Allen Iverson Haiku Contest!!!
Posted by Johnny Goodtimes on December 4th, 2009
I was inspired by BMT’s haiku idea yesterday, so I figured we should make a contest out of it. I talked to my buddy Dan over at Phillyphaithful and he agreed to donate a sweet new AI t-shirt (design left) as a prize. (Do yourself a favor and check out the local sports shirts they’ve got over at Phillyphaithful. They are remarkably creative and original.)
So here’s the deal. You submit a haiku about Iverson in the comments section. It can be about practice, his heart, his relationship with coaches, his cornrows, whatever. There is plenty to write about. As far as haikus, the beauty is their simplicity. 3 line poems whose first line is 5 syllables, second line is 7 syllables, third line is 5 syllables. I’ll get us started with one Nate posted yesterday in the comments that I particularly liked. You have until Wednesday to get your submissions in, and we’ll announce a winner next Friday.
Ten years a Sixer
The prodigal thug returns
Welcome home, sweet prince.
Get haiukuin’!
December 4th, 2009 at 10:27 am
Obvious:
“How the hell am I
Supposed to make my teammates
better by practice?”
December 4th, 2009 at 10:29 am
Brilliant.
December 4th, 2009 at 10:35 am
And now, a look to Iverson’s future
Known by initials;
Superstar athlete. Next stop:
Reality show.
December 4th, 2009 at 10:41 am
Iverson learning
The Princeton Offense is like
Fish walking on land.
December 4th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
Practice! We’re talkin’
’bout practice! Not a game but
practice! Practice, man!
December 4th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
I’ve so little left
that Goodtimes could beat my ass
Allen Iverson
December 4th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
The answer is back
We talkin bout City Line
Buy Houlihans’ stock.
December 4th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
One time I saw him
Driving around with his crew
Worst. Haiku. Ever.
December 4th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
On Iverson’s toughness:
Learned anatomy
by studying Iverson’s
injury reports
December 4th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Sorry – forgot to include the link for that one.
http://www.nba.com/sixers/features/iverson_injuries.html
December 4th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
On Allen’s Legendary ability to play with others:
Stackhouse, Harpring, Hughes
Webber, Claxton, Kukoc, Van
Horn ….Iguodala?
December 4th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Things changed since you left
Your fave TGI Friday’s
Is now Commerce Bank.
December 4th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
I really dislike
The stupid burn victim sleeve
You wear on your arm
December 4th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
I heard that you and
Your entourage hogged and jogged
One time at Friday’s
December 4th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
If there was a
Movie made about your life
Webster would play you
December 4th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Was he the ‘Answer?’
He was, and there was no doubt
This time? I can hope.
December 4th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Heart, grit, hopes and dreams
Magnificent rows of corn
U.S. or A.I.?
December 4th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
Oh no, not again
Ann Iverson miscarried
But not the right one
December 5th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
A.I. could shoot, shoot.
Now the same old tale of woe.
Just dribble, dribble.
December 5th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
MAN asks: Did you go
to the Parthenon? ANSWER:
We hit all the clubs…
(for qualification, clarification, and other info, please look for Iverson’s comments in response to a reporter asking if the US Basketball team visited important monuments during their time in Athens, Greece, for the 2004 Summer Olympic Games) Yup. We went to the same college.
December 6th, 2009 at 12:27 am
Mister and 1, Sir
Layup, King jump shot-who says
He has no titles?
December 6th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Not ashamed to cry
Filling seats and winning games
The Answer…again?
December 7th, 2009 at 3:25 am
A fart in the wind.
The sound of one hand clapping.
The sixers’ chances.
December 8th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
“it was like throwing
a rock into the ocean”
say it one more time-
December 9th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
A.I.’s attitude
Is now – we talkin’ practice?
I’ll be there early!
December 13th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
Georgetown’s best point guard
First Ballot Hall of Famer
The Sixers still suck
December 15th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
You call him “Answer”
Leaving us all wondering
What was the Question