Give people a word and they’ll interpret it many ways. That’s the beauty of the English language. So when we asked readers to opine on “bing” they talked about both fruit and a famous crooner. Here’s what John Bellante of Denver, winner of The Denver Post’s $25 Haiku contest, had to say on the subject:
Being bing varies
Falling somewhere in between
Crosby and cherries.
Read more haiku at . 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: bugs.
The deadline is midnight Thursday. Good luck, and start writing.
