The Party's Over (Afterparty, anyone?)

Now that I finally tricked you into stopping by, you might as well subscribe. Poetry month went out with a bang, and a blast on twitter. Thank you to every tweeter who entered the #suburbanhaiku contest with your hilarious, sweet, sad, wonderful, terrible haiku. Our contest judge Revenge Poet Suzanne Weber had a tough time choosing just two winners.

I shouldn’t have said I would judge tweeted haikus. “It’s too hard to pick,” I whine. @Suburbanhaiku #suburbanhaiku

— Suzanne Weber (@iamsuzanneweber) May 1, 2014

After serious (but let’s face it, entertaining) deliberation, she chose the winner of our First Prize, a copy of Suburban Haiku: Poetic Dispatches From Behind the Picket Fence and a Suburban Haiku book club tote. Congratulations to @skh4102, our winner for not one, but two haiku--both of which slayed Suzanne:

My 4 year old boy Wears dresses. He's a princess. And he's fabulous. #suburbanhaiku #gendercreative

— live.laugh.learn (@skh4102) April 25, 2014

May I pee alone? I don't feel like explaining What a tampon is. #suburbanhaiku

— live.laugh.learn (@skh4102) April 25, 2014

Congratulations and Second Prize (a copy of Suburban Haiku: Poetic Dispatches From Behind the Picket Fence and a Suburban Haiku magnet) goes to@mommamccall for this haiku, which Suzanne found SO TRUE:

Twelve years seems daunting We barely survive homework in kindergarten. #suburbanhaiku #justcountthedamnapples

— Momma McCall (@mommamccall) April 29, 2014

After she got done whining about how stressful this turned out to be, Suzanne chose a few additional tweeters deserving of an Honorable Mention and Suburban Haiku magnet. Note: It’s my contest and I can do what Suzanne wants me to. Please join us in honorably mentioning:

Wanted: Large packing crate for shipping terrible kids to Timbuktu #suburbanhaiku

— Katie (@onechunkymama) April 27, 2014

Weekly laundry time: one pair of undies from son. The math doesn’t work. #suburbanhaiku

— Foxy Wine Pocket (@FoxyWinePocket) April 27, 2014

Dropping the toddler off at school she says to me,/ "You can go now dad." #suburbanhaiku

— jimmy meredith (@lasthaikunicorn) April 25, 2014

Kid on screen timeout. "If I can't have the iPad, can I have your phone?" #suburbanhaiku

— Nicole Leigh Shaw (@NicoleLeighShaw) April 24, 2014

You're bragging again How can I make you stop this? I don't want your life. #suburbanhaiku

— Suzy Q (@SuzyQuzey) April 27, 2014

Tacos for dinner. I'm capable of much more, but I missed my nap. #Suburbanhaiku

— four layer cake (@fourlayercake) April 29, 2014

It's Tuesday evening The dog pissed in my closet And I'm burning fish #suburbanhaiku

— Jeanna (@jfivealive28) April 29, 2014

If you see your own profile pic, well done! Please twitter message @suburbanhaiku with your street address, so I can ship you the booty.

Feel like you missed everything? Just search twitter for the #suburbanhaiku hashtag and have a look at all the entries--I'm telling you, there's a lot to love.

More than 80 tweeters entered the contest, and I thank every single one of you. THANK YOU! (You really don't want me to say that 80 times, do you?)  I highly recommend that everyone follow this list of haiku-friendly folks who are the life of a twitter party.

And last, but certainly not least, let's all raise our right hand and wave to the judge. Thank you for your service, Suzanne Weber! I truly appreciate everyone not hating me.

It was fun wasn't it? Now who's going to help me clean up?