Best Alibi Haiku

\ Sep 08, 2005

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Tell us what you think of us in 17 syllables. No, really, we want to know. Don’t hold back. Don’t kiss our butts. We’re much less insecure than we might seem. We got heaping hymns of praise along with plenty of haiku scorn. Steve Bishop seemed to best capture the essence of the Alibi, so he gets the prize, a $40 certificate to Ralli’s and two passes to the Guild Cinema. (By the way, who’s Dennis D. O’Leary? That name sure sounds familiar.)

Winner
So very much time,
And so many typewriters.
The monkeys did it.
— Steve Bishop

Honorably Mentions
I do not believe
The semi-nude wrestler is
Not bi-curious.
— Nora Heineman-Fleck

Officer, I swear
I wrote haiku that whole night.
Check the Alibi.
— Malcolm Murray

Eating newspaper?
Want the juiciest stories?
Try the Alibi.
— Devin Hight (Albuquerque High student)

I dream of sleeping
With Dennis D. O’Leary
And wake up screaming
— Kelsey Atherton (Albuquerque High student)

Oh, dear Alibi
Where would I be without you?
Most likely prison.
— Kelsey Atherton (Albuquerque High student)

I missed the last Crawl.
Please, put advertisement near
This Modern World.
— Robert McGoey

Weekly Alibi:
Ignoring my poems since
1992
— Robert McGoey