When we asked entrants to the Denver Post $25 Haiku Contest to write about “skiing,” we could not have anticipated that someone would be pantsed by a chairlift in Vail. But news happens, and poets responded accordingly. Crystal Mars of Aurora gave us a giggle with her fit-for-a-family-newspaper assessment:
I board the chairlift
God please don’t let me fall off!
Are my pants on tight?
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: cowboys.
The deadline is midnight Thursday. Good luck, and start writing.
