Ahh, romance. It shows itself in unexpected ways, such as among the many verses on “cherries” entered this week in The Denver Post $25 Haiku Contest. Sweet. Tart. Tempting, like this winner, by Sean and Holly Hoggarth of Denver:
Rosy-fingered flesh
Pitted beneath a blown kiss
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Oh, sweet zing of bing!
Read more haiku at denver . You can also go to denver . styles 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 . /haiku. 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:
frontier.
The deadline is midnight Thursday. Good luck, and start writing.
