Mido Versus Kuro Matching Contest - 5 - Fall 2016 • Millikin University

beady black eyes
on a crow
open wide     forever

Caroline Lodovisi

open heart surgery
you forget
to sew me back together

Alyssa Becker

lifeguard instinct
I have to remember
I can't save everyone

Alyssa Becker

typical
through hell and back
she leaves me anyway

Caroline Lodovisi

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open heart surgery
you forget
to sew me back together

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lifeguard instinct
I have to remember
I can't save everyone

 

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lifeguard instinct
I have to remember
I can't save everyone

top quarter champion

 

TOP half Chamption

lowering him into the ground
my heels
follow suit

 

bottom quarter champion

lowering him into the ground
my heels
follow suit

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battery dead
a good excuse
to end it

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lowering him into the ground
my heels
follow suit

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battery dead
a good excuse
to end it

Savannah Riestenberg

fuel light on
white knuckles
until the next exit

Anna Harmon

mowing the grass above my dog's grave

Shannon Netemeyer

lowering him into the ground
my heels
follow suit

Shannon Netemeyer

 

TOP half champion

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lowering him into the ground
my heels
follow suit

 

 

CHAMPION
 

the sun may orbit again
but it stopped rising
years ago

 

 

the sun may orbit again
but it stopped rising
years ago

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BOTTOM half champion

dark tombstones
broken epitaphs
unreadable

Alexsenia Ralat

she loves me not?
no problem.
      we are only dust.

Ryan Sikora

the fish
flopping on the dock
nearly lifeless

Morgan Vogels

unwanted and forgotten
from birth till death
dog shelter

Matthew Vangunten

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she loves me not?
no problem.
      we are only dust.

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unwanted and forgotten
from birth till death
dog shelter

 

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unwanted and forgotten
from birth till death
dog shelter

top quarter champion

 

BOTTOM half champion

the sun may orbit again
but it stopped rising
years ago

 

bottom quarter champion

the sun may orbit again
but it stopped rising
years ago

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passengers on a train
change without
changing anything

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the sun may orbit again
but it stopped rising
years ago

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passengers on a train
change without
changing anything

Jordan Comish

I nurse my beer
sitting in my booth
alone as always

Owen Pulver

elixirs of all kinds
the cold fall night
fades into the black

Alexander Erickson

the sun may orbit again
but it stopped rising
years ago

Alexander Erickson

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lighting up the night
Christmas lights
not a single bulb unlit

Shannon Netemeyer

painting a night sky
I forget to add
the star

Alexsenia Ralat

light reflects
from the globe
disco queen

Savannah Riestenberg

the dance floor
falling apart
we don't care

Ryan Sikora

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painting a night sky
I forget to add
the star

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the dance floor
falling apart
we don't care

 

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the dance floor
falling apart
we don't care

top quarter champion

 

TOP half Chamption

the water boy
finally gets his chance
crowd goes wild

 

bottom quarter champion

the water boy
finally gets his chance
crowd goes wild

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the water boy
finally gets his chance
crowd goes wild

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windblown hair
in her eyes
in her mouth

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the water boy
finally gets his chance
crowd goes wild

Alyssa Becker

big shoes
filling little ones—
my big brother

Caroline Lodovisi

Cheshire grin
the cat darts
out into the night

Alexsenia Ralat

windblown hair
in her eyes
in her mouth

Morgan Vogels

 

TOP half champion

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the water boy
finally gets his chance
crowd goes wild

 

 

CHAMPION
 

the water boy
finally gets his chance
crowd goes wild

 

 

skating on ice
across the hospital parking lot
a new dad

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BOTTOM half champion

my favorite blanket
longer than the couch
we all fit under it

Alexsenia Ralat

midnight
we are
just getting started

Owen Pulver

bright eyes
youth unphased
she laughs with abandonment

Alexander Erickson

on dad's shoulders
marching in black
the band's procession

Ryan Sikora

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midnight
we are
just getting started

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on dad's shoulders
marching in black
the band's procession

 

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midnight
we are
just getting started

top quarter champion

 

BOTTOM half champion

skating on ice
across the hospital parking lot
a new dad

 

bottom quarter champion

skating on ice
across the hospital parking lot
a new dad

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skating on ice
across the hospital parking lot
a new dad

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bags and clothes
sprawled out
moving back in

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old socks
I laugh as I slide
across the wood floor

Alexsenia Ralat

skating on ice
across the hospital parking lot
a new dad

Randy Brooks

no welcome party
no leaving party
clearing off the desk

Jordan Comish

bags and clothes
sprawled out
moving back in

Matthew Vangunten

© 2016, Randy Brooks • Millikin University. All rights returned to authors upon publication.