It was just a little bit too easy to put the brakes on our typical fall Broncos fanaticism and redirect our attention to the boys of extremely late summer. Call us fair-weather Rockies fans, we don’t care. It seems, however, that others were more conflicted about the tension between horsehide and pigskin. This week’s winner of the Denver Post $25 Haiku Contest, 14-year-old Sammy Marquis of Louisville, hit it out of the park:
Young Rocks, Seasoned Broncs
Swapped Cinderella’s story
Brooms sweep, horses weep
Read more about haiku 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.
Because baseball hoopla still reigns, this week’s topic is: Anticipation
The deadline is midnight Thursday. Good luck, and start writing.
