Take the haiku road. (Photo by Alan Levine.)

We asked for your best Earth Day haikus, and you rhymed beyond reason. Now it’s time to see democracy in action: Help us pick Grist’s official haiku in time for Earth Day! Drumroll, please:

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1.

OK … we are screwed
we just don’t know how bad yet
mmmm organic beer

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2.

Don’t have a cow, man
To carniv-err is human
To forgive, bovine

3.

“Some say the world will
End in fire. Some say in ice.”
Whoops! We answered Frost.

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4.

Climate change meant nil
til they told me my pancakes
must go syrupless.

5.

It has come to this:
We knit sweaters for penguins
And sloths need jammies

6.

We’ve made a mess, no?
Somewhere, some god is typing:
“LMFAO.”

7.

Climate change — who cares?
Oh, chocolate under threat?
OK, now I care.

8.

You think climate change
means hotties in less clothing?
Harsh winters kill dreams.

9.

The planet is screwed
So are all of us on it.
Cheap yuks keep us sane.

[Editor’s note: We’re keeping these anonymous till we have a winner.]