OK. So we’re a week ahead of schedule in paying homage to dads here and gone. The submissions to The Denver Post $25 Haiku Contest made us laugh and shed a tear or two. But this verse by Kevin Cray of Denver really got to us:
June a year ago
Dad migrated with monarchs
Sunflowers bent their heads
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:
Flags.
The deadline is midnight Thursday. Good luck, and start writing.
