Love Haiku Matching Contest - 6 - Fall 2015
Millikin University

 

through
the looking glass
I have found you

Sierra Birdsell

in my bed
I fall in love
across the phone screen

Aundrea Marsh

I met my lover
over a deck of cards
need a partner?

Courtney Ginigeme

cup of coffee
and a note
it's the little things

Courtney Ginigeme

arrow down

through
the looking glass
I have found you

arrow down

I met my lover
over a deck of cards
need a partner?

 

arrow down

I met my lover
over a deck of cards
need a partner?

top quarter champion

 

TOP half Chamption

I met my lover
over a deck of cards
need a partner?

 

bottom quarter champion

hollowed out eyes
        —do you still look right
                through me?

arrow up

across the room
I watch you laugh
warms my heart

arrow up

hollowed out eyes
        —do you still look right
                through me?

arrow up

across the room
I watch you laugh
warms my heart

Lauren Bartel

she looks back
one last time
his shoes by the door

Nicholas Scarpinato

hollowed out eyes
        —do you still look right
                through me?

Jeffrey Davis

tears fall 
when I look at you 
a yawn

Sierra Birdsell

 

TOP half champion

arrow down

I met my lover
over a deck of cards
need a partner?

 

 

CHAMPION

I met my lover
over a deck of cards
need a partner?

 

 

he pauses and says
you're my best friend
he's in love

arrow up

BOTTOM half champion

metal bleachers
hip to hip
you keep me warm

Aundrea Marsh

first dance
our arms embrace
swaying with the music

Alex Zalar

a blanket of stars
above her and I
on a blanket

Nicholas Scarpinato

shooting stars
pass by unnoticed.
you’re everything I’ve ever wanted

Courtney Ginigeme

arrow down

metal bleachers
hip to hip
you keep me warm

arrow down

shooting stars
pass by unnoticed.
you’re everything I’ve ever wanted

 

arrow down

metal bleachers
hip to hip
you keep me warm

top quarter champion

 

BOTTOM half champion

he pauses and says
you're my best friend
he's in love

 

bottom quarter champion

he pauses and says
you're my best friend
he's in love

arrow up

staring at the
ridges of the key
unlocking happiness

arrow up

he pauses and says
you're my best friend
he's in love

arrow up

finding her locket
I open it
a picture of us

Garrett Mayberry

staring at the
ridges of the key
unlocking happiness

Sierra Birdsell

no such thing
as too young
red lights flash

Aundrea Marsh

he pauses and says
you're my best friend
he's in love

Lauren Bartel

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

Reader responses

through
the looking glass
I have found you

Sierra Birdsell

in my bed
I fall in love
across the phone screen

Aundrea Marsh

I met my lover
over a deck of cards
need a partner?

Courtney Ginigeme

cup of coffee
and a note
it's the little things

Courtney Ginigeme

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

across the room
I watch you laugh
warms my heart

Lauren Bartel

she looks back
one last time
his shoes by the door

Nicholas Scarpinato

hollowed out eyes
        —do you still look right
                through me?

Jeffrey Davis

tears fall 
when I look at you 
a yawn

Sierra Birdsell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

metal bleachers
hip to hip
you keep me warm

Aundrea Marsh

first dance
our arms embrace
swaying with the music

Alex Zalar

a blanket of stars
above her and I
on a blanket

Nicholas Scarpinato

shooting stars
pass by unnoticed.
you’re everything I’ve ever wanted

Courtney Ginigeme

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

finding her locket
I open it
a picture of us

Garrett Mayberry

staring at the
ridges of the key
unlocking happiness

Sierra Birdsell

no such thing
as too young
red lights flash

Aundrea Marsh

he pauses and says
you're my best friend
he's in love

Lauren Bartel