This week’s Denver Post $25 Haiku Contest submissions forced us to acknowledge that not all writers interpret the notion of “tailgating” in the same way. As a result, we decided to award two prizes. One to Georgia L. Reissig of Larkspur, who took the traffic tack, and one to Ashley Sterkel of Parker, who is cooking with fire:
Pass me by, you nut
Going sixty in forty.
Hell’s only half-full.
A cookout convoy
Fat men in full body paint
Loudly burn burgers
See how closely people are following and how many people are barbecuing in the parking lots of stadiums all over the state at . If it all makes you feel like you’ve got something to say in a 5-7-5 poetry form, enter a one-stanza haiku at
lifestyle@denverpost.com or file it at . Don’t forget to include your name and hometown in the message. Our favorite wins a gift certificate to the Tattered Cover Book Store.
This week’s topic:
Purple fever
The deadline is midnight Thursday. Good luck, and start writing.
