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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:
ApplesinmyPocket · 14/02/2010 18:48

Blisteringly sharp
Wits vanquish wimps and fools, but
Mumsnet sometimes melts

PCs gone mad. All
day they sing a bittersweet
sympathy. Barbed dolls.

mangoandlime · 14/02/2010 18:54

New here. Joined in Jan.
The Times said: My sort of place?
Yes ! (I live near Nork).

BelleDeChocolateFluffyBunny · 14/02/2010 18:54

I burn the tea often
housework never done on time
Happy to be Mumsnetting.

No help for parents
All alone then I found this
Cleaning can now wait.

nighbynight · 14/02/2010 19:02

Thousands of kindly
posts flow under the bridge
where the troll sits.

(posts and bridge count as 1,5 because they are long? Likewise troll and sits. I hope.)

fanjolina · 14/02/2010 19:08

A new mum enquires
"best advice you can give me?"
Reply - "Join Mumsnet"

theladyevenstar · 14/02/2010 20:02

A Maternal Love
Cherished Carer Found Here On
Motherly Mumsnet

FrumpyPumpy · 14/02/2010 20:15

Cubes of poo and sweet
corn rivers. This too will pass,
quicker than weekend bumsex.

FrumpyPumpy · 14/02/2010 20:16

or even

Cubes of poo and sweet
corn rivers. This too will pass
like weekend bumsex.

FrumpyPumpy · 14/02/2010 20:25

or maybe

BFP... and breathe.
Six week growth spurt. What next? Just
Pedants corner. Hell.

itchyandscratchy · 14/02/2010 20:29

My two girls and me:
How has this place mirrored us?
Growing; dividing.

or, alternatively...

Dh takes the piss
At my bond with pc life
Bumsnet he calls it

allstarsprincess · 14/02/2010 20:47

Refreshing pages.
Supporting me as a mum,
I'm loath to log out.

SexistDinner · 14/02/2010 21:02

Barefoot pregnant and
On the computer for hours:
And hours, spring to snow.

domesticslattern · 14/02/2010 22:00

At home. Late, dark, lone.
Tapping. Blue glare on my face.
Mumsnet lights the way.

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FlyMeToDunoon · 14/02/2010 22:13

Companionship found
Upon the bright screen
I am not alone

PerArduaAdNauseum · 14/02/2010 22:36

I have no time to
Fritter away on Mumsnet
And yet I'm here.

PerArduaAdNauseum · 14/02/2010 22:37

(That was pretty crap - sorry)

mumoid · 14/02/2010 22:58

Buried bones surface
Beaded shroud and petal thin
Tonic and sloe gin

PerArduaAdNauseum · 14/02/2010 23:12

Just realised that should be 'I am here' to make the syllawhotsits.

As you were.

Boco · 14/02/2010 23:17

Fishfingers are charred
Children insist they need food
But someone's BU!

CountessDracula · 15/02/2010 09:26

I started it all
If you read this thread you'll see
the ticket is mine!

gherkinwithapurplemerkin · 15/02/2010 09:39

Daughters: neglected.
Home: undomesticated.
F5 Finger: aches.