We thought we were talking about Punxsutawney Phil’s performance on Groundhog Day when we asked entrants to the Denver Post $25 Haiku Contest consider the issue of “shadow.” As it turns out, poets had nature on their minds. We liked the verse composed by Jill Miles, of Granby, best of all:
Shaded from the sun,
snowy prints glow crystal blue —
late afternoon walk
Read more haiku at /haiku. 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: kiss.
The deadline is midnight Thursday. Good luck, and start writing.
