boards creak and groan
walls leak in cool air
clubhouse

Diane Warmoth

rocking
losing time
this old wicker chair

Nystasia Harris-Shelley

home run
world series
Boom the world ends

Marshaya Sangster

aging fans
watching their favorite team
hopeful for once

Joe Stroud

rocking
losing time
this old wicker chair

aging fans
watching their favorite team
hopeful for once

aging fans
watching their favorite team
hopeful for once

top quarter champion

TOP half Chamption

worn out baseball glove
grandfather's initials
passed to my brother

bottom quarter champion

worn out baseball glove
grandfather's initials
passed to my brother

dad's old baseball cap
stretched and dirty
my favorite team

worn out baseball glove
grandfather's initials
passed to my brother

dad's old baseball cap
stretched and dirty
my favorite team

Heather Allen

bill ripped
head strap broken
he wears it everyday

Kasara Welch

worn out baseball glove
grandfather's initials
passed to my brother

Sarah Downing

broke in leather
fits just right
the winning catch

Kasara Welch

TOP half champion

worn out baseball glove
grandfather's initials
passed to my brother

CHAMPION

creased edges
of the picture
always in his wallet

creased edges
of the picture
always in his wallet

BOTTOM half champion

creased edges
of the picture
always in his wallet

Catrina LaDew

that jewelry box
door broken
just how you left it

Kristi Adams

Grandma's engagement ring
was good luck once
try it again

Jacob Dellert

withered dry single rose
given on a first date
she's kept it all these years

Joe Stroud

creased edges
of the picture
always in his wallet

withered dry single rose
given on a first date
she's kept it all these years

creased edges
of the picture
always in his wallet

top quarter champion

BOTTOM half champion

creased edges
of the picture
always in his wallet

bottom quarter champion

three inches of dust
the old car fires
right up

three inches of dust
the old car fires
right up

the roaring engine
of a 68 Camaro
father and son

pulling a camper
rusty tin
Ford truck

Dara Johnson

three inches of dust
the old car fires
right up

Jennifer Rose

the roaring engine
of a 68 Camaro
father and son

Kathy Housh

that old Chevelle
sits in the garage
so much still needs done

Jacob Dellert

boards creak and groan
walls leak in cool air
clubhouse

rocking
losing time
this old wicker chair

home run
world series
Boom the world ends

aging fans
watching their favorite team
hopeful for once

I can just see an elderly couple rocking in their chairs, having nothing but time to kill. Even though they lose much of their time sitting there rocking, it is what they love to do and they do it together. It is their tradition. The old wicker chairs are weathered and creak by now, but there is not point in getting new one at this age.  Plus they are perfectly fine for rocking. Catrina

I think this was written by a Chicago Cubs fan. All they want is a World Series title so they can stop being labeled the “loveable losers”. They were envisioning their future for this season before it was ended later in the week. They wanted to see a homerun hit in the World Series by their favorite team, that would have ended the game and brought a championship back to Chicago. Cub fans are so desperate for a title that, the world ending isn’t really the world ending but the world in shock that the Cubs finally won. Jacob

dad's old baseball cap
stretched and dirty
my favorite team

bill ripped
head strap broken
he wears it everyday

worn out baseball glove
grandfather's initials
passed to my brother

broke in leather
fits just right
the winning catch

I think this is from a son's point of view. His dad passed away. They used to bond over a certain baseball team. His dad probably wore that hat every day and it was something that defines him. I don't think the son wears the hat, but he keeps it in an obvious place around his house. Kristi

A lot of things were passed to my cousins growing up. I was the youngest of eleven. I know of stories of wiffle ball in the backyard at grandma’s house and a window needing replaced. Amanda

I like this haiku because it makes me think about a girl who loved this old glove of her grandfathers and was upset when her little brother was given it instead of her. I too had an old glove that was my grandfathers and it had his name written under the wrist strap. When reading this haiku I can smell that old worn leather and hear the snap of the leather as a I catch a ball from my grandfather. Joe

creased edges
of the picture
always in his wallet

that jewelry box
door broken
just how you left it

Grandma's engagement ring
was good luck once
try it again

withered dry single rose
given on a first date
she's kept it all these years

This haiku is full of meaning to me. My dad has my mom’s senior picture in his wallet. The edges are definitely creased and worn. My parents have been together 43 years now and it hasn’t always been a bed of roses for them. I can remember some very difficult times growing up but my dad has always carried that picture with him. It is always the first thing he sees when he opens his wallet. Kathy

This haiku is just so sweet. I visualize a picture of an elderly man who has had a picture of his wife from when the first met tucked away in his wallet after years and years of being together. You could also take it as a father carrying a picture of his daughter when she was little and now she is growing up so fast. This haiku is just a happy feel good haiku to me. The creased edges make you think the picture has been in the wallet for a long time. Alisha

This haiku makes me think of multiple things and that’s why I love this. It reminds me of a father carrying a picture of his daughter or son, a husband carrying a picture of his wife, and even a grandfather carrying a picture of one of his grandchildren. Obviously it’s cherished because the crease edges symbolize that it’s been in and out of the wallet as the man shows off pictures of the people he loves. Kasara

I envision an old man holding his wallet he has had for years and between the fold a photo of the woman he loves is tucked in tightly. Safe for him to look at when he opens the wallet each day. Each day being reminded of their love and the special bond that share after years of being together. The type of love story we all dream about. True love. Victoria

I was not given a rose on my first date but it makes me feel like the man knew this was the woman for him. I also think she was smitten by him if she kept the rose for so many years. We don’t know how many years but it makes me think it was more than a couple years. This is just a very warming true love haiku. Love is in the air. Dara

pulling a camper
rusty tin
Ford truck

three inches of dust
the old car fires
right up

the roaring engine
of a 68 Camaro
father and son

that old Chevelle
dits in the garage
so much still needs done

These two have so much in common. They both have to do with old cool cars and they both give you the impression that there is or was work being done on them. If they were both the same kind of car, they could both be a continuous story. It would start out with the car that sits in the garage that needs a lot of work done. It then turns into a roaring car that a father and son worked on together. I picture a father and son looking at the car sit in the garage with a lot of work to do and then a year later they are firing it up to go for a drive after they have finished. Steve