to me / opportunities
http://twitter.com/ardath421/status/1002237189
Haiku plus Twitter? / Sounds like destiny to me / Just like my MacBook?
http://twitter.com/willandbeyond/status/1002243526
i see tweets galore/news, politics, facts, OH MY!/i must update now
http://twitter.com/NicoleElise/status/1002239426
Swept up mandala / America eats its Jung / Obama logo
http://twitter.com/rafikam/status/1002243831
My haiku like a website / running I.E. 6 / really running in reverse
Small time Twitter gal/Not in social media/Like to be nosy
http://twitter.com/redsoxfan529/status/1002244046
Copyblogger U/Wants me to write a Haiku/That’s what I will do
http://twitter.com/awewriter/status/1002248862
“@John, I am pregnant.” / “@Marsha, will you marry me?” / “Yes @John, my tweetheart.”
http://twitter.com/cjdinger/statuses/1002247238
I am a PC / But tweeting for a Macbook / Conversion ahead?
http://twitter.com/jenharvey/status/1002250332
kids squinting on pier / imagining to set free / fish in seagull’s beaK
http://twitter.com/gassho/status/1002252300
mac mac mac mac mac / mac mac mac mac mac mac mac / mac mac mac mac mac
Macbook Air Is Good / Triumph The Insult Dog Says / For Me To Poop On
http://twitter.com/BigPixture/status/1002252233
writing a haiku / I need to use my fingers / counting syllables
http://twitter.com/nolasknab/status/1002256373
Amateur blogger / enters competition. Keeps / fingers firmly crossed.
http://twitter.com/iainbroome/status/1002251629
When life gives you sliced/ bread, make toast, but remember/ once toast, always toast
<a href=”http://twitter.com/melissamcd/status/1002260518″
Tweet, Twit, Twitter/ I type too much all day/ Carpal Tunnel…Ow!
I guess my first try didn’t make it!
the beans roast slowly / grinder whirrs, water drips hot / coffee before tweets
#syllable correction
http://twitter.com/hitthosekeys/status/1002262579
http://twitter.com/tfraymond/status/1002252725
Why do cannibals / refuse to eat a clown? / ’cause they taste funny
waiting to compile / code poetry in motion / build is succesful
http://twitter.com/gooberdlx/status/1002267172
http://twitter.com/thatedeguy/status/1002262444 (although the twitter seems to take a while to update to make them work.
Win a MacBook Air / A Catastrophe for me / For I’m a PC
I often wonder / Should Yoda talk in haiku? / No telling, there is…
http://twitter.com/billgathen/status/1002261591
Barack Obama Wins
American’s History The Greatest Event
Negro is President
http://twitter.com/FutureBells/status/1002270625
An Adwords haiku / Google didn’t get the joke / Laughter, ROI
http://twitter.com/eristoddle/status/1002263953
First it was Twitter/ But do anything for contests/So now I Haiku!
http://twitter.com/missylol/status/1002263687
Exquisite haiku / Stirs souls and sets hearts aflame / Daring you to ache
http://twitter.com/kristenjohanna/status/1002279582
One hundred and forty / I posted out to the world / Tell me you love me
http://twitter.com/DavidHowell/status/1002285149
My new addiction / Marketing medium or… / Something more: Twitter
http://twitter.com/findchris/status/1002288242
How Stupid am I? / Forgot to Paste Link Last Time…. / Now I Try Again!
http://twitter.com/yeahdisk/status/1002286817
(My earlier effort: http://twitter.com/yeahdisk/status/1002251949 )
bad haiku…fixed…
One hundred forty / I posted out to the world / Tell me you love me
http://twitter.com/DavidHowell/status/1002290255
Brian looks like me // But I’m no Copyblogger // Just nanotweeting.
http://twitter.com/ikepigott/status/1002293551
Internet was down. / Peace and calm filled the household. / It’s back, noise returns.
http://twitter.com/evenlake/status/1002285631
What’s Occam’s Razor? /// It’s a method for questions /// That cut to the chase.
http://twitter.com/ikepigott/status/1002296971
Internet gurus / Of the marketing type must / Stop following me
http://twitter.com/kwbridge/status/1002263237
social media / twitter, friend feed, facebook, blogs / brain full, but wants more.
http://twitter.com/schnaars/status/1002296075
Tweet tweet little bird,
What will you tell me today?
Twitter me your news!
Direct Link: http://twitter.com/burnman/status/1002297176
Will open new blog/ Can not wait to build traffic/ Crap no computer
http://twitter.com/jayfrawley/status/1002300444
I am a PC / My world is very tiny / Can Air expand it?
http://twitter.com/atcrawford/status/1002304752
Land of ice and fire / you are where I want to be / not here, in Scotland
http://twitter.com/mandrill/status/1002311795
Sound and fury; Angst
imposes its hydra-like wrath;
The Will to Frenzy
(Reading Albert Camus right now, and the nietzschean Will to Power is referred to here…)
laptop is broken / so haiku i will now write / new mac sunday night?
https://twitter.com/cnmoody/status/1002313809
Line one, clever lead / The middle’s where you hook them / Punchline, Air is mine
http://twitter.com/tmonhollon/status/1002304831
Copyblogger is so great / Need Macbook Air To Write Late / No Fail Whale For Me
http://twitter.com/nycwatchdog/status/1002282481
Woke to tears this morn /
will sleep tonight to the sound /
of happy laughter
https://twitter.com/johntunger/status/1002323892
how could anyone/describe their life in only /140
http://twitter.com/wumbus/status/1002323417
Trying hard to Twitter Haiku / Getting intellectually restless/ Visualising MAC BOOK AIR
http://twitter.com/webtrafficroi/status/1002290980
Twitter is New Crack/Are all of you hooked like me?/The tweet taste of it
http://twitter.com/atommccree/status/1002323894
cold, brisk is the wind, / winter arrives quickly now, /warmth enjoyed fire side. 1 minute ago from twhirl
http://twitter.com/edgegirl/status/1002323686
Post timed out, so not sure if the entry went it… so here it is again!
Reporting is fun / Meaningless data crunching days / solutions discovered daily
https://twitter.com/olorinpc/status/1002296279
too much noise online / is like clutter in a room / pay no attention
http://twitter.com/betsywuebker/status/1002329087
With more money, the / poor worry less; the rich, more. / Both want more money.
http://twitter.com/LearningNerd/status/1002330596
Unfortunately you got the rules very wrong, as most people sadly do. Haiku is NOT about the syllable count. It is a form of poetry about the nature. A poem which is not about the nature can NEVER be a haiku, perhaps a senryu, but not a haiku. It does not, however, have to be 5-7-5, it can be a lot shorter.
