THE ARCADE FIRE HAIKU CONTEST: RESULTS!!!

THE WINNING HAIKU by Steve Ovadia:

Uh oh. I smell fire.
I smell quarters burning, too.
It's Arcade Fire.

A note to entrants: Thanks for your haikus. Some of them made me fall out of my chair at work, laughing and crying and loving the Arcade Fire more and more. Unfortunately, you can't all go to the concert and I know you think your haiku is better, but I'm the judge and only 1 person can win. Look forward to more fun to come soon.

love,
yp

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And now, just a few of the entries:

Clouds cover the sun
Arcade Fire plays on repeat
Filling ears with warmth

Arcade Fire on stage
David Byrne is in the crowd
This must be the place

Anguished melodies,
In mourning is catharsis
The Arcade Fire

The Arcade Fire
A band that rides with me
From Houston to 114th

youthful fallacies
tripping over the ladders
we wanted to climb

kids screaming, running;
gaming machines ablaze at
the arcade fire

what if i cannot
ever see arcade fire live
because of pitchfork.

i heard funeral
and i was in union square
my brain exploded.

South Carolina:
Land of racist flags and no
Arcade Fire concerts

WTF, they're on
every critics' year end poll.
Better than Wilco?

winsome gentlemen
blister our oyster faces
unleash the chanteuse

the power is out
but the sweet sounds of the fire
are burning me up

hipsters in winter
quest for arcade fire--won't you
give me a ticket?

In a selfish world
you are too kind. I think you
rock like Arcade Fire.

Erif Edacra.
Ananym for popular
group Arcade Fire.

Arcade Fire was
At the end of my first two
Haikus. No longer.

Annyong-haseyo?
Kamsa-hamnida Arcade
Fire ticket-eul.

Molten plastic, paint
Spew toxic fumes, burning eyes.
Children wail and flee.

Where did Pac Man go?
What is that burnt yellow thing?
Damn. Arcade Fire.

DISQUALIFIED DUE TO INAPPROPRIATE SUBJECT MATTER:
youngna.com is
a girl, having two luscious,
tart, tasty,-pigtails.

Well whaddya know
'bout Will? I'm so dumb-could be
friends with a rock star (?).

Arcade Fire disc spins
addiction forms. i love them
ticket me please now.

they sing of those gone,
to beat death by living life.
a fitting tribute