01 Matching Contest - Health & Self-Care - Global Haiku • Millikin University • January 2022

white noise
all of my thoughts
put to ease

lights off
blinds closed
sleeping mask on

muddy mind
          wanders and
comes up clean

shimmering water
flows past me
my head clears

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closing my eyes
focused on my breath
in and out

I breathe in
to let out
        everything else

honks from traffic 
crank the music up
a moment of peace

gym too loud
turning up
salt-n-pepa

 

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feet in the sand
the sound of the waves
the healing sun

on the treadmill
I close my eyes
and become Icarus

a field of daisies
twisting in color
I explore the beyond

running through meadows
I cast my hand out
to reach for the stars

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I can’t breathe
face is flushed
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commercial break
10 push ups
sit down

brush strokes
so simple
yet so soothing

when i wake
i hope
to fly again

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02 Matching Contest - Love & Self-Love - Global Haiku • Millikin University • January 2022

keep walking
you’ll see it
a place only we know

everytime I hear that car
my heart still skips a beat
i know it's you

I click my heels
staring into your eyes
I am home

if someone just
looked at me
the way you do

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what is going on
we won’t say a word
we just know

a quick glance
across the room
eyes lock

his ring on my finger
haunting me
I’ll never have the moon

her ring falls
down the drain
it was meant to be

 

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I can feel him
every step that I take
snow

counting every fallen snowflake
and you loving me
impossible

bodies entangle
far apart
mismatched puzzle pieces

the hourglass
sinking sand
love unchanged

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sappy love songs
no longer heard
after break-up

expensive gifts
don’t buy back
my love

alone at night
he looks to the stars
he is not alone

the door creeks open
I am greeted
by my furry friend

© 2022, Randy Brooks • Millikin University. All rights returned to authors upon publication.