Pie-Kuing: Today's Best Form of Procrastination

The Washington Post food section is gearing up for a pizza-devoted issue soon, so the staff is holding a Pie-Ku contest in the meantime. Five syllables, then seven, then five—that's the drill, pepperoni poets. The deadline is today, so hurry! Leave -kus in the comments section—we want to read 'em—then email your entries to food@washpost.com. Of course, the Post is years behind the pie-ku curve. We held a Pizza Haiku contest on Slice in June 2005. Here was our favorite, by "Mr. Sin." Crisp pepperoni, Edge curled from heat, A chalice of sweet, hot oil....

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34 Comments | Posted by Erin Zimmer, April 30, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Tagged: haiku, Pie-ku, pizza, Washington Post