"Haiku" competition winner

The winner of our iPhone Disappointment Haiku competition is Kent Geek, who gets a Mophie Juice Pack:

Winter In Akron
Loved one calling for romance
Off faster, damned gloves!

Runner up! Kleer001 wins the 2009 Seriousness in Gadget Blog Commenting award, with his or her imaginative rendering of the "AT&T sucks!" theme that dominated the 200 entries received.

I bought this black box.
Spoon fed the revolution.
Ashes in my mouth.

Winners, please email rob (@ the usual domain) for your swag.

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Coal

I don’t see the reference to a season in the runner up. Without a season reference, it isn’t a haiku.
WeightedCompanionCube

Winter In Akron
Loved one calling for romance
Squeeze mic on earbuds
codeman38

Just FYI, the closing </em> tag on the first poem isn’t quite right. It’s making the rest of the page show up in italics.
Rob Beschizza

Damn! I thought I fixed that!
Rob Beschizza

Damn! I thought I fixed that!
codeman38

Anyway, it’s fixed now.