Celebrity Haiku Competition: Woody Allen

How will 2007 be remembered, do you think?

The year that Tony Blair stepped down after a ten-year tenure as Prime Minister? The year in which California wildfires prompted a mass evacuation? The year of the monks and their Burmese protests?

Possibly, yes. But it seems that for some of you, 2007 will go down as the year that Hecklerspray made a boo-boo by including one too many syllables in the first line of a winning celebrity haiku. Yeah, yeah - we made a mistake. Sorry 'bout that.

Oh. And if, say, anyone was so enraged by an error in a bit-of-fun weekly poetry contest as to label the writer 'a pallid excuse for a human being', might we direct you to this. Or this. Maybe, y'know, take some notes or something.

Anyway. On with the show. This week we're looking at bespectacled director-type Woody Allen. But first, let's have a quick peek at last week's winner.

Seven days ago, we asked you to come up with yer best Celebrity haikus about the fact that Paul McCartney was reportedly dating actress Rosanna Arquette. The winner was someone called Wambachumba, who wrote:

Paul gets angry calls
from Heather. Because you see,
he still has the leg.

Well done, you. As for the rest of you - chin up. You can always try your hand at this week's challenge. We want you to write haikus about this:

Director Woody Allen has quit shooting his new movie in Barcelona following disputes with locals.

All you have to do is remember the golden rule of haiku (and, Christ, have we been reminded of it enough times this week): five syllables, seven syllables, five syllables. An example based on this week's story would look a little somethin' like this:

Woody Allen will

have to take cameras home

after arguments.

Okay, okay. That was rubbish. And that's why we need you to do better. Entries in the comments box below, if you please …

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