Back Fence PDX

Melissa Lion
Back Fence PDX
Okay, so you want some free tickets to Back Fence PDX's September 23rd show? But first, what's Back Fence PDX -- it's Portland's awesome live storytelling event. It's like The Moth or This American Life. And we hand out free cupcakes!

Here's what you need to do for the free tickets:

Click comment below this post and write a cupcake haiku. Cupcake haiku!

We're giving away a pair of tickets to the three best cupcake haiku-ers.

More info on Back Fence PDX here: backfencepdx.com.

Now, haiku away! 4 months, 2 weeks ago

57 Comments Last message 4 months, 2 weeks ago
- Erik Ratcliffe
  
  'Kay, it's more of a quote than a haiku (I bent the rules), but here it goes:
  
  "A cake in my hand
  is worth seven in the can."
  - a Saint Cupcake fan 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  1 Comment Last message 4 months, 2 weeks ago
- Erik Ratcliffe
  
  I apologize for this. Really, I do. 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Melissa Lion
  
  It's awesome! Who else?
  
  Who's gonna bring it against a Saint Cupcake fan?!? 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Kiala Kazebee
  
  I know I'm not eligible but still:
  
  Frosting on my lips/
  
  I wipe it off with fingers/
  
  Frosting on keyboard 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Melissa Lion
  
  Good. Can someone write one about putting ones face in a big box of cupcakes? I want that one. 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- staff
  Dane Hesseldahl
  
  I have a belly
  
  I have a cupcake too
  
  Time for a mashup 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  4 Comments Last message 4 months, 2 weeks ago
- Ed Rafalko
  
  When eating cupcakes
  one must resist the strong urge
  to faceplant the box 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Ed Rafalko
  
  For Cupcakes I would
  write a meaningful haiku
  and then I would eat.
  4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Erik Ratcliffe
  
  I'll eat these cupcakes
  any way I choose... What's that?...
  Buzz off, muffin top. 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Ed Rafalko
  
  The scent of icing
  the whiff of Felicia Day
  and taste of Heaven. 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Erik Ratcliffe
  
  Cupcake in each hand,
  I place my face between them
  and SHAKE BACK AND FORTH. 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  3 Comments Last message 4 months, 2 weeks ago
- Charley Daniels
  
  A beer in a cup's
  The only thing better than
  A cake in a cup 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Charley Daniels
  
  I can't attend, but there's no resisting a chance to practice my haiku. My guess is I'll be a regular attendee at these events in the not-too-distant future. 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- stephen h
  
  i call you cupcake
  not because i love you, but
  because i love cupcakes 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- stephen h
  
  cupcake oh cupcake
  wherefore art thou cupcake? come
  fill me with frosting 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- stephen h
  
  a cupcake a day?
  not enough for me, i say!
  nomnomnomnomnom... 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Joshua
  
  if i ate cupcakes
  every time I wanted to
  I would be so fat.. 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Erik Ratcliffe
  
  So true, so true. 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Melissa Lion
  
  Wow! These are really good! Keep 'em coming!
  
  Can I post a few on the Back Fence blog?
  
  If someone objects, just say so. If you don't object, stay quiet. 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Melissa Lion
  
  I'll give credit to the author and to simler! 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Cora Potter
  
  sweet tooth pierces crumb
  red velvet gives way to a
  heart of buttercream 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Joshua
  
  the haiku above
  reminded me that all my teeth
  would fall out also 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Joshua
  
  * reminded me that my teeth 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- stephen h
  
  i'm a cupcake, you're
  a cupcake. cupping cakes is
  what you and i do. 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Charley Daniels
  
  Rhino paddock swirl
  Armpit-berry bonanza
  Failed cupcake flavors 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  2 Comments Last message 4 months, 2 weeks ago
- Ed Rafalko
  
  How the Hell do you
  compete with motorboating
  in cupcake haiku? 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Erik Ratcliffe
  
  It's JUST a cupcake?
  Bulls**t, my good man. It's a
  Pellet of Passion! 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Charley Daniels
  
  My little cupcake
  Changing hue from pink to blue
  Cause I'm choking you 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  4 Comments Last message 4 months, 2 weeks ago
- Will Radik
  
  I have to work, sadly, but I will never turn down the chance to write a haiku.
  
  time slows like an ooze
  after cupcake leaves my hand
  it lands frosting down 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Melissa Lion
  
  Wow! These are great!
  
