3-15-2001 Winner

A short fable about a Ford Aerostar

Once there was a ‘Star.
Its tomblike stare melted snow
and its own engine.

Pam R. Whittens


Honorable Mention

Cherry Blossom 4x4

Honda CR-V,
SUV from Haiku-land!
New household member.

Steve Griffin

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my car; or, why george and martha loved the basis point

i haven’t a car.
if i had a car, i would.
cars are strange that way.

thelma dawn esprit


Other Notable Haikus

a strange endeavor

we dare this weekend
to fly far far away to
the east with baby.

Pamela Lorraine

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A Rose is a Rose is an Onion

Weaklings fade. I won’t.
I’ll ride my Harley to God.
They’ll ride it to Hell.

Dopey McWilliams

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K-Cars
Symbol of the best
Decade of the century
K-Cars simply rock.

Alex Klages

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my short airplane ride to nowhere
"thirteen D." he sits.
he snorts his prim history
as an eerie hymn.

hélène françoise lipogramme

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Crackle

Car doors freezing in
February are not fun. I
crawl across the seat.

Melvan

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Charles Nelson Reilly

Not a vehicle,
although he was near them in
"Cannonball Run II."

Pam R. Whittens

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nimble dreams

aerosol cans spew
a broad spray of cracker jacks
and pt crusiers

thelma dawn esprit

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My Intelligence Quotient and Me
It’s one sixty-nine.
I’ll write no dumb car haikus,
Mr. Matthew Prins.

Dopey McWilliams

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Boat
Boat to coat to coal.
Coil to soil to soul.
My boat is my soul.

Pam R. Whittens

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Possum Van
More duct tape and rust
Than actual van these days
But it kind of runs.

Alex Klages

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I-53

If I had a road --
an interstate of my own --
I’d name it Chloe.

Dopey McWilliams