We’re feeling appropriately contemplative this week after reading submissions to The Denver Post $25 Haiku Contest on the topic of “memorials.” We picked Andrea Z. Hill of Denver for her elegant reflection on her World War II veteran father’s final resting place, at Fort Logan National Cemetery:
White rows in the grass
Like stone flowers multiply
Dad is sleeping here
Read more haiku at denver . 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:
vacation.
The deadline is midnight Thursday. Good luck, and start writing.
