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.
Showing 1-20 of 20
Some potent dro to
slow yo mothafucking roll
hit that shit, smoke dro
If you can drink beer
while smoking cigarettes too
Why can't I get high?
It is tasty sweet also it's good for my pain and great for my mind
Safer than caffiene
Yet thousands dead in Juarez.
Prohibition kills.
Big Pharma needs you
to buy pills and die slowly.
Grow your medicine.
David Nutt told me that
marijuana is safer.
Outlaw horse riding.
scarlet sky, wet day
meek i grow in ancient soil
happiness is life
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!
I smoke pot...big deal
I'm an adult...it's 2010
can we please grow up?
I live and I breathe
I fight in your stupid wars
I can't smoke pot...why?
I am an American
I have the right to choose
What I do myself
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…
naturalize it
cannibus cord drew a sail
set roots in cellar
I am high right now
but I can still write legit
haiku, I'm weed muse.
Seizures tried to rule
Cannabis to the rescue
No more shakes thank you
FROM THE LAND IT CAME
NOT CREATED BY MORTAL MAN FOR GAIN
BUT GODS OWN HAND CREATED HE
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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