Poetry contest

Poem from the UP!

The contest came down to two contestants:

1. A Yale graduate 2. An Upper Michigander ( a Yooper, if you will) They were given a single word, then allowed two minutes to come up with a poem containing that word. The word they were given was "TIMBUKTU" The Yale graduate stepped up to the microphone and said: "SLOWLY ACROSS THE DESERT SAND TREKKED A LONELY CARAVAN. MEN ON CAMELS-TWO BY TWO DESTINATION-TIMBUKTU". The crowd went crazy! No way could the Yooper top that, they thought. The Upper Michigander calmly stepped up to the microphone and recited: "ME AND TIM A HUNTIN WENT, MET THREE WHORES IN A POP UP TENT. DEY WAS TREE, AND WE WAS TWO SO I BUCKED ONE, AND TIMBUKTU". The Yooper won, hands down!