Dr. Jonathan Harte with Rocky Mountain Infectious Diesease Specialists in Parker is the winner of The Denver Post’s $25 Haiku contest. He had this professional take on the topic of “flu”:
Fever headache cough
Spread quickly. Easy to stop
Wash hands, vaccinate!
Read more haiku at . You also can go to . to have The Haiku Guy, our avatar of verse, read aloud. 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. For a limited time, winners also get a copy of “Haiku on 42nd St.: A Celebration of Urban Poetry and Art” from Clerisy Press. This week’s topic, with the Colorado Rockies in the National League playoffs, is: home.
The deadline is midnight Sunday.
