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Mr. and Mrs. Clog: Love Letters from The Bog

John Clog Haikus Finale
Sophy Marks and PJ Nixon
March 10, 2025

 

 

 

 

On a pretty day

A lovely breeze blows her hair

I pour my heart out

 

 

 

 

 

My Fair Lady Jane

Your clogging is far from plain 

I gift you flower 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Writing this letter

Floods my wooden heart with hope

That my dear Jane clog

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Will want to elope

Jane and John and baby dog 

Together in love 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To my dear John Clog 

I thank you for your flowers

You’re an honest man 

 

 

 

 

 

My heart is so full

Your dog may rest in my sole 

Love is forever

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apples are okay

My John won’t lead me astray 

The fruit of my soul 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The sun sets over the bog 

In holy matrimony 

To love is to clog 

 

 

 

 

Happy Valentine’s Day from The Northman’s Log 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sophy Marks, art staff
Sophy Marks is a senior at Oak Park. This is her second year on the Log and she is so excited to make more art, comics, and graphics for the website and magazine, as well as help with interviews and stories about art, music, and media. Her hobbies include: watching movies, Improv, makeup/costume design, and camping with friends. She plans on doing something arts related in the future.
PJ Nixon, art staff
PJ Nixon is a senior at Oak Park. He’s been on the journalism team since his junior year, where he makes cartoons and comics for the magazine. He occasionally helps out with theater productions, but mostly draws and watches cartoons all day. He plans on attending the Kansas City Art Institute after he graduates high school, and hopes to pursue a career in animation.