02 Matching Contest - July 2021 • Millikin University

evening breeze
huddled under covers
by the fire

midnight breeze
the curtains dance
in the dark

summer sunset
the picnic basket
feels lighter

autumn leaves
floating, shifting
blanket mother earth

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top quarter champion

 

TOP half Chamption

 

bottom quarter champion

 

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a landscape view
on the roof
I want to fly

laying in grass
I trace the clouds
with my pretzel stick

she giggles
wiping muddy hands
on her pretty dress

abandoned lego tower
backpacks unzipping
snacktime

 

TOP half champion

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CHAMPION


 

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BOTTOM half champion

empty middle school
echoing the halls
my heels

football star
of ‘42
last player left

broken sidewalk
weeps softly
her form lost to time

crooked letters
spell her name
in green chalk

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BOTTOM half champion

 

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recess
she takes pictures
with a wooden block

young boy
tries to spit
in the wind

cornfield
tinfoil hats
expecting visitors

in the woods
binoculars find
a squatting man

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