Steelers vs Bills haiku contest
The Steelers won an action packed, nail-biter overtime game against the Buffalo Bills 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-Bills 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 start the competition by offering a haiku of my own. Then you readers write a haiku of your own to try to beat mine. On Thursday I will announce this week’s contest winner. But remember, your haiku has to be better than mine. If none of your entries are better than mine, then I take home the prize.
Here is my entry:
Went from a blowout
To almost losing the game
Thank you Steve Johnson
The winner of this week’s contest is going to win a copy of the book “Find A Way” by former Steelers player and current NFL analyst Merril Hoge. It’s a great book that belongs on the bookshelf of any Steelers fan.
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- This week’s prize
Okay readers, your turn. Lets see who can come up with the best haiku about the Steelers-Bills game.
Are you ready for some haiku?!!
(Note: Prizes come directly from the publisher. Please allow 3-4 weeks for delivery.)
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A great first thirty
1Then Arians made some changes
So we almost lost
Should’a been easy
2But was a scary close game
Til Suisham nailed it.
Paul,
3Nice try, but I think your second line has 8 syllables instead of 7. Please give it another shot. Thanks.
Very nice, Marilyn. Great work!
But if we’re honest, we’d all admit that we’re really not sure how many syllables there are in Sushimushizumisham (or however he pronounces it).
4Mendy on the ground
5why start to throw it around
Johnson must feel down
We needed the win
6We got the win just in time
Run the table now
The Bills were fighting,
7We tried to give it away,
Sushiam saved the day.
@Admin
It’s pronounced “swee-zum.” (That’s how the announcers pronounce it. )
8Andrew,
9Thanks. I knew how to pronounce it. I was just having a little fun.
I don’t think it’s fair to the people who take their time thinking of a good Haiku and then enter it thinking they have a chance and only to find out that theirs was a loser to last weeks winner!
10We fought with Bills
11long corrol was not the deal
Finally got them done
John Z.,
I’m sorry that you don’t think it’s fair that some people have to lose. But what else am I supposed to do? It’s a contest.
When people buy lottery tickets, is it fair that everybody doesn’t win? Nevertheless, everybody doesn’t. That’s how contests work. But it’s all just in fun.
12Red Zone woes again.
13Three Points in the second half?
And still it’s all good!
Second try – delete the first…
Red zone woes again.
14Three points in the second half?
Stevie-it’s all God!
Game was in the bag
15But wait! There’s the second half
Thank you Shaun Suisham!
One dropped end-zone ball
16One perfect kick by Suisham
That was a close one