So, is this a haiku contest or a senryu contest? And do we really have to follow the syllable rule, which is not what defines haiku?
Regards,
a pedantic journalist and haiku poet
Gentle glowing light, Smiling upon the dark world. She floats gracefully.
http://twitter.com/Aquitas_/status/1002336441
http://twitter.com/bartonmurray/status/1002331404
Tweets Are Fun To Share / Twitter Your Day Without Care / Own a Mac Book Air
pets can warm the heart / learn unconditional love / while basking in it.
http://twitter.com/arklady/status/1002337235
The joy of Twitter! / Kevin Rose has sneezed again. / Quick! Blog about it!
http://twitter.com/nickcernis/status/1002335032
(A quick quip which is, of course, a reference to Kevin Rose of Digg fame, who recently created a Twitter account especially for his cold: http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=33935 )
Akshaully, I sees
yer invisible haiku
yer doin it rong
http://twitter.com/TLinDC/status/1002338865
Am I the only one / seeing our nation forget / why we became free
http://twitter.com/mdjensen/status/1002341391
No Need For Air Mac / For Now Pro Model Works Fine / I Will Take It Though
http://twitter.com/Cecilerudd/status/1002340877
all here are alike / they all want a macbook air / refrigerator?
http://twitter.com/siege911/status/1002336540
she left me that night
to live inside the starscape
love radiation
http://twitter.com/LesJohnson/status/1002342388
I count on fingers/as I tweet about my love/for all things mac
http://twitter.com/lisawood/status/1002345628
I need a MacBook/ Will sell my kidneys for cash?/ Twit for a MacBook!
http://twitter.com/CyNurse/status/1002335806
three types of people / the ones that know how to count / and the ones that don’t
http://twitter.com/danielscocco/status/1002347530
seeking attention / broadcasting vision, snags, joy / people tuned elsewhere #haiku
http://twitter.com/tixrus/status/1002348360
“Twitter Writing trends/ Yes it is and yes it does/ listening from the branches”
http://twitter.com/NextInstinct/status/1002348840
A tweet of balance / and timing superior — / MacBook #haiku zone
http://twitter.com/hitthosekeys/status/1002313278
Been swallowing pride / as a paycheck collector / for Tyrant Tech Lead
http://twitter.com/writewaydesigns/status/1002340013
MacBook Air contest / Why do I even bother? / I never win these
http://twitter.com/waltpsu/status/1002353605
food’s made by machines / we’re eating ourselves to death / pass the cheeze whiz
http://twitter.com/reluctanteater/status/1002246945
some days I feel like / my tweets they flow like water / water has frozen
http://twitter.com/RobReevesStudio/status/1002356476
Economy sucks / Obama to the Rescue / bring jobs to US
http://twitter.com/writewaydesigns/status/1002360167
@Maija Wikipedia doesn’t think so:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku
My understanding has always been that the syllables matter (the “on”); that it’s more artful to get the syllables in in fewer words; that somewhat like an English sonnet, a haiku has a “turn” (the “kireji”); and that while many haiku contain a “kigo”) or seasonal reference, it is not *required* that the poem be meditation on nature.
–a fellow pedantic and poet.
My work is to make / Access to Justice for all / a reality
http://twitter.com/SCATJ/status/1002273487
I enjoy chili / The beans and meat fill me up. / Oh, Gross! What’s that smell?
http://twitter.com/iowaradioguy/status/1002365760
Oh my aching back/the pain the of bulging disc/Macbook Air relief!
http://twitter.com/geosteph/status/1002369142
Nothing left to say / Majors pine, the long tail splines / I listen anyway
http://twitter.com/micahwittman/status/1002371706
@Maija Haavisto: You’re correct. A seasonal reference is needed and syllable count isn’t so strict. There’s the one-line haiku, senryu, waka, so many forms…
Yet for a fun contest like this it’s legit to keep it simple and stick to 5/7/5 structure with no other constraints…this is haiku social media style & I think the form allows it. For purest haiku, interested people can read Bassho or Issa…
the apple lights ever clear/ books made of sand and of air/make me smile and whole
http://twitter.com/JessicaRandazza/status/1002383486
Hours spent Twittering/ Friendships made, ideas born/ Networking? Or fun?
http://twitter.com/blondechicken/status/1002385363
At Copy Blogger/ MacBook Air, Ultrathin, mine/Twitter a Haiku
http://twitter.com/Laurel520/status/1002390258
The child ate the dog. / I was about to make lunch / after one more Tweet!
http://twitter.com/lostcheerio/status/1002391316
Jump in a puddle/Heavy rain pours from the sky/Warm fire and hot tea
http://twitter.com/Kpmomma/status/1002389748
Cat puke on the floor/This time I saw ‘fore stepping/Damn no rug cleaner
http://twitter.com/AmandaMarcotte/status/1002371598
heat inside stifles / look past the Window and yearn / open door for Air
http://twitter.com/jodie_nodes/status/1002367257
SAGs Best Kept Secret / TexMex kid from San Antone / is Narciso17
http://twitter.com/Narciso17/status/1002395812
If we recycle / What will archeologists / Of the future do?
http://twitter.com/mmmfiber/status/1002408536
Kidney for my Mom/ Gift of life from me to her/ Left did something right
http://twitter.com/bretbret/status/1002408144
Tweet you and tweet me / Tweet for a new mac beauty / The… winner… must… be…?
http://twitter.com/giovani/status/1002415462
Crap - misspelled archaeologists. Can I still win?
