Hey, Spotlight fans! We’re taking a brief hiatus from our usual Secret Spotlight Giveaway to do something completely different. And by completely different we mean poetry! Why? Well, Annie Happel and the rest our Spotlight team are a particularly literate bunch (as you may have noted from all the clever copy that accompanies each deal every week). In keeping with their love of both food and words, we’re asking you to write a haiku about Spotlight. One winner will receive a free Spotlight offer in the nearest Spotlight market
Enter by posting your haiku (along with the Spotlight city closest to you) in the blog comments below. Be sure to use your real name/email address so we can contact you with your prize if you’re the winner! Giveaway period ends Tuesday, May 31, 2011, at 11:59PM EDT. Standard terms and conditions apply.
Not sure what a haiku is? In a nutshell, it’s an unrhymed three-line poem, and the first and last lines have 5 syllables and the middle line has 7 syllables. You can learn more here.
You can also learn by example, thanks to these haiku penned by OpenTable Spotlight’s own Tori Tsu…
Where the Spotlight shines
Happy foodies dine on a
Cornucopia
———-
Find a hidden gem
With a daily deal from your
Spotlight restaurant
———-
I love my Spotlight
It brings me such joy and lots
Of delicious food
———-
Oh Spotlight, shine on
Bring me a new deal today
I like to eat out
———-
Rain, rain, go away
Bring a shiny Spotlight day
With great restaurants
———-
Nom, nom, nom, I say
Bring a new Spotlight today
Let’s try something new!
Thanks to Tori for her most mellifluous creations! Remember to post your entry here by Tuesday night to win an offer in the Spotlight city nearest you.
the spotlight has shined
my tummy gets more full
spotlight shines brighter
I thought I’d eat in
Until a Spotlight appeared
No ramen tonight!
Vanessa Harikul, Los Angeles/Orange County
My dining pleasure
is greatly influenced by
the Spotlight du jour.
DC/Baltimore
Spotlight deals bring smiles
Over cities near and far
Frugal dining…YUM!
SECRET SPOTLIGHT AD
SEND THE DAILY DEAL TO ME NOW
I NEED TO EAT OUT
Spotlight suggestion
means adventure lies ahead,
I am inspired!!!!!
Stomach rumbles. Eat.
Search the internet. Spotlight.
Shines brightly on food.
Follow the Spotlight
find your heart’s most desired
dinner aplenty
Fish, Pig, Chicken, Duck
Spot-light my dinner please.
Tonight we dine well !
Kansas City
One often debates:
Do I Follow the Spotlight?
Does It Follow Me?
Philadelphia/North Wilmington, DE
Chicago Spotllight
So many places to go
You help me decide.
Chicago IL
Frugal foodies know
Twice as much is twice as good
When Spotlight pays half
New York
Eat out, eat out, now
Come to me delicious food
Spotlight tell me where!
I dream of Spotlight
Here restaurant deals abound
Must I wait a week?
Twenty-four thousand
like Open Table dining
many are our guests
Barclay Cottage Bed and Breakfast, Virginia Beach
How do you sign up for spotlight, site sign up button does not work
Open Table’s Better
Thanks to Daily Spotlight Deal
Dining A Pleasure
Used to run a spot.
Now I just eat out a lot.
Food, glorious food.
Toronto, ON
Open Table shines
Spotlight on savings for food.
Great meals illuminated.
(my spotlight city is Manhattan)
nation’s capital
international cuisine
Spotlight navigates
[Crystal City, Arlington / Washington, D.C.]
Looking for a place tonight
Spotlight’s clue leads me to a place
Now it’s time to eat
Pacing to and fro
A rumble in my belly
I spotted the light
Spotlight, oh Spotlight
The first deal always in sight
Open Table’s right
Daring Boston Eats
From Tremont Street to the Seaport
Where to Explore Next
penny-wise gourmets
dining well, sans wallet pain
courtesy Spotlight
Chicago, IL
Spotlight coupon deal
helped my poor friends pay for me
birthday sushi yum
Spotlight means have it
All. When appetites are big
And wallets, so small.
- Nora, Los Angeles, CA
Sea, sand, scallops – fine
Paired with cool breezes and sun
Delight, amuse, dine.
Spotlight shines brightly
Marking X dollar savings
Restaurant treasures
I spot on Spotlight
delights for stomach and pocket.
Spot on, Open Table!
How about a Spotlight?
It is a daily deal party
Yes, absolutely!
Spotlight, ever bright
I anticipate the feast…
- a surprise found near