One More of the Runners Up
Manolo says, when the Manolo announced the winners of his contest on the Sunday last, the high quality of the entries made choosing the three winners and seven runners up most difficult indeed, and so although it was the happy occasion, it was with some sorrow that the Manolo was forced to select only ten.
One of the entries that nearly made it into the top ten, but did not, was the set of the haikus sent in by Katherine Delhotal of the Arlington, Virginia, which were based on the super fantastic shoes of the Magnolia, one of the gracious sponsors of the Manolo’s Super Fantastic Essay Contest.
So the Manolo he sent the little poems to the kind peoples at the Magnolias, hoping that they would volunteer to provide the Katherine with the prize suitable to her efforts.
And they did! The Magnolia peoples they have decided to present to the Katherine the pair of the shoes for her lovely efforts, which the Manolo now here presents along with the pictures of the shoes described in the haikus.
Creeping vines on bark
Blue daisies, forget-me-nots
Asian enchantment
Anita
Corduroy for the streets
Uptown in pink cool
Downtown in blue funky
Adrianna
Golden glow at sunset
Gunmetal composed
Sultry in earthy bronze
Adore
Savannah jungle cat
Silently stalking
Amid Birkenstocks, flip-flops
Avalon
Classic gross grain bow
Vibrant blooms catch the eye
Dancing, dreaming ballet
October 21st, 2005 at 12:30 am
Darling, you have a typo in paragraph four. “Magolias” sound like boils of some kind.
October 21st, 2005 at 8:30 am
Daily Click 10.21.05
Okay if you know me, you know I have a complete aversion to Ugg boots and all variations thereof. But really, now, someone has just gone TOO FAR. I present the Helsinki boot. The Manolo would weep. And I…
October 21st, 2005 at 10:36 am
Oh, but I thought that haikus had to be bound by syllables numbering 5,7, & 5.
These are lovely (both shoes & verse), but are they haikus?
October 21st, 2005 at 12:52 pm
Also, “gross grain”? Sounds nauseating. Grosgrain, please.
October 21st, 2005 at 11:38 pm
Kourtney, you’re right, the verses are very lovely, but they are not haiku.
October 22nd, 2005 at 4:33 pm
Kate, Lizzie, and Kourtney; who cares!?! The contest is over. Katherine has been rewarded for an excellent set of poems. Thank you Manolo!