Make me my milkshake / Thick and brown like Al Roker / Hold the whipped cream though
To convey one’s mood, in seventeen syllables, is very diffic…
Not mine but from the legendary punk poet, John Cooper Clarke - http://www.johncooperclarke.com/
The thing about this / Is that Google outs the cheats / So don’t plagiarize
http://twitter.com/mortgagereports/status/1002421046
the world is a buzz / America’s voice was heard / equality near
https://twitter.com/conancreatif/status/1002419776
windows is lame… cough / apple is much better… cough / rectal exams suck!
http://twitter.com/kurtfagan/statuses/1002423586
Yikes! The Day After
Stress, fatigue, blurred memories…
Vacation Detox
Great contest! Thanks for the chance to win a Macbook Air, they look awesome! (Of course.)
http://twitter.com/Amber_BGH/status/1002415322
Too much effort to / win this Apple MacBook Air / MacBook Pro is best
http://twitter.com/chrismackintosh/status/1002419114
soloist at heart / unheard above the hive’s hum / abuzz in chorus
Vacation is not. | If I can still work online. | But escaped snow!
http://twitter.com/katiekonrath/status/1002427269
Listen up, Tweeple / I mean you @cheezeborger! / I can haz #haiku
http://twitter.com/hitthosekeys/status/1002430071
Counting syllables
for haiku is pointless. Real
haiku have morae.
http://twitter.com/boldavenue/status/1002433449
10 types of people / those who count in binary / and those who do not
http://twitter.com/webforge/status/1002435518
one hundred forty carrot / terse snippets from a / million characters
http://twitter.com/dealexpert/status/1002434689
We walked down the aisle / Laying in hammock on the beach / Crash, honeymoon is ruined
http://twitter.com/michbrinson/status/1002436349
productivity / threatened by twitter contest / take part anyway
http://twitter.com/0zymandias/status/1002430714
shameless sucking up / will not persuade the judges / just in case…you rock!
http://twitter.com/jendimond/status/1002439361
Want to Tweet Haiku / But the Best I Can Do is /Garbled Whipperwhill
http://twitter.com/sherice/status/1002439179
First rule of #haiku / Never use it to list things / The second rule is
http://twitter.com/kmakice/status/1002275536
Working with Clients / Change the Market’s Perception / at mundayMorning
http://twitter.com/mM_PR/status/1002425143
the down-trodden fox / lacking the fresh taste of hope / picks low-hanging fruit
Volunteers are great / People do change the world / It’s remarkable
http://twitter.com/metrovolunteers/status/1002439407
@copyblogger The Rule: Write each day/Complication: What about?/Answer: The questions! #haiku
What fun! The contest
Has spurred creativity
The pond grows ripples.
(Not my entry but
The need to conform to the
Rules is quite strong; Help!)
// True twitterers tweet / / Twits follow you like spammers / / Promote tweets, block twits //
http://twitter.com/judiwithani/status/1002455085
Seems like many of the Twitter status links aren’t working. Anyone know why?
my laptop smoked lots / when laptop smokes it is dead / need new macbook now
http://twitter.com/lisajh/status/1002461211
Must win MacBook Air/ Need to sell for MacBook Pro/ Bust sweet graphics YEAH
http://twitter.com/shellymack10/status/1002461246
Christmas ’round the bend,
And our economy sucks.
Santa’s in the red.
http://twitter.com/hawkinssusan/status/1002438956
Always forget the update Twitter/ Copyblogger reminds me well/ will I get my MacBook Air?
http://twitter.com/michaeljrm/status/1002468422
uniquecommodity Twitter ecstasy/ Twitterin fool that is me/So fun for Unique less than 5 seconds ago from web
http://twitter.com/uniquecommodity/status/1002473291
My haiku like a website / running I.E. 6 / really running in reverse
http://twitter.com/m3thodtwit/status/1002479237
all day calling leads / no one seems to be at home / is it something that i said?
2 minutes ago from web
http://twitter.com/AnitaHampl
Brevity the goal / I now confine my thoughts to / one hundred forty
#haiku
http://twitter.com/taragl/status/1002479340
Wordiness distorts/ The heart speaks with brevity / Twittering away
http://twitter.com/breegeek/status/1002482099
Work tweets, tweet from home / From adios to shalom / new world, none alone
http://twitter.com/morganwheeler/status/1002478836
Twitter birds tweet sweet / Haiku to fly MacBook Air / and perch Thesis theme.
http://twitter.com/LifeBlazing/status/1002489365
in the cold night sky / a shooting star has fallen / oh how beautiful!
http://twitter.com/ericleeus/status/1002493197
Great Tweets cause action / Stop Tweeting, Close your browser / and Go do something
http://twitter.com/TomHolowka/status/1002492381
Oh, foo. I completely hosed the formatting on my previous post. My apologies, and let me try and make this one actually follow standards:
@copyblogger The Rule: Write each day/Complication: What about?/Answer: The questions! #haiku
http://twitter.com/designerTrevor/status/1002437465
i enjoy legos/also like bionicles/archie likes them too
http://twitter.com/cmakice/status/1002480990
I am 8 and a half years old. This is my first haiku. This might be my second haiku, actually. I might have done a haiku when Time Warp Trio did a show on haiku.
Let son win the prize/ so I can have his mac book/ Meanest mom ever
http://twitter.com/amakice/status/1002493861
Google slapped again / I thought we were so in love / we can’t just be friends
http://twitter.com/masterlesamurai/status/1002500345
who are the judges? / what kind of wine do they like? / were you thinking that?
http://twitter.com/gwithers/status/1002499760
Dirty, hungry, alone / homelessness is not very pretty / find hope at the Mission
http://twitter.com/michbrinson/status/1002504905
I said no pickle / Took a knife to Burger King / I’ll have it my way.
write a mook haiku / wring a morph out, sketch a chair / win a macbook air
Huh?! To see what the heck that’s supposed to mean in full motion text morphing animation, go here: http://tinyurl.com/6xmvyn
http://twitter.com/AntoneRoundy/statuses/1002512699
For what I am now/who I was before, doesn’t/I’m not bi-polar!
http://twitter.com/e2/statuses/1002516728
Microsoft: J’accuse! / Outlook bad, Visa far worse / MacBook Air Envy
http://twitter.com/leaconner/status/1002483181
I like my s’mores hot / Crunchy, fudgy, soft and brown / smoky aroma
http://twitter.com/mangolatte/status/1002518523
The perfect haiku / On Twitter has been spoken / Now give me the prize
http://twitter.com/cnquest/status/1002525750
copywriting fun / is like heaven for the thumb / tweet copy tweet fun
http://twitter.com/JuicyKate/status/1002529024
What is Twitter for? / Nonplussed but coming around / Want that MacBook Air
http://twitter.com/ejwalds/status/1002525516
getting head lice stinks/itching, scratching never ends/did I gross you out
how’s that work for you? http://twitter.com/shellymom/status/1002434216
http://twitter.com/O2sail/status/1002535382
Working in my cube / and just how boring is that / Is weather outside?
