One way to deal with summer’s soaring temperatures is to pour a glass of iced tea, sit on a shady porch and write about the weather. Here’s what Genevieve Montoya of Denver, winner of The Denver Post’s $25 Haiku contest, had to say on the subject:
Burning blue days bake
lawns and trees, making nights sweet
while cicadas sing
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: magic.
The deadline is midnight Thursday. Good luck, and start writing.
