Haiku
So we've heard back from Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy with regards to your poems.
She asked us to pass on that she was "impressed by the clarity and wit of the entries."
Here are the ten Haiku that she chose (in no particular order)
Modern heroines
wicked queens with golden hearts
Mumsnet is legend (ApplesinmyPocket)
Floating in nothing
The net catches me, saves me,
All I need to know. (BuzzingNoise)
Pieces of patchwork
We stitch ourselves together
Bound by common threads. (Pofacedagain)
Mumsnet speaks, leaders
Tremble. Their untruths crumble
Like biscuits in tea. (vezzie)
Long-Distance Mothers
Shed their loneliness like skins
Littering the floor. (PopeSusanIV)
Internet strangers
united as one, support
anonymous friends. (Rubyrubyruby)
In internet times
Mumsnetters are the neighbours
I no longer know. (nighbynight)
Your posts set me straight.
Threads of life interweaving
On the world wide web (frakkinaround)
Events surprised us:
Births, deaths, and the rest of it.
Here we can debrief (ZephirineDrouhin)
Words that I can't say
to my mother or my love,
written to strangers. (choosyfloosy)
Winners, you should have had an email from us but we're posting here too to announce:
Please email [email protected] with HAIKU WINNER in subject line with your RL name, address, and a contact phone number
in the meantime, peruse the Boden catalogue and start making babysitting arrangements for next Tuesday 2 March for the party!