There has been much ado about Peeps, the popular or unpopular little chicks, depending upon your point of view, and their Peep progeny, including the dreaded flat orange pumpkin and white ghost for Halloween and the fucking Snowman at Christmas.
Blue Peeps and pink Peeps, mutant children of the much-beloved yellow Peeps, were bad enough. Those maniacs in the marshmallow factory in a secret location known only to one savvy traveler are to blame.
Rumor has it that a crazy girl secretly hoards them at holidays and brings them out at the 4th of July for an explosion of color without the danger of burn injuries.
Peeps' influence reaches all the way across the world's oceans to Africa.
So, we are going to have a haiku contest. The haiku must be of classic form and include a reference to Peeps.
Examples can be seen in the comments to the post below, all of which are entered into the contest. I'm giving away prizes -- let's see, three new gel pens from Levenger's (the closest thing to a fountain pen, yet!) as first prize, and a hard-cover, unread copy of Dreamcatcher by Stephen King as second prize. Winner need not be present to claim his or her prize. Members of the nothingbutlove.net family are not eligible to win.
The deadline for entering is 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 19, 2003, and the winners will be announced at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 19, 2003. Entries will be received as comments to this post or the post entitled "Eat It, Peeps," or by special arrangement with Bill. Decisions of the judge will be final. Other prizes may be awarded at the discretion of the judge. Entry of this contest is prohibited in states, countries, planets, or moons where it may be considered illegal; however, no consideration is being exhanged or fees charged to enter this contest.
Peeps is a registered trademark of some company that makes the damn things, and I make no profit and want no profit from this venture. It's supposed to be fun.
I leave the following as an example:
Some day Peeps will reign.
Ubiquitous, all over,
Hoping to Kill Bill.
What a cool idea. I am just going to "peep" into our legislation quickly to see whether ZA is classified as another planet. I would not like to chicken out of this contest because of some stupid peeping Tom from our post office who will know a pen weighs in under 1 kilogram and may not want my prize to be delivered to me.
Posted by: Michelle at October 10, 2003 10:42 AM1.
Follow the peep star
To Bethlehem for the tour.
See the peeps lined up.
2.
Classic Yellow Peeps
In microwave or cocoa.
Melt into goodness.
3.
Sugar and car wax
On tinted marshmallow fluff .
Have a perfect peep.
Not a competition entry - just for fun:
Two little peeps sitting on the couch
One named Happy and other name Grouch
Wanting to be adopted by a man named Bill
But Bill is not interested he has had his fill.
Taking a golf club, raising it mid-air
Two little chickens shiver in prayer
That swing is perfect as if he's a Pro
and off the couch, these peeps did go.
Oh Shucks a year later Bill did discover
Two hardened peeps behind the cover
Where did they come from he muttered and groaned
From last years Halloween Stacey moaned.
Pack them up quickly and ship them abroad
They sure to get trampled by an elephant hoard
Out of the house, out I repeat
Bill lamented as he took to his seat.
Call in the Governator, Arnie could help
He's sure to terminate them, give them a scalp
Freeze them or melt them in coffee or tea
Just get rid of them, oh woe is me.
The teacher was reading the class the story of Chicken Lickin and she got to the part where the chicken ran to the Farmer and shouted "the sky is falling, the sky is falling". "What do you think the farmer said" asked the teacher. A little girl put up her hand and said "Holy shit, a talking chicken".
Now not a peep out of any of you, you hear. That was funny.
I am so glad I scrolled last night curious about the Peeps, Eat Me rant and what other comments were made. I had forgotten to check back. Then I find THIS! A Haiku (Peepku) contest that I knew nothing about and this delightful commentary about it... And the timing was perfect as I was meeting my writing buddy this morning and needed ideas for writing... SO, our first topic of today was - 15 minutes writing Peepkus! What follows are the results of my 15 minutes. Not great, but the ones I came up with while lying awake thinking of it in bed last night didn't get written down (now THOSE were fabulous and would have won this contest hands down...).
1) Halloween is here!
Pumpkins. Ghosts. Witches I see.
Sugar coated Peeps...
2) Disgusting little things.
Sticking to my teeth; bastards.
Bill says, "Boycott Peeps!"
3) Is the spring time here?
I see Carnuba wax eyes
Sugar coated chicks.
4) Flags at July fourth?
Santas at Holy Christmas?
Peeps - Fucking sell outs.
5) Autumn leaves falling
Piling up around the yard
Great Peeps burial.
I will post the results of my buddy as soon as she e-mails them to me. I believe they, too, should be entered, even if she isn't blog-saavy.
Posted by: Crazy Girl at October 17, 2003 03:15 PMFrom writing partner, umm, oh dear, she has no pen name... Crazy Friend it will have to be...
1) Hope everlasting
This holy communion Host
Peep pressed Jesus face
2) Precious Moments Peeps
The carnuba wax sad eyes
Survive holocaust
3) Peep Peep yellow chick
Morphs to green tree at Christmas
And no mold dares grow
Very fun exercise. Thanks for the writing topic, Bill!
Posted by: Crazy Girl at October 17, 2003 09:59 PMHalloween peeps
Ghostly white
Haunting Bill
Empty shelves
Where peeps once were
Christmas is coming
Yellow peeps
Chameleon by nature
Changing colours
Shivering peeps
Frightened bulging eyes
Bill is near
Simple Chicken peep
Dreams of running freely
Over sunlit praeries
Conveyor belt of peeps
Lifeless creatures
Soon to be devoured
Peeps
A cry of anguish
Melted in coffee
This is my very first attempt at a haiku.
Posted by: Michelle at October 19, 2003 06:20 AMHalloween peeps
Ghostly white
Haunting Bill
Empty shelves
Where peeps once were
Christmas is coming
Yellow peeps
Chameleon by nature
Changing colours
Shivering peeps
Frightened bulging eyes
Bill is near
Simple Chicken peep
Dreams of running freely
Over sunlit praeries
Conveyor belt of peeps
Lifeless creatures
Soon to be devoured
Peeps
A cry of anguish
Melted in coffee
This is my very first attempt at a haiku. But I keep on posting it and get an Internal Server error. Guess my haiku's were not so good afterall, even the server was rejecting them!! *lol*