Spectator competition winners: crossing a haiku with a limerick

We already have short-form hybrids such as the clerihaiku (here’s one from Mary Holtby):

Peter Palumbo Cries, ‘Mumbo-jumbo!’ and rails At the Prince of Wales

And the limeraiku:

A haiku will do For a limerick trick, called A Limeraiku

That was by Arthur P. Cox. And now clever Bill Webster, veteran competitor, has come up with the haikick, a new version of the haiku-limerick combination. You responded to the call for topical haikicks with your customary vim and wit, and drew on such notables as William Spooner, Abraham Lincoln and Jeremys Clarkson and Paxman. The winners below are rewarded with a tenner per entry printed.

Hugh King Abraham Lincoln Once made America great, When showing the place That honour and grace Held at the heart of the state.

Kim Brennan Jeremy Paxman, who once grilled MPs on toast, chucked the third degree and retired to be an upmarket quiz show host.

Gary Lineker, football player, then chatter, tweets Guardiloo views on what’s in the news and seems to think they matter.