How About a Haiku with That Coffee?

Today is National Doughnut Day!

That’s right. The first Friday in June is the day that America sets aside not only to eat dozens of delicious doughnuts, but to honor the doughnut, as well.

And lest you think this is some frivolous holiday dreamed up by bored Patch editors somewhere, Wikipedia explains that started in 1938as a way to raise funds for the Chicago Salvation Army, which was helping people in need during the Great Depression. The day also honored the Salvation Army "Lassies" of World War I, who served doughnuts to soldiers.

According to Wikipedia, the Salvation Army decided that baked goods could be provided inside huts, where soldiers could also get writing supplies and stamps, and find a clothes-mending service. There should be six staffers per hut, including four women who could “mother” the soldiers.

About 250 Salvation Army volunteers went to France to get the hut system going, but because it was so hard to provide , two Salvation Army workers came up with the idea of donuts.

And so, in the spirit of , Stratford Patch invites you to write a haiku about the doughnut!

At its most basic (which is fine for our purposes), a haiku is a three-line poem in 17 syllables – five in the first line, seven in the second, five in the third.

So here is one by me:

Delicious donut

Tasty but so full of fat

I have such sweet dreams

And here's one by Patch Regional Editor Gary Jeanfaivre:

Powder fingerprints,

And a smile on your face,

Ah, wonderful taste.