Love Matching Contest - 2 - January 2019 • Millikin University

cold breeze
lover's finger
traces my skin

soft lips brush the moon
birthmark

bestfriends turned lovers
her hazel eyes
sun kissed

vanilla
sweet scent of her
fills my pillow

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top quarter champion

 

TOP half Chamption

 

bottom quarter champion

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my friends giddy
we obsess in the mirror
first date ready

dashing date
i receive the bill
declined . . . awkward

spring rain—
they share
a broken umbrella

heart shaped boxes
candles burning
cinnamon scent

 

TOP half champion

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CHAMPION


 

 

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BOTTOM half champion

what only Cinderella had
i now stare
at my very own

autumn leaves
engagement ring
she proposes

does he love me
or does his heart belong
to fort nite

half-baked secrets
love gone awry
gloomy summer's evening

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BOTTOM half champion

 

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crowded subway
eyes consumed by the other
fingers intertwined

looking at you
not
looking at me

anniversary today
her hallmark card reads
                    happy birthday

his love
faint
in the smoke

© 2019, Randy Brooks • Millikin University. All rights returned to authors upon publication.

 

 

weighted kiss
but pulling away
left . . . alone

longing for her touch
i weep . . . knowing it is
forever a memory

i win
you lose
now cover up your bruise

i share my bed
with the monster
supposed to be under it

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Back Page Chamption

 

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domestic violence
        blood
    cuffed wrist

burns
on her arms—
he’s out of cigarettes

OPEN THE DOOR
she screams—
tires burning rubber

lovers quarrel
the scent of another
unfulfilling