Who could have guessed that #HaboobHaiku would end up
yielding more than 500 stories in worldwide media outlets?
It was covered in the Arizona Republic, Washington Post, New York Daily News and the Huffington Post – not to mention being
discussed on CNN, the Weather Channel and NPR’s Morning Edition.
The results were, to quote the New York Daily News
(@NYDNBooks), “sort of awesome.”
They were even talking about haboobs in Minnesota – a state
where, apparently, they don’t deal with much dust because local readers were
instead asked for their best humidity haikus!
Besides the media coverage we heard plenty of great feedback
from the Twittersphere … @BlazingLily said, “#HaboobHaiku just might be the
best hashtag ever.”
We agree, because #HaboobHaiku helped us spread our duststorm safety message far and wide!
Which brings us to the haikus themselves … today we’re asking
you to help us pick a favorite!
But, don’t worry; you won’t have to go through the hundreds
of poems we received on Twitter, Facebook, e-mail and the blog. We already read
every single one and managed to narrow it down to the top 15 (a difficult task ... they were all great!).
You can vote once per day through next Thursday and we’ll
announce the winner on Friday, June 29. We can’t promise a prize, but the
winning Haboob Haiku will be featured in a special way!
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Just say big dust storms (5)
i used to have a major crush on one of the contestants here.
ReplyDeleteA lesson for young people everywhere: Sometimes the people you think don't want to talk to you, are the ones waiting for you to talk to them. Just. Say. Hello.
DeleteSometimes the most beautiful girls
ReplyDeleteare also the friendliest.
If i knew back then
How cool the girl i liked was
I would have said hi!
(my haiku)
If I knew back then
DeleteAll you missed by being shy
I would have said "hi"
Beauty resides within. We all
know some very pretty ugly people.