On Tuesday the Spinning Our Wheels blog announced the winners of its I-85 Bridge Collapse Haiku Contest – verses that tickled our funny bone or otherwise caught our attention.
The contest was a fun way to vent our frustration with Atlanta traffic while we wait for the new I-85 bridge to reopen. Readers submitted 56 haiku poems, and we picked five winners to highlight yesterday. But, hey, we're still waiting for the bridge to open. So we thought we'd share five more reader poems. Thanks to everyone who entered. You made our day.
Traffic can’t get worse
Piedmont Bridge says ‘hold my beer’
Mass chaos ensues
Chris Erickson, Atlanta
Fire, smoke, disaster
Like another Sherman March
Traffic worse this time
Phoenix Calandrella, Brookhaven
Brits drive on the left.
Atlantans drive on what's left.
Not too much these days.
Richard Eisel, Griffin
Dante has nothing
On layers of hell we face
When roads tumble down
Thomas McLean, Alpharetta
Fire on 85
Then flood and earth upheaval
Do I hear locusts?
Rufus T. Shropshire, Locust Grove
And because you’ve inspired me with your wit, here’s one more, courtesy of your humble Atlanta transportation reporter:
Bridges come and go
But traffic is forever
Job security
David Wickert
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