Susan Harter of Morrison is the winner of The Denver Post’s $25 Haiku contest this week. She wrote this on the topic of “swim”:
We dive off the dock
Puppies paddle in the lake
All race to the shore
Read more haiku at .
After more than 200 weeks, our haiku contest is going on sabbatical and will be replaced by a different type of challenge starting soon. So for our goodbye, we’re recommending writers enter Koko’s Haiku Twitter contest, which benefits The Gorilla Foundation. Koko is the western lowland gorilla who paints and communicates in American Sign Language. Haikus to celebrate Koko’s birthday on July 4 can be submitted via Twitter through Thursday. Entrants, who must be at least 18 and signed up with , need to tweet to the @kokotweets account with the hashtag #kokohaiku. Here’s an example: Koko gives us love,
@kokotweets
Humanity sits up straight,
Depth of being known Haikus can be posted on Koko’s Facebook wall, as well.
#kokohaiku
Three winners will be announced on July 4. For complete rules, visit .