Got to get to work / It’s true I have ADD / Wait! Who’s twitting me?
http://twitter.com/ADDmanagement/status/1002537164
Barack Obama / Fifty-two to forty-six / Over John McCain
http://twitter.com/dhandelsman/status/1002541475
Haikus are decent / for condensed expression, but / http://tinyurl.com/29q3qy
http://twitter.com/chapmanchapman/status/1002545217
Little dodo bird / tries to spread his wings to fly / but he is extinct.
http://twitter.com/prmorgan/status/1002522984
Please let me try again: I miscounted my Haiku syllables …
all day calling leads/ no one seems to be at home/ something that i said?
… less than 5 seconds ago from web
http://twitter.com/AnitaHampl/status/1002544977
I opened it up / and to my disappointment / found in it nothing
http://twitter.com/jabberjazz/status/1002542711
Haiku for the win / I’m not a mac daddy but / daddy needs a mac
http://twitter.com/Sipes/status/1002549777
I hope they follow / The newbie tweet said in vain / echo no one is there
http://twitter.com/Logical_Twit/status/1002560164
Sewer line backup
Into the house it came - twice.
Homeowner joys drowned
http://twitter.com/mariafrey/status/1002536267
actually happened: http://steveandmaria.net/2008/05/08/home-grown-haiku/
He grabbed the monk’s throat. /
“Where’s Frank? You call him ‘Buddha.’” /
“Throne room!”
“…Not for long.” /
http://twitter.com/SMCuter/status/1002563353
i am no fanboi / mac book air to make my day / i sell on ebay
http://twitter.com/richspalding/status/1002567159
Staring at my site / Where does the traffic come from? / Content is still King.
http://twitter.com/aaronwhite/status/1002574653
words alter my tweet / tweaking of verbiage breath / serendipitous
http://twitter.com/pmcb9119/status/1002559382
screaming micro chrome
shining digital sunset
leather good nights
http://twitter.com/angelawest/status/1002591648
I knew not love a / day ago; and tomorrow / today I was young. #haiku @copyblogger
http://twitter.com/PunctuatingR/status/1002594686
Webs become unspun / A little bird told me so / Tweeting while she spins
https://twitter.com/ebbstachio/status/1002600197
Networking is fun / write a blog post then twit it / social media
http://twitter.com/Panda444/status/1002597066
My elusive toys!, Expensive gadgets not mine!, Wife, she holds the purse
http://twitter.com/ckbliss/status/1002610869
I feel nostalgic:/the Moon suddenly illumed/ butterfly’s flitter
http://twitter.com/DmitrySt/status/1002615896
Headline promises / When fulfilled diligently / Guarantee success.
http://twitter.com/monooso/statuses/1002618419
Tired of the Bushes/Americans long for Change/Now go to Barracks!
https://twitter.com/careysuante/status/1002618534
Hi I’m a PC. / And I’m a MacBook Air, bitch. / Touché. Smug bastard.
http://twitter.com/erin_moore/status/1002625343
In praise of Copyblogger - not for contest!
Love Copyblogger/for better or worse, its best/none to compete against!
I love reading blogs/but only the best I read/love Copyblogger!
A Revolution/Blogs give everyone a voice/The future is here
http://twitter.com/jfeig/status/1002627721
Hi, I’m a PC! / Writing haikus for a Mac / on Windows, no less.
http://twitter.com/KenanGoneWild/status/1002640051
Latest: My friend, my friend pain, Doc. wrote Oxycontin main, hence leave from you gain.5 minutes ago
Need to correct entry because of typo (new Tweet URL):
Microsoft: J’accuse! / Outlook bad, Vista far worse / MacBook Air Envy
http://twitter.com/leaconner/status/1002528907
So, the link on my twitter doesn’t seem to work well — I’m not sure why, but I have to refresh it a couple times before Twitter can find it. I hope that’s not a big problem … >.<
Open Sesame; / my mind, my heart, my Mac Book / I write my novel
http://twitter.com/Pelayers
I met this nice girl / she turned out to be a man / Now I am her bitch
http://twitter.com/kfwatts/status/1002649501
If a blog comment
Is pretty much on topic
Then it’s not spam, right?
http://haikuoffrustration.com/
guard asleep again / no one else cares about this / demotivates me
http://twitter.com/YoMamaFob/status/1002659845
one two three four five/six seven eight nine ten and/ it’s a haiku now
http://twitter.com/RiddleSpider/status/1002663774
perfect for travel/impatient designers/ find a solution
West Virginia’s great/ I need a new computer/ I need a new gun
http://twitter.com/t100acres/status/1002670798
five syllables is / needed to win a mac air / twit to compete now
http://twitter.com/rudygiron/status/1002674654
today Pope would find / to forgive Vista human / but to Air, devine
http://twitter.com/GrahamStrong/status/1002675434
http://twitter.com/RobinDeCato/status/1002674570
Halloween just past / Super Hero Coworkers / Me just lady bug
haiku on line 1 / weinermobile on line 2 / gotta love Twitter!
https://twitter.com/pboersma/status/1002679637
bush says he regrets / when obama calls for change / bush behind steel bars?
http://twitter.com/avance34/status/1002683894
I might quit blogging / Internet dreams are all scams / Trying Wall Street next.
@copyblogger #haiku
http://twitter.com/matthewdryden/status/1002690895
Tweeting from my phone / Means more tweeting all the time / Will I drown in tweets?
http://twitter.com/thenolan/status/1002689141
Nice contest, here is my Haiku in Twitter:
http://twitter.com/jhurtado/status/1002699722
And here is the text:
Woe people who fell
for the Fall Sirens of Greed,
Gone is thy stock now
House-swapping this year / Exchange language and landscape / Traces left behind
http://twitter.com/peoplemapsjulie/status/1002667524
My nose is runny / Where did all the tissues go? / Guess I’ll use my sleeve
http://twitter.com/6oclockvintage/status/1002707418
my husbands obsessed/ with getting a macbook air/please end his affair
http://twitter.com/JessicaV1223/status/1002705675
Dastardy mustache/ Tie girl onto the train tracks/ Twirl mustache in hand
http://twitter.com/RobertDHaus/status/1002696806
Pancakes are delish / syrup on fingers sticky / guess I should use fork
http://twitter.com/bfmwear/statuses/1002711619
http://twitter.com/LinkersBlog/status/1002706958
What is a haiku?/ I Just want a MacBook Air/ Oh well, try I must
I said I loved her / She said, I sure like you too / Alas! a #haiku
work would be so fun/with a brand new macbook air/design everywhere
http://twitter.com/EvyJacob/status/1002714542
need afternoon nap/ to shoo away the sleepies/ didn’t catch last night
#haiku @copyblogger
http://twitter.com/meggiepoo/status/1002712656
Love this contest, especially because I just added a whole bunch of haikus to my blog
Here’s mine:
Sharing a Macbook/Makes this designer so sad/Help a poor girl out!
