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It’s Fair Haiku Season

Posted by julie Sep 26, 2011 Posted in Oddballs, Socializing, Writing

A few years ago — okay, it’s been way longer than that — some coworkers and I started composing fair haikus to pay homage to the delights of the South Carolina State Fair. Now you can, too. Writing a haiku is a snap. Three lines. First line five syllables. Second line seven syllables. Third line five syllables.

Go!

49 Comments

HRP on Oct 10, 2011 Reply
Lunch on a stick: that’s
what I order. Corn dog then
frozen banana!
- cathymonetti on Oct 19, 2011 Reply
  Me, too. Corn dog first
  frozen banana, with nuts
  (fiske fries in between!)
Mark Newsome (@Mark_Newsome) on Oct 10, 2011 Reply
jumbo turkey leg.
eating from my greasy fist.
I did not shoot it.
- Julie Turner on Oct 10, 2011 Reply
  Well done!
kdawn on Oct 07, 2011 Reply
YOU ride the ‘coaster
the carnie looks still drunk
i will hold your purse
- Julie Turner on Oct 07, 2011 Reply
  Kdawn, I would hold your purse!
Allison Caldwell on Oct 07, 2011 Reply
Mothers and rockets:
An unlikely pair for sure.
Is yours waiting there?
- Julie Turner on Oct 07, 2011 Reply
  Oh man. You haikuers are rocking it!
Pete Anderson (@RP_Pete) on Oct 07, 2011 Reply
A toothless woman
Eyes me and beams, as corndog
Meets mustard, then mouth
- Julie Turner on Oct 07, 2011 Reply
  Pete! That is exceptional. I think you are the one to beat!
- Allison Caldwell on Oct 07, 2011 Reply
  What Julie said. Nice job.
Tonia Pearson Cochran on Oct 07, 2011 Reply
Why go to the fair?
Corn dogs and elephant ears…
Diet? I don’t care!
- Julie Turner on Oct 07, 2011 Reply
  Why indeed!
Allison Caldwell on Oct 07, 2011 Reply
Winnipeg Carnie
Strangers joined by guitar strings
Still friends. True story.
- Julie Turner on Oct 07, 2011 Reply
  Wow!
joeyespinosa on Oct 03, 2011 Reply
My kids’ first state fair.
Trying to win them a prize.
Fifty bucks long gone.
- Julie Turner on Oct 04, 2011 Reply
  So true.
Josh Elliott on Oct 03, 2011 Reply
I’ll just have this one
yummy doughnut cheeseburger.
Then I’ll throw it up.
- Sherry Brazell Shoars on Oct 07, 2011 Reply
  This is my favorite so far.
Sherry Brazell Shoars on Oct 01, 2011 Reply
Julie Smith Turner
has loved the Fair as long as
I can remember.
- Julie Turner on Oct 02, 2011 Reply
  You know it!
Sherry Brazell Shoars on Oct 01, 2011 Reply
Fries, corn dogs, gyros
are my favorite foods of Fall
but only at Fair
Sherry Brazell Shoars on Oct 01, 2011 Reply
Money for the fair
spent on teen’s car insurance
Try again next year.
- Julie Turner on Oct 01, 2011 Reply
  Awesome!
Allison Caldwell on Sep 30, 2011 Reply
Or…

Fried, battered, buttered.
Diets resume tomorrow.
Calories be damned.

– Can you tell I’m just in it for the food?
- Julie Turner on Oct 01, 2011 Reply
  Yeeeeeeeees!
Allison Caldwell on Sep 30, 2011 Reply
ingenuity
heart attacks notwithstanding
what will they fry next?
- Julie Turner on Sep 30, 2011 Reply
  Nice one!
TK on Sep 28, 2011 Reply
My kids are older
They like rides that spin faster
Daddy has to puke
- Julie Turner on Sep 28, 2011 Reply
  I feel your pain, TK!
Julie Turner on Sep 27, 2011 Reply
Ketchup, mustard, grease
Squirt bottle of vinegar
Condiments of Fall.
Jeff D. on Sep 27, 2011 Reply
Excitement building
Anxious, I search through the crowds
Fiske Fries are my Grail
TK on Sep 27, 2011 Reply
they say Elvis is dead
but he was eating fried butter
there at the Rocket.
jdt on Sep 26, 2011 Reply
excited children
run ride to ride shouting loudly:
‘where’s the fried butter’?
- Julie Turner on Sep 27, 2011 Reply
  Nice!
HRP on Sep 26, 2011 Reply
they now say a hot
dog is like cancer. surely
corn dogs are exempt.
- Julie Turner on Sep 27, 2011 Reply
  Mmm. Corn dog!
Julie Turner on Sep 27, 2011 Reply
You are too kind Mr. Kelly. Thank you for playing!