  More, give me more!!! 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Erik Ratcliffe
  
  A cake in a cup...
  What else can go in a cup?
  A pie! "Cup-Pie!" What? 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- staff
  Dane Hesseldahl
  
  Just because you aren't in Portland doesn't mean you can't buy tickets anyway!
  
  https:
  
  (winks at Melissa) 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
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- Charley Daniels
  
  Oh, sexy dessert
  You're not exactly breast-shaped
  So, um, never mind 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- stephen h
  
  stockpile flour and
  sugar, we'll have cupcakes at
  the apocalypse! 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Faddah Steve Yuetsu Wolf
  
  st. cupcake's sticky
  goodness sates ms. melissa's
  chocolate fetish 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Faddah Steve Yuetsu Wolf
  
  in case it's another sponsor, it works this way, too —
  
  cupcake jones' sticky
  goodness sates ms. melissa's
  chocolate fetish 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Faddah Steve Yuetsu Wolf
  
  ok, so how many can we submit? i'm gonna just keep going...
  
  is that chocolate
  on your face or have you been
  kissing up again? 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Melissa Lion
  
  I never think of cupcakes as a guy thing, but this post is proving me wrong. 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Faddah Steve Yuetsu Wolf
  
  that gives me inspiration, dear lioness...
  
  cupcakes are beyond
  gender, race, nationality
  the one world dessert 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Faddah Steve Yuetsu Wolf
  
  is it sexist to
  comment thus?: get a load of
  the cupcakes on her! 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Faddah Steve Yuetsu Wolf
  
  the age old koan
  pondering: does this cupcake
  make my ass look fat? 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Faddah Steve Yuetsu Wolf
  
  world war avoided
  classism/racism done
  by adding sprinkles 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Faddah Steve Yuetsu Wolf
  
  is that a cupcake
  upon your tray, or are you
  just glad to see me? 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Faddah Steve Yuetsu Wolf
  
  i have chosen the
  cream cheese frosting not taken.
  made the difference. 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Faddah Steve Yuetsu Wolf
  
  batter? check. frosting? check.
  paper cups? check. love in a
  cup? oh, you betcha. 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Faddah Steve Yuetsu Wolf
  
  i'm sorry, sir, but
  cupcakes are a pre-existing
  condition. (health care) 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Faddah Steve Yuetsu Wolf
  
  how am i doing,
  melissa? got my ticket
  yet? or just cupcakes? 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- stephen h
  
  who wants back fence tix?
  i'm just in it for those oh
  so tasty cupcakes 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Melissa Lion
  
  Hey, check out the Back Fence site! I put up a few of your haikus!
  
  Thank you!
  
  backfencepdx.wordpress.com 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Melissa Lion
  
  And the winners are....
  
  Erat
  Cora Potter
  Faddah
  
  Your names, plus one will be on the guest list! 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  1 Comment Last message 4 months, 2 weeks ago
- Kiala Kazebee
  
  Wait. Who is Erat? 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  1 Comment Last message 4 months, 2 weeks ago
- Melissa Lion
  
  Oops, Erik Ratcliff. Sorry, using twitter names... 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Kiala Kazebee
  
  Ohhhh!! Yay! 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Kiala Kazebee
  
  Oh also you can totally use Twitter names here with the @
  
  It will link. Like @kiala 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Melissa Lion
  
  I will try this @ sign the young kids use.
  
  @erat 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Faddah Steve Yuetsu Wolf
  
  woo-hoo!!! thank you melissa! you're my favorite-ist of all portland published author story-telling event hosts with luxurious thick black hair!!! 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Comment
- Erik Ratcliffe
  
  Public thanks for the contest, the laughs, and the free admission for me and my wife! I really appreciate it, all of it.
  
  And I'm definitely looking forward to adding a third button to my Backfence PDX button collection. And cupcakes. Can't forget that! 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  1 Comment Last message 4 months, 2 weeks ago

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