Summertime … and the haiku-ing is (not) easy. Amid the Popsicles, tornados and swimsuits characterized by last week’s writers, Rose Seemann’s poem was especially crisp. The Aurora resident won the challenge of writing about summer, and The Denver Post’s $25 prize, with this haiku:
Stars wink in the dark
syncopated lightning bugs
flirting with the moon
Read more haiku at also can go to to have The Haiku Guy, our avatar of verse, read aloud to you.
With sweet seasonal fruit showing up in markets, and the recent launch of a new search engine that brings cherries to mind, this week’s topic is: bing.
If you’ve got something to say in a 5-7-5 poetry form, send a one-stanza haiku to lifestyle@denverpost.com or file it at . Don’t forget to include your name and hometown. Our favorite of the week wins a $25 gift card to the Tattered Cover Book Store. The deadline is midnight Thursday. Good luck, and start writing!