http://twitter.com/agardina/statuses/1002713635
I met her last night / she lies naked on my bed / her name? I forgot.
http://twitter.com/modernsavage/status/1002712418
I am a Microsoft Man / Shall I win the coppyblogger contest mac / would mirror like mac fan
rather be golfing / too much work too little time / work is play anyway
http://twitter.com/MikeMcBride/status/1002724969
my mac really sucks / yeah I need a new one badly / oh crap it’s on fire
http://twitter.com/LeftTheBox/status/1002730248
i twitter because/i love the community/some peeps don’t get it #haiku
http://twitter.com/jdblundell/status/1002731081
Copyblogger calls / Haiku contest on twitter / Perhaps I shall win
https://twitter.com/Jodith/status/1002741557
bill gates left the nest/leaving ballmer and the rest/microsoft is dead
http://twitter.com/billc124/status/1002745548
How do I market? / Make something fun and crazy. / Purple cow mindset.
http://twitter.com/mercutiom/status/1002750421
Banks losing their money | I got layed off from my job | Economy crash
http://twitter.com/lethalvb01/status/1002750927
Son lost his binky / I need it as much as he / Hope baby will sleep
http://twitter.com/sandersitos/status/1002754397
@copyblogger my Mac book Air could/ beat your PC up for sure/ long live apple air
http://twitter.com/sherebiah/status/1002754382
Awesome contest. : )
Paper is money / Paulson is our noble king / Bend over and take it
http://twitter.com/josephrodgers/status/1002759266
Obama’s arrived / war, money, climate, crisis! / Heckuva job Bush!
http://twitter.com/jennnannini/status/1002744108
four years is too much/for a Mac laptop to bear./too dirty to clean!
http://twitter.com/gabsters/status/1002768166
and another just for fun, though I didn’t tweet it:
sorry, aly g/saw contest on your twitter/I need new Mac too!
Okay, couldn’t help myself, here’s another one, taking the contest instructions quite literally:
Tree falls in the woods / Crushes hapless bystander / Killer haiku, this!
http://twitter.com/jennnannini/status/1002775579
I work at starbucks / I am not a barista / I code for cupcakes
http://twitter.com/darryljung/status/1002781486
in love with twitter / there are hardly any words / prolixity gone
http://twitter.com/marshall24/status/1002795173
Tech is changing lives / grandma asked what twitter is / oh, how to explain
http://twitter.com/isi_techgirl/status/1002795692
The Blackberry hums.
Tweets and emails cascade down.
My time slips away.
http://twitter.com/mnemecek/status/1002794979
genius prone tweeple / by nature and character / are never verbose https://twitter.com/passedtents/status/1002804208
terirn
A Christ-follower/Serving Jesus through Nursing/Wonderfully Made
http://twitter.com/terirn/status/1002803921
This is a great idea for a contest. It’s blending the world of creative writing with social networking. The MacBook Air is an awesome prize. Good luck to all of the contestants!
i must concentrate / much addicted to twitter / see too many tweets
http://twitter.com/jessicameher/status/1002809100
looking for advice / I come to copyblogger / distract by twitter
http://twitter.com/jessicameher/status/1002809604
macbook controls me / see even now I succumb / to twitter contest
http://twitter.com/jessicameher/status/1002810251
to many people / twitter equals waste of time / not if mac involved
http://twitter.com/jessicameher/status/1002818364
Wow!!!
So many entries
Of course, that was supposed to be:
today Pope would find / to forgive Vista human / but to Air, divine
Ugh, there’s one of the “big” spelling mistakes Peter Bowerman was talking about…
http://twitter.com/GrahamStrong/status/1002818870
must win macbook air / please vote for Jessica Meher / thank you very much
http://twitter.com/jessicameher/status/1002826502
(note: meher is pronounced “mayor” as one syllable
My checkbook is empty/No Mac for my holiday/Reality bytes.
http://twitter.com/OneSweetMama/statuses/1002827675
Writing poetry / is as simple and painless / as pulling teeth is. #haiku
http://twitter.com/siri187/status/1002830775
(I hope I got the link thing right :/ )
Communicative / is not monosyllabic / I am serious
http://twitter.com/willyf/status/1002837378
found twitter contest / cant stop thinking in haiku / need intervention
http://twitter.com/jessicameher/status/1002839216
Hey Gang, Billy Mays!
Caked on grease and mildew – gone!
Twitter does it all!
http://twitter.com/ScottHepburn/statuses/1002836899
Tweet profundities / You still won’t win the contest / Brian Clark hates you
http://twitter.com/joshklein/status/1002839324
stale shackled cello laboring flea meanders bleakly quickly, dazed
http://twitter.com/jglaysher/status/1002840902
now it is too much / this my sixth haiku entry / I think I need help
http://twitter.com/jessicameher/status/1002844779
Here you go. Hope I win!
Writing haiku now / Give me Mac Book Air for free / Can sell for good food
http://twitter.com/patrickd88/status/1002852531
i think not Josh Klein / only hate fools Brian does / admit your defeat
http://twitter.com/jessicameher/status/1002857548
https://twitter.com/copyblogger/status/1002164624
I’m tired of being / a boring P.C. I want / to be a Mac Air.
— 17 syllables. heh
my Copyblogger / competition entry here / MacBook Air, Brian?
http://twitter.com/martin_luxton/status/1002852018
If you don’t ask, you don’t get
twitter’s block is bad/when you have to write haiku/and a mac awaits
http://twitter.com/techpr/status/1002856906
wife is out tonight / i must eat all by myself / what should i now do #haiku
http://twitter.com/jdblundell/status/1002861833
Haiku! God bless you / Nothing but a sneeze of thought / And no handkerchief
http://twitter.com/johnjsavo/status/1002860119
What is a haiku? Can someone please explain it? Need a mac book air
http://twitter.com/chefjacob/status/1002859519
Joanna my love / Excited for the future / Marry me one day
http://twitter.com/tommynguyen604/status/1002861424
Macartisan’s Twitter Haiku
Fail Whale never sees / new solid light MacBook Air / I CAN HAZ ONE NOW?
