PEARL JAM FAN HAIKU CONTEST! Prizes: PJ vinyl!! 1st place gets a Red LB! **WINNERS** on pg 11.

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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,663
    Eddie Vedder, Mike
    McCready, Matt Cameron,
    Stone Gossard... Pearl Jam
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • topkicker
    topkicker Posts: 30
    What, a pink CD?!
    Wild sounds from my stereo.
    Life changed forever.
  • topkicker
    topkicker Posts: 30
    Invisible chains,
    lyrical spikes break each link.
    We stand together.
  • topkicker
    topkicker Posts: 30
    Our lives are so brief--
    tomorrow may never come.
    Go see Pearl Jam live.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,678
    edited May 2014
    Alright, thanks for your entries everyone! It's been fun reading these. A lot of them remind me that there is a big group of people here who all have a common bond - a lot of these haikus wouldn't make any sense to non-PJ fans, so it's nice to know we're all on the same page in a lot of ways. :)

    I'll be going through these over the next couple of days, and will contact the winners on the weekend and post them here. Good luck!! :-h
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • JohnnieBeBlue
    JohnnieBeBlue Posts: 630
    :-\"
  • evsgjamm
    evsgjamm Posts: 2,108
    northerndragon said:

    Go Habs Go, round three!
    Hockey in my Blood just like
    Pearl Jam. Go Habs Go

    Disclaimer: not a bandwagoner been a fan since I was 8.

    hahaha. just tossin PJ in for good measure. what the hell eh? love it.

    it's now may 15
    the contest has closed my peeps
    HIGH FIVE-SEVEN-FIVE


    Vancouver '03, Paramount Theatre '05, Saskatoon '05, Calgary '05, Edmonton '05, Saskatoon '11, Calgary '11, Calgary '13

    2010 WATCH IT GO TO FIRE!!
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,118
    Nice job everyone
    Wow that was a lot of fun
    P J soul thank you
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • FrankieG
    FrankieG Abingdon MD Posts: 9,100
    brianlux said:

    Eddie Vedder, Mike
    McCready, Matt Cameron,
    Stone Gossard... Pearl Jam

    I would argue Jeff Ament is more of a member than Matt, but he is 1 syllable short, so I'll let it slide :lol:
    2003: 7/14 NJ ... 2006: 6/1 NJ, 6/3 NJ ... 2007: 8/5 IL ... 2008: 6/24 NY, 6/25 NY, 8/7 EV NJ ... 2009: 10/27 PA, 10/28 PA, 10/30 PA, 10/31 PA
    2010: 5/20 NY, 5/21 NY ... 2011: 6/21 EV NY, 9/3 WI, 9/4 WI ... 2012: 9/2 PA, 9/22 GA ... 2013: 10/18 NY, 10/19 NY, 10/21 PA, 10/22 PA, 10/27 MD
    2015: 9/23 NY, 9/26 NY ... 2016: 4/28 PA, 4/29 PA, 5/1 NY, 5/2 NY, 6/11 TN, 8/7 MA, 11/4 TOTD PA, 11/5 TOTD PA ... 2018: 8/10 WA
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  • evsgjamm
    evsgjamm Posts: 2,108
    FrankieG said:

    brianlux said:

    Eddie Vedder, Mike
    McCready, Matt Cameron,
    Stone Gossard... Pearl Jam

    I would argue Jeff Ament is more of a member than Matt, but he is 1 syllable short, so I'll let it slide :lol:
    Jeff Ament, Eddie
    Vedder, Mike McCready, Stone
    Gossard, Matt Cam'ren

    :-B
    Vancouver '03, Paramount Theatre '05, Saskatoon '05, Calgary '05, Edmonton '05, Saskatoon '11, Calgary '11, Calgary '13

    2010 WATCH IT GO TO FIRE!!
  • aurynsdad
    aurynsdad Posts: 863
    This definitely awakened a little spark in me during a tumultuous time. Thank you PJ Soul for the delightful diversion!
    10/31/93 Berkeley (Baba!) • 10/1/94 Bridge School • 9/16/96 Seattle (In My Tree!) • 10/19/96 & 10/20/96 B. School (Alt Corduroy & Alt Porch!) • 10/25/03 B. School • 6/1/03 Mtnview (Crazy Mary! You Are!) • 11/29/13 Portland (All Those Yesterdays! Even Flow!) • 10/25/14 Bridge School (Rain! Fuckin Up! TOTD!) • 5/13/22 Oakland (had to leave early, but W.M.A.! Immortality!) • 5/13/24 Sacramento (Light Years! Picture in a Frame!) • 5/25/24 Bottle Rock (Last Kiss! Maybe It’s Time w/Bradley Cooper!)
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,678
    aurynsdad said:

    This definitely awakened a little spark in me during a tumultuous time.

