The task
Write a haiku (3 lines total, 1st line = 5 syllables, 2nd line = 7 syllables, 3rd line = 5 syllables) that includes the phrase “hope grows in a dump” as the last line.
How to enter the giveaway
- Submit your haiku by adding a comment to this post.
- It must follow the 5-7-5 haiku rule.
- It must include “hope grows in a dump” as its last line.
- Spelling and grammar count.
- G-rated, please.
- One entry per person. If you post multiple entries, you will be disqualified.
- Provide a valid email address in the Email address field.
- U.S. entrants only.
- Rules and deadlines subject to change without notice.
Prizes
- I’ll choose my ten favorite entries and list them in a poll.
- You’ll decide the winners by picking your top three entries in that poll.
- Each of the three winners will receive The Office 2010 Calendar!
(I get to pick the exact calendar.)
Deadline to submit your entry
Submit your entry by Sunday, March 21, 11pm PT.
Once I accept your entry, it will become immediately visible.
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Looking for something,
Its not always that easy,
Hope grows in a dump.
A first kiss followed,
By a Ra-di-di-di-do,
Hope grows in a dump.
The leads are gone but
Andy and erin’s kiss proves
Hope grows in a dump
Andy and Erin
Dunder Mifflin romancing
hope grows in a dump
Need calender; so,
what’s a haiku ending in
“Hope grows in a dump?”
this is so funny
a haiku contest about
hope grows in a dump
Next to the big spool
and the leads from Sabre, too
Hope grows in a dump.
Fight with wooden spool
Bean bag chair shared, others kiss
Hope grows in a dump
a friendship mended
true love united at last
hope grows in a dump
Amid all the trash
And garbage (no, not the cat)
Hope grows in a dump
Feeling so plugged up
But thanks to some Dulcolax
Hope grows in a dump
beginnings, not ends
reduce,reuse,recycle
hope grows in a dump
With trash collecting
Two were sweetly connecting
Hope grows in a dump
In Michael’s Condo
Johnny Depp lives in Scranton
Hope grows in a dump
Erin and Andy
First kiss was unexpected
Hope grows in a dump
A first kiss story
So unique. They’ll tell their kids
Hope grows in a dump.
“Hey that is my wife!”
Babies made by bar floozy
Hope grows in a dump
Mystery liquid
Spills on Michael, but he’s right
Hope grows in a dump.
Overflowing trash
Purple sweater for a friend
Hope grows in a dump
Michael and Dwight fight
But make up in a landfill
Hope grows in a dump.
Honey-Jelly snack
Wrecked by the cocky sales team
Hope grows in a dump.
Green screen was strange, no?
But we still love our Office
Hope grows in a dump.
Watching the office
Hope grows in a Dump.
Or maybe a Green Screen
So long Angela,
Erin’s the new Nard-Dawgette
Hope grows in a dump.
Haiti buildings fall,
But children dance in sunshine,
Hope grows in a dump.
Jim and Pam are hitched,
Despite the office antics,
Hope grows in a dump.
Hate to each other
Searching for new leads we learned
Hope grows in a dump
Despite the economy
Dunder Mifflin-Sabre sees green
Hope grows in a dump
My life’s not garbage
Worn out. Recycled, maybe.
Hope grows in a dump.
Even when life sucks
and you have no one to love
Hope grows in a dump
The work day drags on
The Office is my freedom
Hope grows in a dump
Leads gone with hummus,
But dorks renew lost friendships.
Hope grows in a dump.
Constupation you made me sick
Now I can cancel that doctor’s appointment
Hope grows in a dump.
Having a compost pile rocks.
You get free fertilizer all the time.
Hope grows in a dump.
My detritus home
reunites Butch and Mozart.
Hope grows in a dump.
(I’m Canadian but could not resist this one just for fun)
longing for the days
of Mozart and Mozart’s friend
hope grows in a dump
Shouldn’t be in there
Michael Scott- That’s what she said
Hope grows in a dump
Riddit-dit-di-doo.
Nicest person I’ve ever met.
Hope grows in a dump.
Mended friendships and
A new romance reminds us:
Hope grows in a dump
feet covered in muck
nastily sweet, but they laugh;
hope grows in a dump.
Surrounded by waste,
Only ignorance sees hope.
Hope grows in a dump.
Surrounded by trash
they finally share a kiss
Hope grows in a dump
Creepy clown painting,
Baby Cecelia is home,
Hope grows in a dump.
M. Night Shulman? No.
Whomever or whoever,
Hope grows in a dump.
Friends locked in battle
But despite spool as weapon
Hope grows in a dump
A spool war strengthens
A shallow relationship,
Hope grows in a dump.
Where once there was none
Lovers find much more than trash
Hope grows in a dump.
Andy and Erin:
A fledgling romance; Yes, their
Hope grows in a dump
Your seed is planted.
My seed is planted in you.
Hope grows in a dump.
The Office is still
the best show on NBC,
Hope grows in a dump.
Dunder Mifflin chums
Torn apart, reunited.
Hope grows in a dump.
Stuck in an office
From the hours of nine to five
Hope grows in a dump
Don’t you know the place
Where trash become dreams and love
Hope grows in a dump
This is egregious!
Sometimes he brings more costumes
Hope grows in a dump
Meredith disrobes
Turn the trash is not a code
Hope grows in a dump
Nice gift for Phyllis
A smelly purple sweater
Hope grows in a dump
Jim says “Bye, Karen!”
And Pam gets her first date. Swoon–
Hope grows in a dump.
Forgive and forget.
When a friendship almost dies,
Hope grows in a dump.
(also Canadian, but I just couldn’t help myself!)
well I do declare!
It’s incalculable, how
hope grows in a dump.
Spring is in the air,
Love, greed, and Michael run free,
Hope grows in a dump.
Why does my peace come
From odd folk gifted to see
Hope grows in a dump?
The first president
Was Lincoln, not Washington,
Hope grows in a dump.
“It’s not my career…”
But she winks from reception.
Hope grows in a dump.
Desperate for weekend.
Happy respite! Thursday at Nine!
Hope grows in a dump.
Oops! Try this again:
Desperate for weekend.
Happy respite! Thursday Night!
Hope grows in a dump.
Andy Bernard says
Break him off some football creme
Hope grows in a dump
Riddit-dit-di-doo
A kiss, A romance ensues
Hope grows in a dump.
two lives join in love
it starts hidden from the world
hope grows in a dump
Ri-di-dit-de-do
Looking for the leads with you
Hope grows in a dump.
conference room treats
sales and accounting unite
hope grows in a dump
Beets grow on a farm
with its own crossbow range, but
hope grows in a dump.
Scavenger hunt, so
Anxiouisly I wonder if:
hope grows in a dump.
Sabre splits the staff
Admin jealous; Sales greedy
Hope grows in a dump
It has really gone to hell
Perhaps beavers could fix it
Hope grows in a dump
Correction: I did not mean to include the word “really” in the first line of my haiku!
Bears. Beats. Bears Eat Beats.
Battlestar Galactica
Hope grows in a dump.
Correction: Beets, not Beats. Gah! sorry tanster.
(This isn’t a second entry!!) Don’t count me out please!
not sure if my correction went through: Beets, not Beats. I don’t mean to post again, but I really thought I had a good one and I know spelling counts…I’m gonna “beat” myself over the head for this one. lol.
Baby grows in Pam
Love grows between Jim and Pam
Hope grows in a dump
Can we find that lead?
Probably not, but who knows?
Hope grows in a dump
Heart pooped on by love
Andy finds Erin so nice
Hope grows in a dump
I put this on my wall in my office. :-)
[from tanster: thanks!]