2 Matching Contest - wabi-sabi

July 2013 • Millikin University

 

click of a wrench
smell of oil and fuel
resuscitation

rusty old floorboard
hot on my feet
grandpa's Chevy

a beat up truck
behind the barn
wildflowers grow

the beat up Ford
memories
built to Last

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top quarter champion

 

TOP half Chamption

 

bottom quarter champion

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evening breeze
the old porch swing
creaks with memories

though slowly now
I still walk
beside you

Granny's pearls
the string thin and worn
warm my skin with love

this old road
full of potholes
takes me home

 

TOP half champion

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CHAMPION
 

 

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BOTTOM half champion

this old pillow
smells like her
I need that now

gladiolas
the bloom of sadness
covers the bed

faded sweatshirt
cigarette burns
Daddy's scent

more hole than denim    another wash

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embers fall
from the rust holes
perfectly cooked hot dogs

old rusted smoker
with broken racks offer
pulled pork sandwiches

old family Bible
favorite passage marked
by a dried carnation

old church building
in need of restoration
freshly married

 

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