Leading up to the big family dinner, we asked entrants to The Denver Post $25 Haiku Contest to – ahem – weigh in on the issue of the feast. Gregory Cross of Arvada got it just right. And a new treat debuts this week: winning verses are read aloud at by The Haiku Guy, our poetic avatar:
Pant buttons straining
Drowsy diners half in dream
Who’ll do the dishes?
Read more 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. Our favorite wins a $25 gift certificate to The Tattered Cover Book Store.
This week’s topic is: twinkle.
The deadline is midnight Thursday.
Good luck, and start writing.
