This category seemed harmless enough when we first thought of it. Somehow, though, it ended up being enormously disturbing. Perhaps the most disturbing haiku of all was Liz' winning entry. For her creeped-out honesty, she'll receive a $40 certificate to the District and two passes to the Guild Cinema.
Winner
He bought me ice cream
Like a dentist treating me
For being so still
—Liz
Honorable Mentions
We discovered each
Other like strange lands—we saw,
We conquered; he came.
—Erin M. Daughtrey
Dumb and sweet, we were
amateurs softly cruising
Past virginity.
—MF Ward
VW Bus
Passion on high, brain on low
Baby on the way
—Stephen Davis
Fear—not of the dark—
But of the Virgin Mary
Being real pissed off.
—Linda Olen
