i love haiku. and i love gawker. and when gawker does haiku contests, i love haiku and gawker both just a little bit more.

my favorites from this week's "news haiku" contest:

Four eight fifteen six-

teen twenty-three forty-two

I still don't get it

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O Olympic Games

Hours of downhill thrills on

Bob Costas's face

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There should be a sport

Falling on your ass on skates

I could win the bronze