Matching Contest - 4 - Kuro Haiku - Fall 2015 • Millikin University

Kuro

soaking up the sun
for hours
skin cancer or not, I'll look tan

Courtney Ginigeme

the once bright light
burns out
and is replaced

Nicholas Scarpinato

your hands
used to be so warm
frostbitten

Courtney Ginigeme

long sleeves
cover up
all of my pain

Garrett Mayberry

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the once bright light
burns out
and is replaced

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your hands
used to be so warm
frostbitten

 

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your hands
used to be so warm
frostbitten

top quarter champion

 

TOP half Chamption

your hands
used to be so warm
frostbitten

 

bottom quarter champion

vacant room
now filled with music
echoing walls

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purple bracelet
as pretty as the flowers outside my window—
DNR

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vacant room
now filled with music
echoing walls

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jealous clouds
overthrow the sun,
a shrouded earth

Nicholas Scarpinato

purple bracelet
as pretty as the flowers outside my window—
DNR

Courtney Ginigeme

vacant room
now filled with music
echoing walls

Aundrea Marsh

difficult haiku

Courtney Ginigeme

 

TOP half champion

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your hands
used to be so warm
frostbitten

 

 

CHAMPION
 

old memories
burning in my head
you say I'm worthless

 

 

old memories
burning in my head
you say I'm worthless

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BOTTOM half champion

another passing glance
when will I stop
searching for love?

Nicholas Scarpinato

I can see the faith
dying
in her eyes

Courtney Ginigeme

sunrise and sunset
meet at the crossroad
my life

Garrett Mayberry

country road
nothing to see
but my shadow

Alex Zalar

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another passing glance
when will I stop
searching for love?

arrow down

sunrise and sunset
meet at the crossroad
my life

 

arrow down

sunrise and sunset
meet at the crossroad
my life

top quarter champion

 

BOTTOM half champion

old memories
burning in my head
you say I'm worthless

 

bottom quarter champion

old memories
burning in my head
you say I'm worthless

arrow up

old memories
burning in my head
you say I'm worthless

arrow up

holding my dog close
because no one else will
tears on his fur.

arrow up

old memories
burning in my head
you say I'm worthless

Aundrea Marsh

my lips
go numb
when we kiss

Courtney Ginigeme

holding my dog close
because no one else will
tears on his fur.

Aundrea Marsh

firetruck red
the leaves
of a changing tree

Sierra Birdsell

© 2015, Randy Brooks • Millikin University. All rights returned to authors upon publication.

 

 

Kuro reader responses

soaking up the sun
for hours
skin cancer or not, I'll look tan

Courtney Ginigeme

the once bright light
burns out
and is replaced

Nicholas Scarpinato

your hands
used to be so warm
frostbitten

Courtney Ginigeme

long sleeves
cover up
all of my pain

Garrett Mayberry

jealous clouds
overthrow the sun,
a shrouded earth

Nicholas Scarpinato

purple bracelet
as pretty as the flowers outside my window—
DNR

Courtney Ginigeme

vacant room
now filled with music
echoing walls

Aundrea Marsh

difficult haiku

Courtney Ginigeme

another passing glance
when will I stop
searching for love?

Nicholas Scarpinato

I can see the faith
dying
in her eyes

Courtney Ginigeme

sunrise and sunset
meet at the crossroad
my life

Garrett Mayberry

country road
nothing to see
but my shadow

Alex Zalar

old memories
burning in my head
you say I'm worthless

Aundrea Marsh

my lips
go numb
when we kiss

Courtney Ginigeme

holding my dog close
because no one else will
tears on his fur.

Aundrea Marsh

firetruck red
the leaves
of a changing tree

Sierra Birdsell

© 2015, Randy Brooks • Millikin University. All rights returned to authors upon publication.