The Guardian UK runs a topical haiku contest every week for £20 worth of Penguin Classics. I thought it would be best to test the waters with a local story about Ed Rosenthal being sentenced to one day in prison for growing medicinal marijuana, which is legal in the state of California but frowned upon by the feds, most notably the hilariously hypocritical alleged states' rights advocate and the man who lost his senate race to a corpse, our esteemed Attorney General John Ashcroft. (Allow him to lull you into a nightmare-riddled slumber! Let the Eagle Soar, motherfuckers!)
Anyway, the Rosenthal story was on the Guardian's home page under "Los Angeles dispatch," so I thought it was fair game, haiku-wise.
Behold my lameass attempt to win free books:
The "ganja guru"
uses his only phone call
to order pizza
I know, I know...after the Ashcroft song, it's a letdown. But how can I compete with the man who asked Clarence Thomas to "anoint" him with cooking oil?
You can find more of the interesting word usements I structure* on Apple.com.
Read my article, Better Writing Through Design, on No. 242 of A List Apart.
Pick up issue 176 of .net magazine to read my thoughts on creating outstanding web copy.
Watch a video of the Design Eye for South By panel at SXSW Interactive 2008. Or view the slide deck at DesignEye.org.
*With apologies to Harris K. Telemacher.