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The "Open webOS on my TouchPad" Haiku Contest Finalists! 16

by Derek Kessler Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:02 pm EDT

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Therapy venting
More than four hundred entries
Finalists; your vote

You all rock. With well more than four hundred entries it took us a while to sort through and find the best poems submitted for our "Open webOS on my TouchPad" Haiku Contest. But we did it, and we picked out ten to stand as finalists up for your vote. The top vote getter, traditionally known as the 'winner', will receive the non-webOS gadget of their choice, as a form of spiteful protest against HP's decision not to support the existing webOS userbase with Open webOS.

So head on past the break to check out the finalists and cast your ballot for the "Open webOS on my TouchPad" Haiku Contest!

The Finalists

beangeary
Is it only me
Or does open source feel more
Like an open sore

bluenote
Leaves turn brown and fall
Bury mounds of dark touchpads
Shroud dreams of users

bmcfarland
Give us new hardware
Open webOS comes soon
Now "Make it Matter"

mgbmusic
Define irony:
HP's tablet runs Android,
But not webOS

minego
Who cares what hardware
Open webOS runs on
as long as it runs

nns
"Make it Matter," huh?
Without some nice new hardware,
It won't matter much.

sbush
Loyal fans cry out
HP dealt us the wrong cards
We want webOS

sebz4n
HP, you are mad?
WebOS, a unique card
Rashly swiped away

zapagadget
I try to write a
cheerful haiku with my Pre
each one comes out sad

ZeroWingUK
The Palm of your hand,
Corporate decisions flawed,
Internals save us.
 

The Vote

Voting will be open until midnight Eastern Time, Wednesday, August 15.

Thanks to everybody that entered! You're all awesome!

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16 Comments

Posted by Sirreallow on Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:12 pm EDT

Nice work everyone!

Posted by appleisthewaytogo on Sat, 11 Aug 2012 10:38 am EDT

I have to say otherwise, they all suck. I'm not even voting for any of them as of now...

Posted by jrsharp70 on Sat, 11 Aug 2012 2:30 pm EDT

No, 1 of beangeary's 11 or so entries wasn't bad... lyrically decent and witty (as far as haiku goes)

But i guess if you throw enough darts, one is bound to hit the mark.

Posted by fens on Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:27 pm EDT

Nice work to all (except the dude who used an iphone to write his haiku)

Posted by HelloNNNewman on Sat, 11 Aug 2012 1:35 am EDT

Haiku contest done
Such great entries to choose from
where the heck was mine.

LOL great job to all the finalists! Seriously hard to choose which I like the best. Well done!

Posted by ZeroWingUK on Sat, 11 Aug 2012 5:06 am EDT

Well done to all the entries, and good luck to the final 10. It's been interesting :)

Posted by LCGuy on Sat, 11 Aug 2012 5:55 am EDT

What, I didn't win???
Haiku-mine was so much better..
um.. er... well... really....

NOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:)

Great job, everyone.. there are some terrific and clever poems there!

Posted by hansbuehler#CB on Sat, 11 Aug 2012 8:38 am EDT

These haiku's are palm to the soul. @bluenote thanks for keeping expressing our sentiments. i'm sad whenever I think about my webos buried somewhere under the cyanogenmod9 (the brown leaves that fall)

Posted by bluenote on Sat, 11 Aug 2012 10:26 am EDT

Hans2vt
Thanks, glad my haiku was able to give some comfort (lots of good haikus in the bunch).

Posted by Artichoke on Sat, 11 Aug 2012 1:07 pm EDT

excellent contest
inspired use of haiku
many fine entries

Posted by RfromR on Sun, 12 Aug 2012 7:28 am EDT

ZeroWingUK
Most poetic of them all
My vote goes to you

Posted by ZeroWingUK on Sun, 12 Aug 2012 8:10 am EDT

Thank you RfromR, yours is pretty clever too!

Posted by dan-o on Sun, 12 Aug 2012 6:30 pm EDT

Haiku? Are you kidding me? There should be no more articles on webosnation that don't have anything to do with new hardware. seriously. Just fire everyone except for 1 or 2 writers and only report on developments as related to hardware. stop wasting your time and ours. this is ridiculous.

Posted by NCCaniac on Mon, 13 Aug 2012 9:25 am EDT

Hey...you do not speak for all of us. If you see articles that don't interest you, then don't read them. Easy enough to do to save your time.

Posted by bmacfarland on Wed, 15 Aug 2012 3:00 pm EDT

I appreciate the votes people. This is some tough competition.

Posted by Alexandria001 on Thu, 17 Jan 2013 8:36 pm EST

All have shared their thoughts about it, and the result was a great success to everyone. A job well-done. The entries was perfectly chosen and their all great. - Arthur van der Vant