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Those who have attended Coachella are probably familiar with the Empire Polo Club in Indio. And those who are avid Phish heads (or those who pay attention to our advertisers here on SFist) probably know about Phish Festival 8, which is happening on those same hallowed and well-stomped grounds -- this year over the 3-day Halloween weekend.
In honor of this desert gathering of the jam band gods, SFist is glad to bring you our first haiku contest in some time. Please compose a haiku in the comments (that's strictly a 5-7-5 syllable structure, friends!) using the words "jam" and "desert." The winner, as chosen by SFist editors, will receive a pair of tickets to the three-day fest, courtesy of Golden Voice. This contest will end promptly at 2 pm Pacific Time on Monday, October 5th. UPDATE - LIMIT OF 2 HAIKUs PER ENTRANT.
For the non-poets among you, or once this contest is through, you may buy your tickets here.
UPDATE: Our winner is commenter the7word7smith whose simple and witty haiku, while arrogant, amused us most:
Under desert sky
The jam turns you to jelly
Signed contest winner
[Note to future haiku contestants: We will not make a habit of awarding poems with lines that declare your haiku the winner, and we will remain sticklers for the 5-7-5 and other rules.]
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frolicking music
i long to jam, groove with you
desert soothes my soul
Phish makes me happy.
I can't afford jam tickets.
Desert would be nice.
Can I cut a break?
Maybe win this jam contest?
Hear desert is nice...
Wish I were at the
halloween desert concert
where Phish will jam out.
on all hallow's eve,
all hippies will be haunted
the desert ghost waits
meant to write:
on all hallow's eve,
all hippies will be haunted
the desert ghost jams
Desert Jam oh-eight.
Rock on Empire Polo Club.
Phish will bring the funk!
Haiku is awesome
to show love for jam band Phish.
Pick mine for desert.
Must follow the rules!
groovyshoe did not at all.
Did not include "jam".
Can I please just win?
No one will out haiku me.
Desert jam is mine!
costumed hippies dance
halloween in the desert
candy, toast, and jam
What album to play?
That is Phish's dilemma...
Find out in desert!
What album to jam?
That is Phish's dilemma...
Find out in desert!
Used to do Phish tour.
Have over two hundred shows.
Mostly in nineties.
desert palm trees sway
all night warm valley music
swirling with the jam
Last one was stupid.
I did not follow the rules.
NO disqualify.
KTizz is my girl.
We saw many Phish jams then.
Would love the desert.
the desert moonlight
signals the soaring jam to
lift dead rockers souls
Phish suck duh duh duh
duh duh duh duh duh duh duh duh
duh duh duh duh duh
jam in the desert
laying my hippie stench down
so ripe 'cause its hot
desert my desert
in thee i will jam SO HARD
desert my desert
Desert Jam called Eight.
Rock on Empire Polo Club.
Phish will bring the funk!
Phish jams desert.
None will ever be the same.
Some can die happy.
Please end my tyrade.
I can haiku with "desert"
and "jam" forever.
Jam for me Phish band.
I want to dance and shake it
whilst desert soothes me.
California love,
No trick but treated to truth,
Crisp, desert Phish jam!
Within dry desert
Phollowers of Phunky Phish
The jam doth call them
all i wanna do
is jam in the desert, yo
phish can take me there
A crisp desert night
Entice spirit and ghoul alike
To heed the jam site
They jam solemnly
Amidst the desert landscape
Summoning spirits
Jamapotomus
I got the Phishy fever
Desert is calling
My grandma made jam
Somewhere out in the desert
It tasted like sand
Great musicians jam
Copasetic weekend
The desert in bloom
the beautiful jams
will forever soothe my soul
phish is happiness
Haunted moon rising.
Desert erupts, lights blazing.
Singing Cactus jams.
My heart beats for Phish.
In the desert it will thump
to rhythm of jams.
Phish is in indio
Gamehenge is in indio too
I will be in indio
Football: DISTRACTION!
