We have a winner for our Purple Haiku Review contest!
A little background: Because Yelp’s system reportedly hides positive reviews from businesses that don’t pay to advertise with them, all the great Yelp reviews from our customers are hidden. Our only review displaying on Yelp is a haiku that seems favorable, listing things we sell and then, randomly, giving us two stars for no reason. We’re guessing the guy who wrote it may never even have been to our store or purchased anything from our website (or he figured out that the only way to show a good review is to give it low stars!). So we asked our fans to come up with some great purple haiku poems responding to his review.
And the winner is…
Why only 2 stars?
I give praise to Purple Store!
Hmmmmm….Green fan, perhaps?
-Michelle from Oxnard, California
Other Great Haiku We Received from our Customers!
Directly Responding to the Yelp Review:
Jon from Seattle
what’s up with the random knocks?
the Purple Store rocks
-Eric MJon’s words are untrue,
though they form a Haiku.
Don’t let them scare you!
-Sally GI tried to review
The Five Stars that you deserve
My review hidden
-K. Szakoyni
Jon is just an S
Without a truth to confess
He makes Yelp a mess
-Sally G
Considered worthy
An irrelevant haiku?
Yelp, that’s so not cool
-K. Szakoyni
Purple is awesome!
If you hate purple, then why?
It doesn’t make sense!?!?
-Maureen T
don’t listen to Jon
I think he just hates purple
and that is just wrong
-Eric M
Jon S. you don’t know…
Yelp’s ratings don’t make it so!
Purple people glow!
-Sally G
I know and you know
apparently Jon does not
purple is POWER
-Eric M
Yelp gives us no cause;
For to believe in their clause
We must forego laws.
-Sally G
Someone Was Really Observant:
We had no idea our t-shirt, tote bag, and sticker “Anything Purple Is Mine…” slogan works as a haiku! Nice job Morgan for noticing this!
Everything purple
Is mine everything else can
Be dyed or painted.
-Morgan R
Notables About The Purple Store:
These great Haiku could have been Yelp reviews on their own!
The Color Purple
A great book and cow poem
Best website EVER!!!!
-Kate SI’m in desperate need
because purple is my love
purple store road trip
-Britne C
we’re The Purple Store
yes – everything is purple!
who could ask for more?
-Eric M
LOVE the Purple Store
Quality and fast service
Could not ask for more
-K. Szakonyi
Do you love purple?
Go to the Purple store and
See purple delight
-Mark E
Is it true that a
Natural item to be
Purple christmas tree?
-Mark E
A purple parade
All that you could ever need –
That’s The Purple Store!
-Dannielle V
If you love purple
Visit the store with the most –
You won’t be let down!
-Dannielle V
The plum Purple Store
For violaceous people
With purple passion
-Dannielle V
The Purple Store rocks!
If purple is your color,
Go there. Now. Right now!!!
-Connie B
Haiku About Purple:
This one follows the traditional Haiku pattern of focusing on nature!
Kookaburra Laughs
A sun kissed day awaits me
Purple fills my soul.
-Michelle P
Purple is the best.
Royal, spiritual shade–
who can resist it?
-Lorraine S
how is perfect spelled?
P – U – R – P – L – E? yup!
that works fine for me!
-Eric M
People love purple,
Lavender, lilac and plum –
It’s pure poetry
-Dannielle V
Black, blue, purple white
What is last is really quite
The hot item right?
-Mark E
I’m so excited to see my haikus here! Thank you Purple Store for making my day!
We’re so excited to have them all up! Really great stuff; thanks for sending yours in.
Well I didn’t win
five honorable mentions
will just have to do 🙂
Eric, you have some serious Haiku chops!
Okay… this is weird. I saw the header of your email in my inbox, opened it and thought, “Oh…I meant to write a haiku and send it in.” I left your mail open all day before I finally read it and saw that not only did I send one in… I won! Only when I started reading it did I recall writing it. (I’m usually an awful procrastinator… but not this time!)
Anyway… thank you so much for the gift certificate! (Believe me, I’m sure The Purple Store will come out ahead… I tend to splurge often!) I can’t wait to shop… my first of many purchases at The Purple Store.
Thanks again… I loved so many of the other haiku and poems and would have chosen others before mine (my second line especially could be improved) but I’m not gonna argue!
Okay, this is like an acceptance speech that’s gone on waaayyyy too long. Sorry for the rambling.
Michelle W.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you, Michelle. Congratulations!