Before throngs of tiny ghouls begin their annual candy pilgrimage, brace yourself by reading the winner of this week’s Denver Post $25 Haiku Contest, a verse by Jennifer Saunders of Salida, on the topic of “spirits”:
Veils thin between worlds
phantasmagoric spirits
slither around space.
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@denverpost.com 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: voting
The deadline is midnight Thursday. Good luck, and start writing.