Such a dilemma / want to write my best except / I want SECOND prize!
<a href=”http://twitter.com/CrystalsQuest/status/1002853908″http://twitter.com/CrystalsQuest/status/1002853908
Too much twitter time/Not enough time for work day/No wonder I’m broke
https://twitter.com/ashtynevans/status/1002863203
Twitter keeps me from / Wasting too many words on / What I long to say
http://twitter.com/jasmined/status/1002868147
Now I rest tonight / return to contest next day / dreaming of haiku
http://twitter.com/jessicameher/status/1002872094
Oh, darn it! I just realized I screwed it up!! How can I screw up 5 syllables??? I have six in my first phrase. What a ditz!! Wait….can that be a haiku?? Oh, well. I had fun writing it! Good luck to everyone who got it “write”!
Haiku = 6 / Successful coding = / zipparooni
http://twitter.com/hitthosekeys/status/1002871375
Not that @copyblogger destroyed my productivity or anything. I’m just sayin’.
Twitter or slumber / Sleeping is overrated / Many tweets ’til dawn
http://twitter.com/jasmined/status/1002876071
recession looming / need a safe money haven / cash under mattress
great idea!
http://twitter.com/vaughan/status/1002864501
My heart is empty / I will never be the same / She took both my kids
http://twitter.com/FeedingTheCrave/status/1002876927
been thinking all day / and i finally got it / haikus not for me
http://twitter.com/sksmatt/statuses/1002878963
My haiku will win / I’ll take the new macbook air / thanks copyblogger
http://twitter.com/FreelanceTwins/status/1002880546
been thinking all day / and i finally got it / haikus not for me
http://twitter.com/sksmatt/status/1002878963
McCain Palin Bush/ Obama Biden Clinton / I hate politics
http://twitter.com/startuplawyer/status/1002886009
Creativity Unleashed/Utilization/Nirvana Acquired
i may wet myself / obama wins prize / pundits go home now
http://twitter.com/bendtheweb/status/1002895456
our world in danger / our spirits awoke and soared / in this together
http://twitter.com/chrisheuer/status/1002898982
crap!
i may wet myself / obama wins election / pundits go home now
5/7/5 gotta remember that
Thanks for the follow / So your tweets are protected / Thanks for the follow
https://twitter.com/smellslikegrape/status/1002897870
Clouds dance–none so soft, / none so fine, as the way her / hand entwines with mine.
https://twitter.com/JaredCovington/status/1002899950
In peaceful waters / reflection accentuates / Skies’ tranquility
http://twitter.com/Amber_/statuses/1002897138
http://twitter.com/mikepmcmorris/status/1002898661
the digital age / how are we to make contact / bits or chemistry
Fresh autumn greetings
Twitter tweets from friends worldwide
Business haiku
http://twitter.com/scott_fox/status/1002901700
Call Chuck Norris now!/ Brian ate my macbook air/ Jeff stole my sideburns
http://twitter.com/jkswopes/status/1002904311
The Red Truck roared down/the mountain road at midnight/as the white crane watched.
http://twitter.com/RobertMonteux/status/1002907334
Left right and centre / Kids, kids and more screaming kids / Yes. They are not mine.
http://twitter.com/writedag/status/1002910767
So much work to do. / Need to stay focused or I… / Oooh! Twitter contest!
http://twitter.com/mattherold/status/1002916756
Those AIG folks / spending their ill-gotten gains /must be made to pay
http://twitter.com/pcunix/status/1002915897
Earth, Water and Flame / How can we live without Air? / Copyblogger, help!
http://twitter.com/ZLovatt/status/1002924222
Light as Air I read/ Deliver my mac indeed/CopyBlogger Please
http://twitter.com/firstandten/status/1002924123
He opened his eyes/yawned, fell off the edge and he/flew for the first time.
http://twitter.com/RobertMonteux/status/1002924485
LOLCat brassiers / hold my new won Mac Book Air / Mourning the Fail Whale
http://twitter.com/wordvixen/status/1002931288
I’m pretty sure I’m original.
Didn’t read the rules closely and missed the one per account rule. Can I delete my “red truck” submission and keep the other?
lost my train of thought / forgot the syllable count / better luck next time
http://twitter.com/onedamnearp/status/1002937593
Writing a haiku / while distracted from my work / I can multitask
http://twitter.com/wellmedicated/status/1002937180
Win a Mac Book Air / By tweeting a short poem / check @Copyblogger
http://twitter.com/JoeCooley/status/1002947256“
Can we do more than one?
I think the Haiku/fits with Twitter so nicely/I may stick with it
http://twitter.com/pcunix/status/1002949688
Obama the Prez/ I am liking the result/not missing Palin
http://twitter.com/pcunix/status/1002933999
I like it so much/Such a novel idea/Evangelize Mac
http://twitter.com/pcunix/status/1002906427
I tweet to be heard / To get my message out there / Disembodied voice
https://twitter.com/quovadimus/status/1002952635
Lolcatz say Oh, Hai! / Web Gurus Elucidate / I assimilate
http://twitter.com/David_N_Wilson/status/1002306067
Oh, I missed that rule too.
That’s OK - I don’t really care about winning. The contest itself is just fun.
