We’re happy about the potential that lies ahead in the new year. We wondered how others felt and so asked entrants to the Denver Post $25 Haiku Contest to contemplate “new.” Heather Job of Englewood resolved the issue for us:
the new year smells like
the burning turkey that hails
failed resolutions
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@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: paradise.
The deadline is midnight Thursday. Good luck, and start writing.
