Posing the topic of “shoots” to entrants of The Denver Post $25 Haiku Contest, we expected diversity of opinion — basketball! guns! spring! — and we got it. This week’s winner is Jeanne Hull, who probably won’t be poking through the drifts in her hometown for a few more months:
Nature’s hint of Spring
Alas! I’m in Gunnison!
Buy an indoor plant!
Read more haiku at . You can also go to to have The Haiku Guy, our avatar of verse, 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:
March madness.
The deadline is midnight Thursday. Good luck, and start writing.
