Fall. Finally. In honor of the autumn color show, entrants to the Denver Post $25 Haiku Contest sent us a flurry of fine verse on the topic of leaves. We appreciated the alternative take by 12-year-old Andrew MacPhail of Denver:
Nothing blemishes Sidewalks in front of our house Pines resist autumn
Read more haiku at denverpost . 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:
apples.
The deadline is midnight Thursday. Good luck, and start writing.
