When we asked entrants to the Denver Post $25 Haiku Contest to contemplate the notion of “paradise,” we quickly learned that happiness is where you find it, even in your own kitchen, as winner Marisa Rubel of Denver beautifully illustrated:
The delight of soup
felicity in a bowl
blissful paradise
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: skiing.
The deadline is midnight Thursday. Good luck, and start writing.
