...it's not dark yet, but it's gettin' there...
Plus, i have a real tough time with decisions. Each of the haikus had at least one thing i really really liked, and of course i knew how eagerly my visitors awaited the announcement of the winner. The wagering, i imagine, was frenzied.
However, the more i read the nine finalists, the more my aesthetic sense gravitated toward this one, by gcotharn:
Groesbeck, Texas sitsWhat i like most about it is that in the first two lines nothing is happening, then in the last line, something happens. i think that's great. It's almost Basho-esque, don't you think?
sleepily west of Waco,
until the bar fight.
So, the winner of the Joe Don Baker Haiku contest is gcotharn! My condolences to everyone else. Remember the Olympics? It's not whether you win a medal, just being there makes you a winner, right?
Gcotharn will now proceed to the winners circle, where he will drink a glass of champagne (at his own expense) and e-mail me with instructions on how he wants to claim his fabulous prize, which i have already selected for him.
An excellent choice, annika. Congrats, gcotharn!
Posted by: Victor on Sep. 27, 2004Kick Ass! Champagne! I once won a gift certificate for the best call to a radio talk show. That pales in comparison. Thanks.
Posted by: gcotharn on Sep. 27, 2004Yay! Congrats gcotharn.
Posted by: Ted on Sep. 27, 2004Congrats! But:
reading annika
total defeat revealed
winter grips my heart
That's it! I'm swearing off poetry! A promising career cut short by a broken heart. I hope you monsters sleep well knowing the pain you've wrought!
;-)
Congrats, gcotharn.
Posted by: Matt on Sep. 27, 2004...except that annika didn't exactly "hold" the contest. It's more like she tolerated it.
Posted by: Victor on Sep. 27, 2004As Bulldog says on
Frasier, "This is complete and
total bullshit!". sike.