‘Hope Grows in a Dump’ Haiku Contest

So many of you were taken by the line Hope grows in a dump from last night’s episode of The Office, New Leads, that I figured we could put it to good use, haiku-style.

Receive The Office 2010 Calendar if you have a winning haiku!

Image courtesy Josh Helfferich.
Here’s a full-sized version.

STATUS: the winners have been chosen! Congratulations to jj (3), Julie (14), and Katie (71) — you have each won The Office 2010 Calendar! Watch your inbox for an email from me …

The poll

Here are the haiku finalists:

Please pick your top three by Thursday, March 25th 11pm. The top three vote-getters will each receive The Office 2010 Calendar!

Original contest information is on the next page.

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83 comments

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1. 
   83. jj  Fri. Apr. 2, 2010 | 11:00am

   [from tanster: thanks!]

2. 
   82. Jeff  Tue. Mar. 23, 2010 | 8:08am

   I put this on my wall in my office. :-)

3. 
   81. Flenderson  Sun. Mar. 21, 2010 | 6:01pm

   Can we find that lead?
   Probably not, but who knows?
   Hope grows in a dump

4. 
   80. Dundermom  Sun. Mar. 21, 2010 | 5:23pm

   Heart pooped on by love
   Andy finds Erin so nice
   Hope grows in a dump

5. 
   79. Kaitlyn  Sun. Mar. 21, 2010 | 4:44pm

   Baby grows in Pam
   Love grows between Jim and Pam
   Hope grows in a dump

6. 
   78. Caron  Sun. Mar. 21, 2010 | 4:29pm

   not sure if my correction went through: Beets, not Beats. I don’t mean to post again, but I really thought I had a good one and I know spelling counts…I’m gonna “beat” myself over the head for this one. lol.

7. 
   77. Caron  Sun. Mar. 21, 2010 | 4:26pm

   Correction: Beets, not Beats. Gah! sorry tanster.
   (This isn’t a second entry!!) Don’t count me out please!

8. 
   76. Caron  Sun. Mar. 21, 2010 | 4:25pm

   Bears. Beats. Bears Eat Beats.
   Battlestar Galactica
   Hope grows in a dump.

9. 
   75. Dana  Sun. Mar. 21, 2010 | 3:19pm

   Correction: I did not mean to include the word “really” in the first line of my haiku!

10. 
    74. Dana  Sun. Mar. 21, 2010 | 3:16pm

    It has really gone to hell
    Perhaps beavers could fix it
    Hope grows in a dump

11. 
    73. ohhelms  Sun. Mar. 21, 2010 | 2:22pm

    Scavenger hunt, so
    Anxiouisly I wonder if:
    hope grows in a dump.

12. 
    72. Sourdough  Sun. Mar. 21, 2010 | 1:50pm

    Sabre splits the staff
    Admin jealous; Sales greedy
    Hope grows in a dump

13. 
    71. Katie  Sun. Mar. 21, 2010 | 1:04pm

    Beets grow on a farm
    with its own crossbow range, but
    hope grows in a dump.

14. 
    70. jmj  Sun. Mar. 21, 2010 | 12:43pm

    conference room treats
    sales and accounting unite
    hope grows in a dump

15. 
    69. jkfan9989  Sun. Mar. 21, 2010 | 11:29am

    Ri-di-dit-de-do
    Looking for the leads with you
    Hope grows in a dump.

16. 
    68. Gretchen  Sun. Mar. 21, 2010 | 10:40am

    two lives join in love
    it starts hidden from the world
    hope grows in a dump

17. 
    67. Ben  Sun. Mar. 21, 2010 | 10:36am

    Riddit-dit-di-doo
    A kiss, A romance ensues
    Hope grows in a dump.

18. 
    66. Nick  Sun. Mar. 21, 2010 | 10:20am

    Andy Bernard says
    Break him off some football creme
    Hope grows in a dump

19. 
    65. sskylaarr  Sun. Mar. 21, 2010 | 10:20am

    Oops! Try this again:

    Desperate for weekend.
    Happy respite! Thursday Night!
    Hope grows in a dump.

20. 
    64. sskylaarr  Sun. Mar. 21, 2010 | 10:19am

    Desperate for weekend.
    Happy respite! Thursday at Nine!
    Hope grows in a dump.

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