This week’s haiku topic of “dust” generated a real storm of verse for the Denver Post $25 Haiku Contest. Some teased us with poems about cleaning (or not), others contemplated mortality. Because it’s been kind of a grim week out in the real world, in the end, we had to go with the good humor of Vanessa Gaumer of Englewood:
Neverending dust
Bunnies roll like tumbleweeds
You’ll never catch me
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: Mardi Gras.
The deadline is midnight Thursday. Good luck, and start writing.
