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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Pot and poetry

Posted by Matthew Frank on Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 4:27 PM

Montana NORML has announced a haiku contest (or is it high-ku?), and the winner will receive $100.

The details:

Win $100 by submitting the haiku which best illustrates why marijuana should be legal for responsible adults. You can use imagery, metaphor, experiences, or just straightforward statements.

Submit your entry as a comment on this blog post. Please use the traditional English format with three lines (5-7-5 syllables is nice too, though we won’t be too picky). Your submission must be your own, original writing. This is designed to be a fun and creative way for folks to express sentiments about legalization. No advertisements, please.

Check out the comments below the story to read the entries.

Our favorite so far:

It grows in the dirt
and so do my tomatoes
It’s a plant dammit!

The deadline is March 20.

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Some potent dro to
slow yo mothafucking roll
hit that shit, smoke dro

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Posted by maxsie on February 23, 2010 at 9:23 PM

If you can drink beer
while smoking cigarettes too
Why can't I get high?

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Posted by thevocalcitizen on February 23, 2010 at 9:50 PM

It is tasty sweet also it's good for my pain and great for my mind

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Posted by synder on February 24, 2010 at 2:23 AM

Safer than caffiene
Yet thousands dead in Juarez.
Prohibition kills.

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Posted by rolli polli on February 24, 2010 at 9:23 AM

Big Pharma needs you
to buy pills and die slowly.
Grow your medicine.

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Posted by rolli polli on February 24, 2010 at 9:39 AM

David Nutt told me that
marijuana is safer.
Outlaw horse riding.

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Posted by rolli polli on February 24, 2010 at 9:45 AM

scarlet sky, wet day
meek i grow in ancient soil
happiness is life

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Posted by boredatwork on February 24, 2010 at 10:44 AM

Man, you guys should submit these awesome high-ku to the contest! To enter, add them to the comments on http://blog.montananorml.org/2010/02/18/10….

cheers!

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Posted by indyalien on February 24, 2010 at 2:59 PM

Marijuana is
Something I'd like to do
Without handcuffs on

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Posted by mikie on February 24, 2010 at 3:52 PM

I smoke pot...big deal
I'm an adult...it's 2010
can we please grow up?

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Posted by mikie on February 24, 2010 at 3:55 PM

I live and I breathe
I fight in your stupid wars
I can't smoke pot...why?

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Posted by mikie on February 24, 2010 at 3:57 PM

I am an adult
I am not a criminal
Please let me smoke pot

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Posted by mikie on February 24, 2010 at 3:59 PM

I am an American
I have the right to choose
What I do myself

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Posted by mikie on February 24, 2010 at 4:06 PM

mikie - and all --- your haikus are great! I hope you'll post them to Montana NORML's blog so they will be considered for the contest.

http://blog.montananorml.org/2010/02/18/10…

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Posted by hmorris on February 24, 2010 at 9:54 PM

smoking pot rocks
it makes you smart
just ask barack

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Posted by ishboo5003 on February 24, 2010 at 11:01 PM

naturalize it
cannibus cord drew a sail
set roots in cellar

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Posted by Leslie on February 26, 2010 at 12:33 AM

I am high right now
but I can still write legit
haiku, I'm weed muse.

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Posted by maxsie on March 3, 2010 at 1:47 AM

Seizures tried to rule
Cannabis to the rescue
No more shakes thank you

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Posted by Sirshakealot on March 15, 2010 at 4:30 PM

FROM THE LAND IT CAME
NOT CREATED BY MORTAL MAN FOR GAIN
BUT GODS OWN HAND CREATED HE

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Posted by peolean on March 17, 2010 at 6:12 PM

THE PAIN, THE SICKNESS AS IT CAME
WRECKED HAVOC ON MY LIFE
AND NOW BECAUSE OF THIS NEW LAW
THE PAIN, THE SICKNESS I TAKE IN STRIFE

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Posted by peolean on March 17, 2010 at 6:17 PM
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