Must think of this contest with
"jam" and "desert" words.
Is there any chance
I win with persistance of
desert and jam verse?
Or is it that I'm
annoying the judges by
jamming desert in?
enjoy myself jam
frolicking in the desert
phish out of water
Flocking phans of phish
They seek the eight chapter jam
Desert holiday
It’s jam not jelly
In a western desert land
Phrenzied melodies
Bros givin' Phish head
Desert noodlin', pearl jam squirts
Sean Cody-chella
Phish head tent scene
Low hangers teabag a bro
Hot desert pearl jam
solar power jams
cholla hum, shake, radiate
desert vibrations
California sun
Phish jammin’ on Halloween
Rockin’ dessert Fun
It’s been far too long
From mud to warm dessert sun
Festival 8 jam
pebbles and marbles
like indio desert sand
high up in the jam
damn yo i'm so broke
i'm so broke i write haikus
just to desert jam
Story of A Ghost
A Desert Apparition
Or A Funky Jam?
Famous Mockingbird-
Please fly me to the desert.
Let the jam begin!
AC/DC Bag-
Jam a Rift in the desert
And llama taboot!
Drink up desert sun. Groove to phunky Phishy jams. Remember nothing.
Phish plays rock 'n' roll
Lizards slither in Gamehendge
Jams are blown deserts
Happy Halloween!
Autumn returns with JOYful
Cali desert jams.
Phish jam in desert
hot out there, stay hydrated!
Desert will be hot.
On the converse, jams are cool.
Either way, we win!
Please jam in desert:
"We've got to get on the road,
Destiny Unbound!"
Yell "BOY, MAN, GOD, SHIT,"
and others won't understand.
Desert will jam though!
Under desert sky
The jam turns you to jelly
Signed contest winner
Bedtime for haiku.
Morning shall jam my mind up
with new desert thoughts.
Goodnight poet kin.
May your minds eye be jammed up
with desert visions.
I just noticed the update for 2 entries per person...
If I may choose #12 and #21 for my submissions.
My apologies for spamming with haiku.
Trey Fishman Mike Page
West Coast Autumn Desert Jam
Music Love Peace ME
Come Phunky Phish Phans
In the desert we will play
Halloween Jam Calls
desert, never been
to jam in the desert
my dreamy dessert
I have simple wish
Desert Jam I long to hear
Please it with some Phish
The music beckons,
calling to jam on the sand;
Phishin' the desert!
Drink in the desert,
Mellow moods in the moonlight,
Feelin' the jam in the sun!
desert of the soul
jam us right in there, deep please
we will phish for love
let us jam tonight
ghouls and witches aplenty
desert lights surround
Traffic jam or not.
Musical, dancing party,
Desert here we come.
Desert as backdrop
Joshua Tree beckons us
to jam with Vermont
Convoluted jams
layer numerology
the desert sky smiles
the dry desert waits
jam us right in there, tightly packed
phish will make us moist
i mean:
the dry desert waits
jam us in there, tightly packed
phish will make us moist
Grilled cheese sandwiches
Funky grooves in the desert
All i need is jam
on all hallow's eve,
all hippies will be haunted
the desert ghost jams
desert moonlight shine
halloween jam frightens all
blood will paint the sand
All Hallow's Eve, Phish
Jams the last living record,
Desert full moon.
Birds of a feather
Flock to the desert to hear
Phish jam, Halloween.
Oh the epic jam
I'm dancing in desert sun
To Halloween Phish
The desert date jam
Phish eight in fire ant land
Love the undead band
Twilight desert skies
Full moon jam echoes nearby
Shivers down my spine
Halloween jam fest
Phish Indio desert quest
My Haiku is best
Trey Mike Page and Jon
Psychedelic Haunted House
Trick or Treat desert
want some heady jams
to get freaky in desert
Haiku is st00pid
Jams are what I hear.
Isn't that right scorpion friend?
The desert inspires.