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Give people a topic such as fatherhood, and they’re guaranteed to get all mushy on you. We liked what Colleen Barry of Fort Collins, winner of the Denver Post’s $25 Haiku contest, had to say about her dad:
You loved to tease me
You taught me to drive tractors
Papa I miss you.
Read more haiku at denverpost . You also can go to . to have The Haiku Guy, our avatar of verse, read aloud to you. If 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: summer.
The deadline is midnight Thursday. Good luck, and start writing.
