Steelers vs. Giants haiku contest
The Steelers needed a 4th quarter comeback to beat the NY Giants 24-20 on Sunday. Now it’s time for fans to capture the key elements of the game in a haiku.
The contest rules are simple. You must summarize the Steelers-Giants game in a haiku. A haiku is a form of Japanese poetry that contains only 3 lines. The first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables, and the third line has 5 syllables. Typically, haiku do not rhyme.
Please note, the emphasis is on syllables, not words. Remember, 5/7/5.
I usually start the competition by offering a haiku of my own. Then you readers write a haiku of your own to try to beat mine. But this week, one of our readers on Facebook (Joe Marthey) has already offered up an entry, so I’ll use his haiku as the one to beat this week.
On Thursday I’ll announce this week’s contest winner. But remember, your haiku has to be better than Joe’s. If none of your entries are better than his, then Joe is this week’s winner.
Here’s Joe’s haiku:
Refs tried to give it
But the Steelers took it back
Here we come Ratbirds
Okay readers, it’s your turn. Lets see who can come up with the best haiku about the Steelers-Giants game. Your haiku must be about the game, or any other interesting topics that are directly related to the game (e.g. same-day travel, bad calls by the refs, etc). You may enter the contest as many times as you like.
Any entries that do not follow the 5/7/5 format will be automatically disqualified, so remember to count your syllables.
Are you ready for some haiku?!!
We played the giants
1We had to play the refs too
We still won the game
Sandy made times tough,
2Steelers won for Hoboken,
Victory is ours…
Steelers took the lead
3Bad calls made it turn around
End score -Victory!
Watch evil zebras
4Stalk prey on the Meadowlands
Steelers still prevail
Geez Joe, you’re a hard act to follow!
Refs hand Giants two
5Steelers hand Giants their ass
Alls well that ends well!
@ Robert – good one!
Refs gave the Giants
6A score, turnover, and more
Redman saved the day
Salsa dancing Cruz
7Clark has other plans for you
alligator arms
It didn’t matter
8That the plane flew on Sunday
New York had no chance
Hurricane and refs
9The Steelers weather the storm
Edge out strong Giants.
Bad ref calls abound
10You heard the sound of the crowd
Go STEELER NATION!