Personal Finance Haiku Contest
Make Your Nut is currently hosting a contest on Personal Finance Haikus. The winner gets $20 and some link love. Anyway here are my entries:
Refinance your home
Use it to pay off your debt
Brokers must eat too.
Open a brokerage account
Invest your earnings
Wall street needs your money.
The US Dollar is dropping
People have lost faith
Buy gold instead.
Starbucks coffee is expensive
Do not drink if you cannot afford.
Buy the stock instead.
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June 14th, 2007 at 11:07 am
that’s pretty good! creative!!
June 16th, 2007 at 7:13 pm
While your efforts are commendable, it is worth noting that they are not haikus. A haiku has 5 syllables in the first line, 7 in the second, and 5 in the first.
Don’t shoot the messenger!
June 17th, 2007 at 10:00 am
thats good know!