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MN's 10th Birthday Party competition - write a Haiku about MN and win a golden ticket. To be judged by the Poet Laureate. (Not kidding!)

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JustineMumsnet · 09/02/2010 14:11

So... it's our tenth birthday and we're having a party to celebrate on March 2nd. And seeing as we can't possibly fit you all in, we thought it would be nice to have a competition to have 10 Mumsnetters (plus partners) come along. As part of the prize we'll put you up in a London hotel, dress you in Boden (natch) and send you out to dinner at Pizza Express too. Full details here.

All you've got to do is to write a haiku (and we know how good you are at those) which sums up Mumsnet. And the 10 best will win. Simples.

And lest you think we might not pick the right winners, we've got Carol-Ann Duffy, Poet Laureate, to judge them for us. So for all those of you who enjoy writing in verse, here's your chance to shine.

Good luck.

OP posts:
rael · 11/02/2010 19:16

mumsnet addict here
lurk for hours,housework not done,
but laugh,learn,live,love

strawberrycalpol · 11/02/2010 19:10

To wean
or not to wean
that is the question
amongst others

kurlyvoice · 11/02/2010 18:56

A post once a day
keeps the doctor away... but
twelve make us happy!

justabout · 11/02/2010 18:27

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120 · 11/02/2010 17:23

Fantastic Rhubarb, mumsnet day says it all. especially the way DP views my mumsnet usage.

Rhubarb · 11/02/2010 17:22

Blimey some of these are quite deep aren't they?

120 · 11/02/2010 17:21

prisms of parenthood
grammar and emoticons
mumsnet supports you

I think I can get away with prisms as one syllable? It's not two anyway...

stokielass · 11/02/2010 17:13

baby's cries are harsh
online, alone, I seek help
alone, she cries more

Rhubarb · 11/02/2010 17:08

Breastmilk soap on rope?
Mooncups up your flanges?
Got to be Mumsnet!

northernmonkey · 11/02/2010 17:01

Friendships clear my mind
Through the darkness inside me
Anonymously

bibbitybobbityhat · 11/02/2010 16:47

Rhubarb! You have found your true vocation in life. Am roffling at this, especially that last one A Mumsnet A Day .

mrspoppins · 11/02/2010 16:11

Help, love. surprise me
Though we've not met, advise me
laughing,ranting, friends!

EileenVance · 11/02/2010 15:56

Does a haiku have to be 5-7-5? I thought it didn't have to be. Am I wrong?

wilbur · 11/02/2010 15:04

Some cry mothers? ruin;
But I am laughing too hard
To make a judgement

Rhubarb · 11/02/2010 14:59

A Mumsnet a day
Keeps the PMT at bay.
As my house gets dirty.

lisad123wantsherquoteinDM · 11/02/2010 14:43

if you reall want
love,shame tears and laughter
we are what your after

MerlinsBeard · 11/02/2010 14:38

oh wait a haiku about MN ..

...

a haiku about
mumsnet would use too many
syllables oh yes

Rubyrubyruby · 11/02/2010 14:37

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MerlinsBeard · 11/02/2010 14:12

I don't know what a
bloody haiku is so i
just guessed.Do I win?

(counted the syllable and used teh average but i have no clue wtf a haiku is!)

Rhubarb · 11/02/2010 13:55

Big cock, little cock
It's all the same to us
In our cock chat thread.

IPlayBanjoOnMyFanjo · 11/02/2010 13:42

I think I should submit my haiku from the (beta) debacle

I'm a working mum
Coincidentally, I don't
like little cocks

NonnoMum · 11/02/2010 13:29

Am I desperate
Wanting to impart my great
Parenting wisdom?

SkaterGrrrrl · 11/02/2010 13:25

Ooohm, nice one Bumperlicious!

NonnoMum · 11/02/2010 13:13

3 DCs asleep
DH snoozes sofa-bound.
Never google what?

NonnoMum · 11/02/2010 12:51

A steep learning curve
Fanjos, DCs, trolls and MiLs.
Me-time, at nine. Wine?