We love a Denver Post $25 Haiku Contest topic that is open to vast interpretation, and that’s what we got when we posed “sparks” as a concept this week. We heard from romantics, patriots, rebels and people like the winner, Steven Chostler of Denver:
Colored fire explodes:
Is each one a universe?
Sousa plays below.
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@ . 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:
tents.
Because of the July Fourth holiday, there’s an early deadline: midnight Wednesday. Good luck, and start writing.
