I mentioned it.
Michal requested it.
I told Erin.
Erin says she was too shy to share it....but then the truth comes out (and here comes the funny part):
It was really because of this:
This funny illustration accompanied Erin's haiku.
It was too much for Erin. She couldn't handle her name in print right next to this messy-face "Pat" person. It was cracking me up that she won't tell anyone about her haiku (even when they ask) because her name was next to this illustration. And while I agree this graphic is a little unattractive...it is fitting for her wonderful haiku.
I was laughing so hard and all Erin kept saying was things like, "Come on, you wouldn't want your name in print by that either." or "My name was right next to that."
So without any further ado, I present Erin's perfectly lovely first place Pie-ku/Haiku:
Oh, sweet pumpkin pie!
Would it really matter
if I became fatter?
Isn't it great?
Alright if anyone else there would like to try their hand at this ancient form of poetry, here is the basic pattern: 3 lines, with 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables
Happy Haikuing to you all.
Next Up: It's official! Congratulations to the newest FIANCES in the family!
6 comments:
Heidi:
Thanks for my morning laugh. I don't mind at all that the man is messy; my objection is to his chubs. I'm dangerously close to his size around the holidays, so I don't need any extra connections between the two of us. My name was too close to the illustrated Fatty Mc Butter pants. They might as well have put my name right on him, for pete's sake. My whole name: Erin Renouf Mylroie, just in case someone out there wasn't quite sure who it was, right there by my portrait. And it doesn't help that my name is androgynous either.
When I see that picture I think, yes-it does really matter, at least to me, if I become fatter! :) I think I'll go have another piece of pie.
I cannot stop laughing when I think about this little, or not so little, Pie-ku problem. Erin, you not wanting your name anywhere near that picture is too funny. No one could ever think that large messy man could be connected with you somehow!
What a great Pie-ku though. It was so clever. Congratulations Erin! And thanks for a great laugh!
I loved this Pie-ku, too.
I read all of them, and Erin's was the best.
I thought the picture was so funny, too.
Isn't it fun having an androgynous name...even though, I really can't believe Leslie would be a boy's name. It sounds like a girl's name to me....but Les, I'll give you that, that sounds like a guys's name.
I think you should have signed your name on that one as Ernie. Ernie Renouf Mylroie wrote the pie-ku, that's who.
Anyway, this was a funny one. Thanks for the laugh.
can't. stop. laughing! oh, erin, that pie-ku is hysterical, but not as funny as the picture and your reaction. thanks for publishing it, even if you couldn't bear to post it on my blog:)
I just have to set the record straight one last time...
Erin you are nowhere near that butterpants fellow's size during the holidays or any other time in your little life!
For the record....I know You ran multiple miles every single November day and about 5 miles a day every December day thus far....
I know your name and your game. :)
Thanks, Heid, but Fatty Mc Butter Pants and I actually do have a lot in common. He may not run, but I feel exactly the same way about pumpkin pie that he does. Thanks for trying to bail me out, but I'm afraid the comparison is going to stick, at least in my mind. I'm still running-I'll be at 100 miles for Dec. before Christmas, so it feels good to make my goal. Fatty and I will have to celebrate with more pumpkin pie.
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