Additional Jell-O haikus

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Here are a few more haikus that were submitted in the inaugural Tribune's Jell-O Haiku Contest.

Green grapes; green peppers,

celery and baby peas

Green Jell-O to please.

-- Bernice Bywater

Op'ration success.

Stomach still somewhat queasy.

What to eat? . . . Jell-O!

-- Linda S. Eyring

Not on our table.

Never has been, never will.

We're from Illinois.

-- Virginia A. Barron

Baseballs green monster

Vodka, lime, Jell-O and fruit

Mine lives in the fridge.

-- Rich Fleck

Fruit jewels in bright jell

Autumnal, ephemeral

And it jiggles too

-- Amy Hargreaves

Creamy fruit filling

Nested by crunchy goodness.

Oh Jell-O wonder!

-- Russ McKell

Christmas dinner or

Thanksgiving, Jell-O plain or

Fancy for dessert.

-- Nancy Isaacs

It's a holiday!

Cherry gleams over orange.

Jell-O mold is love.

-- Susie Cohen

Easy to swallow,

Just open wide and let slide . . .

J. E. L. L. O.

-- John Garner

I don't care to write

A nice poem about Jell-O

Vegetarian!

-- Jill Hansen

Pimento, cottage

Cheese, Pineapple, green pepper

3Yum-Yum?2 Not hardly.

-- Derk Koldewyn

Pineapple, powder green,

Interspersed with cottage cheese

Whip cream binding all.

-- C. Riley Nelson

Jell-O's what I bring,

'cause I'm the Jell-O salad queen,

Jiggly Jell-O, yum.

-- Stephanie Black

Jell-O anytime

Jigglers -- plain or fancy treat

Set some, now let's eat!

-- Toni Cook

Tart, sweet, crunchy, firm,

Sophisticated, and not;

Anti-tossed salad.

-- Sterling Barker

Green cubes of Jell-O

Quiver on the school lunch tray.

I'd rather not, please.

-- Beth Ferguson, Sandy

Grandma makes this stuff

One serving's never enough.

How we love Jell-O!

-- Toni Lehtinen

Jell-O treat, tart, sweet

With pineapple, club soda

Makes taste buds tingle

-- Kathleen Powers

Sugar-free Jell-O

Made mellow with some Cool Whip.

No calories. Wheeeeee!

-- Janice Knickrehm

See-through jiggly mass.

Strange fruits are floating within

Dare to break the mold.

-- Virginia Barron

Trembling limey foam

Pecans quell, carrots nestle

Ah! Jell-O yearnings!

-- Risa Ashment

But see the Jell-O

Quiv'ring where the spoon has gone

Too soon this day done.

-- Risa Ashment

It's a simple thing

Cottage cheese, Jell-O, Cool Whip

Don't forget the fruit.

-- Kathy Colosimo

Green, red, orange or yellow

Jiggly Jell-O

Add carrots. Utah staple.

-- Eric Bath, Salt Lake City

Traditional treat

shared with the family

life is so yummy.

-- Sally Meyer

Mom's molded pillow

Vile goo with shredded carrots

Miracle Whip top

-- Babs De Lay

Rocky gagged it down

Huntsman gladly slurped it up

bipartisan food

-- Babs De Lay

Strawberries and cream,

Pineapple and bananas --

Wiggly, jiggly, yum!

-- Linda Brimmer

Peach Jell-O salad:

Fresh, fruity, juicy, mouthful

of good memories.

-- Andy Brown

Green, jiggly, sweet

With carrots you aren't a feat

Yet shooters a treat

-- Kristin Boughton

Yum yum. I love Jell-O

Limes so good and tasty, so mellow

For girls and their fellows.

-- Clarke Berntson

Flavor, color, fake

Artificial shaky glop.

Not on my table!

-- Beth Young

Student Entries:

Several colors

Yummy sugary sweetness

Wiggly jiggly Jell-O.

-- Libbie