When we chose Colorado as the topic for this week’s $25 Haiku Contest, we didn’t mention our sneaky reason: Colorado Day is the first Monday in August, which falls on Aug. 4 this year. Writers were uniformly inspired by the state’s natural beauty and we felt this verse by Jane Morton of Colorado Springs captures the unique geographical appeal of the Centennial State:
Rugged peaks pierce sky. . .
Nation’s backbone splits the state . . .
divides the waters
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:
heat
The deadline is midnight Thursday. Good luck, and start writing.
