Roger Allen became a published poet at age 12 after a Utah paper printed his ode to family dysfunction. Thirty years ago, another batch of verse he penned, about traffic congestion, found its way into a Lexington, Ky., newspaper. ...more

December 20, 2009

Once again, our Mrs. Harvey's White Fruitcake Haiku Contest prompted much reaction from readers, not all of it favorable. ...more

January 4, 2009

Baylife Magazine editor Kim Franke-Folstad offers her holiday greetings. ...more

December 16, 2008

These are the results of the Tribunes annual Mrs. Harvey's White Fruitcake Haiku Contest. ...more

December 15, 2008

Anything worth doing should be worth doing three times. That's the theory behind our Mrs. Harvey's White Fruitcake Haiku Contest. ...more

November 21, 2008

JUMPS: FRUITCAKE HAIKU, Page 4 They are the "crack of the poetry world." ...more

December 19, 2007

Seeking an impartial judge for our fruitcake haiku contest, we asked for help from the folks at Swiss Colony food catalog company in Monroe, Wis. As operators of the Web site ILoveFruitcake .com, Swiss Colony has judged our contests for the past two years. This year, senior copywriter Stephen Eliasson did the honors. ...more

December 18, 2007

With Mrs. Harvey's fruitcake as inspiration, writers achieve a "fabjous" literary world. ...more

December 18, 2007

Hard to believe it has been 56 years since the recipe for Mrs. Harvey's White Fruitcake appeared in The Tampa Tribune ...more

November 27, 2007