This week we asked entrants to The Denver Post $25 Haiku Contest to compose on the concept of “cheer.” After much contemplation, we say “bottoms up” to Paulie Ohnstad of Denver for a not-too sober celebration of the season:
amber laced eggnog
crystal raised in joyful praise
warmth inside and out
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 the Tattered Cover Book Store.
This week’s topic is: snow.
The deadline is midnight Thursday. Good luck, and start writing.
