It’s been cold outdoors, and there’s a writers strike so we’re left with nothing to watch on TV but the usual lineup of holiday movies. Entrants to The Denver Post $25 Haiku Contest are apparently in the same boat, but Rebecca Travers of Lakewood still is enjoying the show:
Ninety-minute task.
Can he save Christmas this year?
Breathlessly we watch.
Read more haiku at /haiku. You can also go to to have The Haiku Guy, our poetic avatar, read aloud to you. 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: peace on earth.
The deadline is midnight Thursday. Good luck, and start writing.
