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Unread 10-20-2008, 07:55 AM
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Originally posted by Lee Gurga:
And since you have a toilet senryu, i can't resist sharing one i wrote recently

second flush--
the little morning turd
cheerfully pops back up

now i challenge anyone to make this BETTER by making it 17 syllables! we will let Steve C. be the judge and the prize will be a book of mine, if you can consider that a prize!

Lee
If I have to judge it, does that mean I can't win the prize? Not fair! Lee, I have your Haiku: A Poet's Guide (hint, folks, hint!), but I would love to have one of your collections.

Anyway, I'm quoting this so that everyone will see. Folks, let's keep him to his promise here--it's an opportunity not to be missed!

Here's my attempt. Even if I can't win, I can at least console myself with the thought that I tried:


flushed but unflustered
and cheerfully popping back
to stay . . . undeterred

*

Here we go, folks. The Master Class thread is now also officially the Swirly Turd Bake-Off thread! Pile 'em on!

Steve C.

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