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!)

[JustineMumsnet]

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.

we swear and talk
about deviant sex while
wearing boden, and?

Can I come along?
I promise I will wash first
Removing all mould

News. Views. Shoes. Shampoos.
Toddler food, and warming stews ...
Distant friends amuse.

She informs me, smiles,
lifts my spirit. My Mumsnet -
true friend; a helpmate.

Rather eat poop than wear
Boden gear myself.
Laughs riotously into cider.

What if I should win?
Can't afford the train fare!
No chance anyway

Too fat for Boden
Far too much pizza I ate
Night away I'll take

When your world feels like
it's crumbling down Mumsnet fills
in the cracks for you.

Ten years of my life
I have wasted them here
Must do the housework

Brighter and better,
Parenting trendsetter:
That's a Mumsnetter!

I tap the keyboard
while feeding the babe because
here, you all understand

Languid, I browse here,
Putting off the housework -
Writing a haiku.

llareggub, I think yours is brilliant. But you need to take the "all" out of the last line.

oh yes,

I tap the keyboard
while feeding the babe because
here, you understand

The descent of Mum -
evolution climaxes...
all in just ten years!

T'is a parents' site
The posts blow past; fast and massed
I sway in their wind.

Last one was not 5-7-5 so will have to amend:

Long-Distance Mothers
Shed their loneliness like skins
Littering the floor.

The things you think
but can never say out loud
are found on Mumsnet

Interpret that as you will!

Hesitant poster
shares fears in hope of hearing:
"That's okay, me too"

Male civil servant
In the evenings he's Susan
On Mumsnet, Beware!

We've heard a couple of people from Sunderland are dropping out due to a dental emergency and a moonlight flitting. We feel it only fair to offer the gawping space to Scots Mumsnetters. So if any Scots Mumsnetters are interested in squishing their dram-veined noses against the window, please let us know at MNHQ.

Central Belters need not apply.

Will Mumsnet be here
10 years hence? Will it go the
way of betamax?

Journos who slate us
can't see the heart of Mumsnet
behind the bumsex.

I burn the tea when on here, housework rarely done
Learn alot though for I am no longer alone
All of this from Mumsnet.