    That makes me happy!
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • jlaustin
    jlaustin Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 2,355
    edited May 2014
    aurynsdad said:

    I hope they decide
    To play Cold Confession live.
    Time to make a sign!

    Bravo - couldn't agree more!


    Hadn't checked in for a couple days... Damn, I missed the deadline, hope one of my early entries make the top 20 at least! It has been great fun! Some talented people in these parts! Thanks so much, PJ_Soul!
    Post edited by jlaustin on
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    2014 Cincy, Detroit, Moline, & Milwaukee
    2015 Central Park
    2016 Lexington, Ottawa, Toronto 1 & 2, Boston 1 & 2, Chicago 1 & 2
    2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
    2018 Seattle 1 & 2, Missoula, Chicago 1

  • aurynsdad
    aurynsdad Posts: 863
    Up late and wanting to share a haiku memory. When I was a college student at Cal Berkeley, I worked at an office supply store. Wavy Gravy came in one day and I guess we must have chatted about poetry (I was writing a ton at the time). He took the paper bag that I gave him for his items and wrote the following haiku on it about Jerry:

    The fat man checks out
    Hinges fall off heaven's door
    Come on in says Bill

    I should have framed it and never let it go. I don't know what happened to it. The Bill is Bill Graham. I loved that poem.
    10/31/93 Berkeley (Baba!) • 10/1/94 Bridge School • 9/16/96 Seattle (In My Tree!) • 10/19/96 & 10/20/96 B. School (Alt Corduroy & Alt Porch!) • 10/25/03 B. School • 6/1/03 Mtnview (Crazy Mary! You Are!) • 11/29/13 Portland (All Those Yesterdays! Even Flow!) • 10/25/14 Bridge School (Rain! Fuckin Up! TOTD!) • 5/13/22 Oakland (had to leave early, but W.M.A.! Immortality!) • 5/13/24 Sacramento (Light Years! Picture in a Frame!) • 5/25/24 Bottle Rock (Last Kiss! Maybe It’s Time w/Bradley Cooper!)
  • staceyd1800
    staceyd1800 Posts: 93
    aurynsdad said:

    This definitely awakened a little spark in me during a tumultuous time. Thank you PJ Soul for the delightful diversion!

    Agreed! Loved reading them all and enjoyed creating my own! Thanks PJ_Soul ::)

  • jlaustin
    jlaustin Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 2,355
    aurynsdad said:

    Up late and wanting to share a haiku memory. When I was a college student at Cal Berkeley, I worked at an office supply store. Wavy Gravy came in one day and I guess we must have chatted about poetry (I was writing a ton at the time). He took the paper bag that I gave him for his items and wrote the following haiku on it about Jerry:

    The fat man checks out
    Hinges fall off heaven's door
    Come on in says Bill

    I should have framed it and never let it go. I don't know what happened to it. The Bill is Bill Graham. I loved that poem.

    What a great story! Thanks for sharing!
    2013 Wrigley, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014 Cincy, Detroit, Moline, & Milwaukee
    2015 Central Park
    2016 Lexington, Ottawa, Toronto 1 & 2, Boston 1 & 2, Chicago 1 & 2
    2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
    2018 Seattle 1 & 2, Missoula, Chicago 1

  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,678
    FYI all, I have chosen the winners and have contacted them - just waiting to hear back from one to settle up where the prizes go, and then I'll post the winners as well as my reasons for choosing their poems. :) Thanks again to all who entered!! Everyone always says shit like this, but it really WAS super hard to pick the top three!
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • Dr. Delight
    Dr. Delight Posts: 11,210
    Allison is a great soul...
    And so you see, I have come to doubt
    All that I once held as true
    I stand alone without beliefs
    The only truth I know is you.
  • i_lov_it
    i_lov_it Perth, Western Australia Posts: 4,007
    PJ_Soul said:

    FYI all, I have chosen the winners and have contacted them - just waiting to hear back from one to settle up where the prizes go, and then I'll post the winners as well as my reasons for choosing their poems. :) Thanks again to all who entered!! Everyone always says shit like this, but it really WAS super hard to pick the top three!

    Nice :)

  • scurtis
    scurtis Posts: 2,477
    There were some good ones, so I can understand it being hard to pick three.
    "Born on third, thinks he got a triple."

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