Matching Contest - 2 - Autumn

July 2016 • Millikin University

 

tall bare branches
reaching high
heavenly painted sky

bright acrylic painted
canvas
awaiting the next season

bow in hand
trekking through the woods

deer are listening

grocery shopping
the last turkey
Thanksgiving for real

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top quarter champion

 

TOP half Chamption

 

bottom quarter champion

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Halloween costumes
   covered up
with snowsuits and boots

peek through
spread fingers
boo

October night
sitting around the campfire
telling ghost stories

the smell of
pumpkin spice, make it a
grande

 

TOP half champion

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CHAMPION
 

 

 

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BOTTOM half champion

little laughter through the field
as we pick the perfect
pumpkin

long sleeves with
shorts
right between summer and fall

cranberry colored leaves
decorate
. . . the center table

let's talk
. . . in the kitchen
the tea pot whistles

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BOTTOM half champion

 

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one, two, three, ten
backyard memories
street lights on

son on his iPad
watching the same video
for the hundredth time

the flame from the candles
light up
her wishes

fireside chat
the smell of pine
crackles

 

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