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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:
Hassled · 09/02/2010 19:54

Etiquette and rules
Cliques and passive aggression
All just like real life

midnightexpress · 09/02/2010 19:57

In my Boden dress
No longer midnightexpress
in pizza express

CillaSnowball · 09/02/2010 19:57

If you dare to be
A careless apostrophe
Pedants will flay you

blinder · 09/02/2010 19:59

One word of wisdom
eludes my hook. slippery fish!
So I trawl mums' net.

CillaSnowball · 09/02/2010 20:00

Is there such a thing
as trying too hard on here,
though you don?t know me?

cyteen · 09/02/2010 20:02

Nurturing our young
We talk, laugh, cry, advise and
Surprise! Link to bat

midnightexpress · 09/02/2010 20:02

CillaSnowball wins
By dint of an avalanche
of entries, she hopes.

TheHappyCamper · 09/02/2010 20:03

Judgey Pants, OP
Babies, Births and TTC
Mumsnet Addict Me!

First poem since I left school

Motherofone · 09/02/2010 20:05

From kitchen table
Mighty Mumsnet has become
Political muse

MaHumbug · 09/02/2010 20:09

Please don't deduct marks
for the rougue apostrophe
in my last haiku.

Cyclops · 09/02/2010 20:10

Whether day or night
there is always an answer
to solve the problem.

fanjolina · 09/02/2010 20:13

cube of poo on the
supermarket belt: shopping
never been the same

LeninGrad · 09/02/2010 20:14

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Message withdrawn at poster's request.

whomovedmychocolate · 09/02/2010 20:14

Courted by all sides
Friendship, intrigue, lies, surprise!
Mumsnet Talk's live!

fanjolina · 09/02/2010 20:19

Status and kudos
By making the roundup, but
Classics eludes me

Merrylegs · 09/02/2010 20:20

PizzaExpress is
quite cheap: A 'golden ticket'?
Disingenuous.

fanjolina · 09/02/2010 20:22

National shortage caused
By mumsnetter linking words
Bottom. Butter. Face.

midnightexpress · 09/02/2010 20:22

Talk talk talk work talk
Talk talk child talk talk cook talk
Now I really must

MollyRoger · 09/02/2010 20:23

I will happily
Spout haikus ad nauseum
for pizza (and pud)

midnightexpress · 09/02/2010 20:24

Pizza Express is
better than a kick in the
teeth, merrylegs, no?

Merrylegs · 09/02/2010 20:25

Grin Grin

fanjolina · 09/02/2010 20:26

Actually I want to re-write one of mine cos the use of 'but' is just lazy...

Status and kudos
By making weekly roundup;
Classics eludes me

midnightexpress · 09/02/2010 20:28

I think MNH
Q are going to regret
This haiku comp lark

MaHumbug · 09/02/2010 20:34

Where else on the web
would "eagle has landed" thread
topped one thousand posts?

fanjolina · 09/02/2010 20:34

Favourite MN thread?
Booble plate falls behind loo
Suspense transfixed me

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