Bay Rum Traditional Haiku Contest

[August West]

This stuff is pretty darn hard to find in The United States. I happen to have a few bottles stashed away, so I decided to offer a bottle to the lucky winner of my "Bay Rum Traditional Haiku Contest".

Simply post a traditional haiku expressing your love for this storied elixir.

Sorry rest of the world, but this is for CONUS only.

The winner will be determined by yours truly whenever I happen to get around to it. The best haiku wins. I will leave this open for quite awhile.

Good luck you rummies.

Haiku (俳句, listen (help·info), haikai verse[SUP]?[/SUP]) (plural: haiku) is a very short form of Japanese poetry.

• Traditional haiku consist of 17 on (also known as morae), in three phrases of 5, 7 and 5.

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[TheVez2]

When asked the question,
What aftershave is best for...?
Always, Bay Rum, Sir!

 

[August West]

We are rolling!

 

[rockviper]

This is some nice stuff
but since I'm in Canada
I am not in, eh

 

[Haggises]

I still wish for an
AS that smelled like Mystic
Water Bay Rum soap

 

[Graybeard57]

Must wake up somehow
How can I do that today?
Cat O' Nine Tails, yay!

(I'm a nurse, not a poet, Jim!)

 

[DoctorShavegood]

When the yard arms fell
Someone said that I got killed
Bay Rum was our trades

 

[Happy Dad]

The Cat of Nine Tails
Such great warming sensation
Bay Rum for the win

 

[PMT]

The Cat of Nine Tails
Such great warming sensation
Bay Rum for the win

Not in, but yes!

 

[Topgumby]

Bay Rum is splashed on!
I swear I smell swashbuckling
Wife says more like ham

 

[Ad Astra]

Bay Rum waves restore
Hot wind from the West Indies
Tide recedes; leaves me.


AA

 

[Haggises]

"Smells like cloves" they claim
"There's no bloody cloves in it!"
Says Cap'n Scott. "Sheesh!"

 

[SpaceCadet1]

Potent and robust,
Cinnamon and cloves embrace,
Feels great on your face


Good idea Tony. Love this thread.

 

[danielrhall]

Bay oil, island scent.
Yo ho ho bottle of rum
After shave, that is.

 

[Topgumby]

Arrrr
Arrrrrr
Matey

 

[Michael Spotts]

Rum and a few leaves
Oh how can it be this great
Just wait for the burn.
or
The scent of the indies.
Captured in such a small glass bottle
Take me away to paradise.

 

[August West]

Arrrr
Arrrrrr
Matey

 

[TheVez2]

Haiku is too short,
to extol Bay Rum's virtues.
Deserves an Epic!

 

[August West]

Good idea Tony. Love this thread.

Thanks, Joshua.

 

[dpm802]

I don't like Bay Rum.
But give kudos to Tony.
A great PIF.