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Mother Nature has been busy whipping up more tornado-force wind than snow this month, and Jackie Tall caught that spirit in penning this verse:
Weary winter stirs
Draws a frigid breath, exhales
Exasperated
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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: shadow.
The deadline is midnight Thursday. Good luck, and start writing.

