Zombie haiku contest winner!

By Mark Frauenfelder at 1:09 pm Monday, Jun 1

Last week we held a contest for the best zombie-themed haiku. It was very hard choosing a favorite, because most of them were really good!

The winning entry was penned by vekuum:

You lopped off my arms!
Thanks, now I can squeeze through your
Windows at night. Yum!

Vekuum wins the game of Plants vs. Zombies, plus a copy of Ryan Mecum's book Zombie Haiku (shown above).

Here are the runners-up (sorry, no prize):

Gray rain falling down
Neighbors becoming Zombies
in cold October

-- billstewart

Brains are like candy,
sweet grey matter slips through lips,
My arm just fell off.

-- slida

The radio told
me that I would be safe here
Crowded Stadium

-- apocalypticbeef

Though dead, it lives on.
Zombie? Brain-eating corpse? No:
General Motors.

-- andyhavens

Budget for plastic
guns, pasta guts, Wilhelm scream,
is budget enough.

-- bookninja

crunching through his brain
I realized I no longer cared
whether he loved me

-- victriviaqueen

Within the coffin
the cry came from a dead man
reanimated

-- BCJ

Groaning getting loud
Barricades won't hold for long
Nice knowing you all

-- necorium

Thanks to everyone for playing!