Same boat - messed up my last stanza. Can I substitute:
Blogging is not dead / it’s just been reduced to this / single-serving thoughts
Not quite as deep, but fits in the count
http://twitter.com/NTSDCurtis/statuses/1002958895
My Haiku: I’m in a wheelchair/I love my dog Oliver/and mac book airs, too
http://twitter.com/DominickEvans/status/1002963308
Pointless and brilliant
Banal and insanely great
Greetings, social web!
https://twitter.com/soniasimone/status/1002966922
(I can’t play for real, but it’s still fun)
working for a boss / one that I will double cross / good thing he don’t tweet.
http://twitter.com/nukirk/statuses/1002966370
Rainbow leaves abound/outside my study window/ Tweetinspiration
http://twitter.com/quoteflections/status/1002969455
Back to work I go /
With Music In The Background /
Inspiring Flow /
Orchids bloom/ Where laptops might rest/ I can haz?
http://twitter.com/TarotByArwen/status/1002973678
Back to work I go /
With Music In The Background /
Inspiring Flow
http://twitter.com/jamesmcdonald/status/1002975679
I can dream to do / The Plow, Hala-asana, / to toot my own horn
http://twitter.com/inflatemouse/status/1002971099
the web is like crack / limited hours in the day / need another hit
http://twitter.com/DogWings/status/1002972848
Affiliate here / Thesis kept kids in ramen / Now we all will starve
http://twitter.com/godhammer/status/1002972129
Forever they loved / Romeo and Juliet / He was premature
http://twitter.com/imarketing101/status/1002978739
Twitter in Tokyo/wish I could turn back the clock/saving the sunlight
https://twitter.com/TerrinTokyo/status/1002972548
Sparkling, shiny things / Plus caffeinated people / Equals lunacy.
http://twitter.com/Rock_The_Ice/status/1002975233
reposted with twitter link. Oops.
philosophical / infinitesimally / simplification
http://twitter.com/SdGeek/status/1002980223
twitter was fun to tryout / tweeting a lot about my day everyday / your haiku sucks says @garyrae
http://twitter.com/AlexFraiser/status/1002982339
I like.
Green Prius driver / Drives five hundred miles each week/ Lives in McMansion
http://twitter.com/itsjustelise/status/1002979969
I am a writer but want to copy no IM copy writer who am I a mac or a pc blackeberry or Iphone without pen and paper what do you see?
Here goes… Favorite sayings/ brain fart, oh crap, twitter me/ sorry, couldn’t stop.
http://twitter.com/pegbaron/status/1002988068
you can twit or tweet / with a pc or a mac / 140 or less
http://twitter.com/JRGriggs/status/1002990585
my old powerbook / will be wise grandmother to / my new macbook air
http://twitter.com/infmom/status/1002993399
Tweet once then tweet twice/ Tweets becoming addictive/ Must tweet much slower
http://twitter.com/troycorley/status/1002994488
Making Millions Fine / Community is Better / Innovation Rules http://twitter.com/CaroleCross/status/1003002564
can’t go to the gym/it is raining like crazy/gained 2 pounds already
https://twitter.com/farabedin/status/1003009234
http://twitter.com/bigknoxy/status/1003017248
SUM BEE he called me / Normal Joe calls me that now / HE is a sum bee
To write with constraints / Our creative momentum / Twitterverse bounty
http://twitter.com/atllta/status/1003018554
Twitter is Killer
Blowin up the internet
@FreedomWeaver
Twitter is the key / Opens Oppurtunity / It’s for you and me.
http://twitter.com/Jimminy/statuses/1003016483
Life Good or Bad Great/It is Your Choice To Make It/Beautiful Awesome
http://twitter.com/Luxetips/status/1003023040
White beads on a string/ blue kyanite and crystal/ when will I finish?
2 minutes ago from web
Most people don’t know
The pain of narcolepsy
It strikes without zzz….
http://twitter.com/delicat/statuses/1003027648
;-D
i love my mother/i eat all the food she cooks/now i exercise
http://twitter.com/alexmendoza/status/1003033869
can’t figure out that URL, but here’s a link to the comment:
http://twitter.com/thebeadedlily/favourites
the first temptation / eyes not orbiting center / the third is my prize
http://twitter.com/freeace/status/1003035214
A haiku by me and my cat:
Cat wants computer. / What if I tell my cat no? / Took laptop from Joe.
http://twitter.com/joetech/status/1003053063
the great land of oz / in beautiful melbourne stay / cold beers FTW
http://twitter.com/nicholaskormas/status/1003050434
the English language / boasts the most words of all tongues / which few should we choose?
http://twitter.com/wordful/status/1003055164
My self reference / earns me no place in your hearts / but makes me happy.
http://twitter.com/bourgtai/status/1003054101
rapid twitter thumbs/ pulsating, throbbing, made raw/ favorite tweet please
http://twitter.com/redehlert/status/1003055595
I blog and tweet /because I have a sore throat/My voice will come soon
Too many hormones / Can’t get to keyboard or mouse / Must tweet far from house…
http://twitter.com/CrazyOnYou/status/1003042639
What are you doing? Thinking, coming, or going? You’re all a twitter
OMG, a Dell / is no way to get through life. / MacBook FTW!
It works whether you use the full words or the letters (oh my god instead of OMG, for the win instead of FTW).
The Twit
Long day working hard / Time for a scotch and cigar / All downhill from here
http://twitter.com/waltw/statuses/1003069664
Before and after / “Mac Book Air On A G String” / Weird mental image
http://twitter.com/DrewKime/status/1003074570
Pink eye has taken / over my right eye today / leave lefty alone
http://twitter.com/kikolani/status/1003076857
I once knew a man / That man was from Nantucket / He didn’t tweet much
http://twitter.com/LenKendall/status/1003075978
circles around eyes / retweet this with no replies / follow me now please
http://twitter.com/suedecrush/status/1003063125
Green lit limbs force glance / Honey in the burning hives / Shirtless in the rain
https://twitter.com/baumgc/status/1003080702
@copyblogger
Haiku macbook Air/
Winner, loser twitter, fiend/
At home mom of three
http://twitter.com/aishaladon/status/1003081028
scrambled and wired/I really need some good sleep/soon perhaps tonight
http://twitter.com/wlpersh39/status/1003081247
Be Realistic/ Do Plan For A Miracle/ Good Luck And God Bless
http://twitter.com/kidssoccer/status/1003090182
Arrest attention / Arouse Curiosity / Start Conversation
http://twitter.com/anderson_scott/status/1003092184
No money to spare / CopyBlogger do you care? / Please give me the air!
http://twitter.com/nitsujw/status/1003104945
keith moon loved rolls royce / and rainbow-inducing drugs / his rolls was lilac
http://twitter.com/lizzyliz/status/1003086226
I don’t get Hiku / It’s hard to do it rightly / Give me my mac air
http://twitter.com/kenbrand/status/1003105478
The fear that linux
will not install properly
Hurts baby jesus
http://twitter.com/cbiggins/status/1003108280
i try hard to block/your interwebian bleat/retweet in my sleep
http://twitter.com/misosouper/status/1003105209
Days growing colder. / Night falling sooner, no sun. / Spring, please hurry back.
