Haiku to Edit 1 Results - Global Haiku • Millikin University • January 2018

comfort in her presence
safer in her bed
when the thunder roars

thunder roars
safe in bed
with her

when the thunder roars
safer in her bed
comfort in her presence

when the thunder roars
safe in her bed,
comfort in her presence

Danielle Morgan

thunder roars
her presence
brings comfort

thunder roars
comfort in her presence
in bed

first time kayaking
on sugar creek
relaxing day

calm morning
first time kayaking
on Sugar Creek

calm morning
on Sugar Creek
kayaking for the first time

Kimberly Dial

clear blue sky
first time kayaking
on Sugar Creek

calm morning
first time kayaking
on sugar creek

hot and sweaty soup kitchen
life’s most rundown
hurriedly collect their warmth
from my small and naïve hands

life's most rundown
in the warm soup kitchen
her small, naive hands

hot soup kitchen
collect their warmth
from small naïve hands

hot soup kitchen
collecting their warmth
from small, naïve hands

Bailey Welch

our glasses are full of amber
as our blue flames
hit the rocks

glass full of amber
the rocks burn
with blue flames

Datoria Parker

glass full of amber
the rocks burn with
blue flame

teaching me to bake
measure carefully
sweet smells

Kimberly Dial

teaching me to bake
measured by handfuls
of this and that

Running around in the woods
Grandmother points out an orange leaf
A green dragonfly darts 

Grandmother in the woods
points out a dragonfly
with an orange leaf

Vance Martinez

the early morning rises
my mirror reflects
the impact of the night before

early morning
the mirror reflects
the impact of last night

early morning
the mirror reflects
the impact of the night

Bailey Welch

 

quick to release
fearing they will
lose their family

releasing fireflies
afraid they will lose
their family

releasing caged fireflies
afraid they will
lose their family

caged fireflies
quickly released
to find their homes

Danielle Morgan


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