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In today's Charlotte Observer there's a blurb about the book Office Haiku by James Rogauskas (guy named James, writing about an office...hmmm....). Not our "Office," just offices in general, but they're cute. (in case you need an English class refresher, Haiku is the Japanase form of poetry consisting of three lines, each line being five, seven and five syllables, respectively). Here is an example from the book:
Passive aggressive?
Maybe - but you're not getting
It any sooner.
So, you know where this is going, people...
LET'S HAVE OUR OWN OFFICE HAIKU CONTEST
The possibilities are endless. It doesn't have to rhyme, just has to use the 5/7/5 structure. And it's only three lines! Think of the fun you can have with the existing characters and would-be situations. I'll start:
I am Michael Scott.
You can love me or hate me -
I am still your boss.
Pam waits patiently.
Phyllis receives her third gift.
Deep sigh. "Who loves me?"
Nice, garbagethrower. I'm impressed with Jinx, too. Once you get started and write your first one, the ideas just keep coming, I swear. It's hard to stop them...
Bathing suit, toothbrush
The suspense is killing them
Lake Wallenpaumpack
I could do this all day...I need to slow down... :-)
Thirsty Babies: Get thee to the editing room!
Unless your thinking is rules-be-damned... there's a 200 word limit for the giveaway posts.
(I'm responding here because I can't there...one post only...rules, rules...)