http://twitter.com/cassi_hl/status/1003122032
soon robots will rule / become their friends while there’s time / visit my website
http://twitter.com/gallamine/status/1003125039
holiday season/ working retail sales / just drives me to drink!
https://twitter.com/QueenofHaiku/status/1003126470
refrigerator / between fish and mushroom cold / almost lunch but how?
http://twitter.com/uncryptic/status/1003135782
how on earth do i / learn how to write a haiku/ to win a mac pro
http://twitter.com/kafeen/status/1003134973
see that macbook air / crying out for some Linux / Ubuntu flash drive #haiku
http://twitter.com/uncryptic/status/1003144341
I pitied myself/ then I saw a legless boy/ now I’m just ashamed.
http://twitter.com/HankRearden/status/1003144591
A small bird’s gentle tweet / signaling the start of spring / a welcomed whisper
http://twitter.com/creativeparadox/status/1003151379
Hearing throat air sounds / Flying high on the moment / Afraid to come down
12 minutes ago from web
I enjoy apples / unlikely material / for a computer
https://twitter.com/writerpollock/status/1003167406
writerpollock #haiku @copyblogger
Wan winter sunshine / Barely warms post-harvest fields / Now comes the year-end
http://twitter.com/kevinjmackey/status/1003175178
I’ve been using Haiku for tweets for some time now
here’s my haiku for the contest.
my mac, some mozart,
and a double espresso:
swords to slash copy.
http://twitter.com/aaronwrixon/status/1003180205
Sometimes I think that / It’s only me in the world / Who dislikes Haiku.
http://twitter.com/__Deb/status/1003181328
oh what is that smell / now my dinner is a crisp / i need an apple
http://twitter.com/tjonsek/status/1003189236
You must be so glad
This is not one more Haiku
About Macbook Air
http://twitter.com/Mimismartypant/status/1003191725
I send out my words / And sometimes they come back home / Bearing fruit and gifts.
Direct link:
http://twitter.com/thegreigblog/statuses/1003191622
This one’s so perfect / Clever, funny, all that.. wait. / Twitter eats my tweet!
http://twitter.com/playworkplay/status/1003023204
I sell car hire/the irony lies in the/fact I cannot drive
http://twitter.com/driveaway2008/status/1003202156
Tweet or not to tweet / that’s the message obsession / Shakespeare is rolling #haiku
http://twitter.com/RobTyrie/status/1003208432
About to bust, wait / That dude almost looks like me! / Oh right…glossy screen
http://twitter.com/Meow__/statuses/1003214724
Mac Air would be sweet/a job hunting improvement/so please pick me thanks #haiku
http://twitter.com/Lyss99/status/1003227152
musing on love lost / decisions made not by choice / light turns green, I go
http://twitter.com/netgrrl/status/1003227259
Sitting by the fire/watching my dog snore splayed/She makes me giggle. #haiku
http://twitter.com/tahoejenn/status/1003243439
I love my children
But blogging consumes my time.
Balance is the key.
http://twitter.com/Bodhi1/statuses/1003246375
Customer service/ tired of being helpful/ redundant questions. #haiku
http://twitter.com/tahoejenn/status/1003256185
You’ve been told you can’t / Because you happen to be / A girl. Girls Can’t WHAT?
http://twitter.com/girlscantwhat/status/1003255861
Blogs are not journals
Creativity is key
Spell accurately
http://twitter.com/redwall_hp/status/1003263183
Haikus are easy
Comedy is much harder
I’m not too funny
http://twitter.com/mvhmedia/status/1003267925
she dreams when they sleep/ look at stars work on her dreams/ they wake up and curse #haiku
https://twitter.com/patzzie/status/1003269504
Make a difference / Write a blog, connect with world / Magnify your voice.
http://twitter.com/minerva66/status/1003260322
babies become men / kindergarten to boot camp / pride shields muted fears
http://twitter.com/mainstreetgeek/status/1003274992
Working day and night / To change the world for parents / One diaper a day
http://twitter.com/aruni/status/1003275583
I even did a blog post about it: http://www.entrepremusings.com/index.php/2008/11/12/i-wanna-write-a-blog-post-but-ill-settle-for-a-haiku/
All this creativity is beautiful! I was just remembering something about a more extended form of haiku, 5-7-5, then add more stanzas of 7-5 until finished, like 5-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5 for example. Somebody out there must know something about this…outside of contest rules, but good education.
Thanks!:-)
This is senryu.
I really don’t write haiku.
It’s not my nature.
http://twitter.com/MadKane/status/958157030
On my drive to work
I see a biker’s man thong
Feel the need for speed
http://twitter.com/newmixtape/status/1003282613
Women are scary / Yet I have a girlfriend now / Unfortunately
http://twitter.com/budi/statuses/1003260368
Daily distractions / Twitter, blogs, Facebook, (some porn) / Social Ritalin?
http://twitter.com/curtprins/status/1003288042
Two legs — once scrawny
Now attractively muscled
The upside of stairs.
http://twitter.com/MadKane/status/1003291133
Cool as Obama / Twitters replace blog chatter / Victory for all
http://twitter.com/Zesmerelda/status/1003295270
Beautiful fat bod / refuses to be put down / eyes bright head held high.
http://twitter.com/AmpleAliveness/status/1003303294
We changed this country/Some didn’t believe we could/Tears of Joy rolled down my face
http://twitter.com/ladyinanet/status/1003303073
wanna win a mac?/ then write a fun Haiku/ for a chance to win
http://twitter.com/mommymandy/status/1003315637
Hear all the twitters
twittering is musical
laughs Buddha Brian
http://twitter.com/ManSkyMoon/status/1002511559
to make your blog sweet / your wordpress needs thesis theme / thanks diy themes
http://twitter.com/kafeen/status/1003317653
Texas Tech My Team / Harrel , Crabtree, and Mike Leach / Heisman in our Reach
http://twitter.com/teresacaldwell/status/1003315686
I think I see rain /
Through a misty window /
Covered in clouds and dreams
http://twitter.com/duckscratch/statuses/1003327142
Sitting on the john / writing haikus on my phone / I love you, Twitter.
http://twitter.com/James_TW/status/1003337875
Can you hear the sound
of 13 million twitters
or an avalanche?
http://twitter.com/ManSkyMoon/status/1003339611