65th Challenge Result (the penis envy.)

Hello! Before we get to Ben’s pick for the week, let’s review the excellent submissions, shall we?

Seth found balance in his sins:

I wish it was mine.
Driven to take it? Not quite.
Envy checked by sloth.

I coveted literature:

I wish “It” was mine;
That would make my Stephen King
collection complete.

thenonconsumeradvocate was hungry:

I wish it was mine,
Cupcake in the store window,
Smashy, smashy, yum.

Nancy shook her fist at the library’s new security system:

I wish it was mine,
new library DVD.
Damn. RFID.

Becki was, in her words, “feeling maudlin”:

I wish it was mine –
my fragile hope was your hope;
my heart stays alone.

Here’s Ben…

I really liked Becki’s maudlin entry, and I gravitated towards the tasty “smashy, smashy yum” imagery from thenonconsumeradvocate; but ultimately; who can resist “the penis envy”? Not me. I diagnose Laurie with this weeks winner.

I wish it was mine.
And no, smartass, I don’t have
the penis envy.

Thanks, Ben! Congratulations, Laurie! Our new first line is the penis envy. Both as a thank you to our longterm loyal haikuers and to get some new blood around here, each person who posts a haiku with this week’s first line will receive a haiku (written by me) on the topic of their choice. Yeehaw! Start writing, and I’ll be back on Monday or Tuesday with Laurie’s pick.

Yours,
Joanna