Heart Haiku Contest!

Write a clever haiku about any matter of the heart and win one of our new Humongous Hearts! This cardiovascular muscle plushie is almost three times bigger than the original, so its got a grand capacity for love. In case you forgot, haikus are Japanese poems composed of 17 syllables arranged in three lines of 5,7,5 syllables). You've got only heart to gain, so may the best original haiku win -- enter in the comments section below! U.S. entries only, sorry! Be sure to include a valid email address so we can contact you (it will not be made public on the blog). Contest closes next Monday!

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31 comments


  • jane

    my heart is huge, yo!
    plenty of room for you too.
    supersize my heart!


  • Lindsay

    laying my head on
    the echoing cavity,
    life’s sound is a pulse


  • tiffany

    only two days old
    beautiful hole in his heart
    exploding with love

    dedicated to our son henry, born with a ventricular septal defect. he’s now almost three years old and healthy after open-heart surgery to repair the defect :)

    we heart guts :)


  • Jim E.

    She walked out the door
    Holding my heart in her hands
    I must win this prize!


  • Katherine

    My heart aches today
    Is is that cute guy I met
    Or indigestion?


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