In honor of last Friday, the Trust for Public Land’s Park(ing) Day, during which a handful of metered parking spots in downtown Denver were converted to mini-parks, we asked entrants to the Denver Post $25 Haiku Contest to versify on the topic of parking. Most poets went literal on us, so we appreciated the alternative approach taken by Carol Schroer of Hot Sulphur Springs, who apparently sat back and considered the topic for a spell:
Mind and bone weary
Creaking out of time present
Riding old rockers
Read more haiku at . You also can 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 Tattered Cover Book Store.
This week’s topic is:
birds.
The deadline is midnight Thursday. Good luck, and start writing.
