12-13-2001 Winner

depression over a pencil with a rubber band around it

each hour, I snap it;
the crack denotes one fewer
hour in my life.

thelma dawn esprit


Honorable Mention

Time logic, number one

Boy George wears a watch.
You, too, are wearing a watch.
Therefore, you are gay.

Dopey McWilliams

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Time logic, number two

The shot clock reads ten.
Every pass takes two seconds.
Therefore, you are gay.

Dopey McWilliams

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A zero is a c is a corndog

Amble. No, await!
It is - it is he I saw,
the water zenith.

Dopey McWilliams


Other Notable Haikus

So what?

I have a watch with
Garfield on its face. I've had
it for seven years.

melvan

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Bright Red

The blood from my wound
drips one drop for every sec...
Okay, this is gross.

Pam R. Whittens

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the grandfather clock owned by my aunt linda and uncle bernie
it was majestic.
it watched us like a time god.
it sold for ten bucks.

thelma dawn esprit

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Time...

is tickin’ away.
tick tick tickin’ away. (yeah!)
DC in the house!

anonymous dcTalk fan

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The day my wristwatch was broken (with a violent hurl to the floor) by the woman I love

That fine reflection:
When held oh so close to Jen,
her face was on its.

Ryan "Bubba" Stevens

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tick tock

this is a haiku
about a timekeeping thing
called a wristwatch, dude.

melvan

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click click click click click

click click click click click.
click click click clickity click
hi I am a clock

Dopey McWilliams

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Overtime
Shoot! Eleven, ten,
Nine, eight. SHOOT! Seven, six, five,
Four, three, two, one, aaaaangggggg!

Mom (a palindrome for moM)

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in the pocket of a dead man

kept fond and in mind,
daft, damp and open to die.
tick, tock, tick - oh, time!

hélène françoise lipogramme

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58 seconds

The amount of time
taken to write this haiku.
Booger, booger, boog.

Dopey McWilliams

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How my pony can tell time

I put a pocket
watch around her right front leg.
Then she neighs a bunch.

Pam R. Whittens

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sonya

sonya wears a watch.
it is pink and analog.
no, wait, it’s purple.

sonya

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How a Clock Works
A wheel in a wheel
in a wheel in a wheel in
a wheel in a clock.

Pam R. Whittens

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the small brown clock above the piano in the parsonage
pastor davy went
fishing with his pastor chums,
but not with the clock.

thelma dawn esprit

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Two Minutes Prior: An exercise in back-and-forth haiku writing
Two minutes prior,
ant-loving martians resolved
to design a quilt.

by Dopey McWilliams and Pam R. Whittens

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Three Minutes Prior: An exercise in back-and-forth haiku writing
Three minutes prior,
my frail grandmother decided
to kill all aardvarks.

by Pam R. Whittens and Dopey McWilliams