we are just
passing by
melting snow

Randi Mehrmann

all is vanity
the snow falling
on a spring day

Jonathan Robertson

thick snow
erases
the world around me

Jordan Caulk

small bird
flying through the snow
erased in the white

Emily D'Ambrose

we are just
passing by
melting snow

small bird
flying through the snow
erased in the white

we are just
passing by
melting snow

top quarter champion

TOP half Chamption

we are just
passing by
melting snow

bottom quarter champion

careful u-turn
praying
I didn't hit the bird

for only in being lonely
can I ever be
alone

careful u-turn
praying
I didn't hit the bird

in the shower
I convince myself
that I’m not crying

Kelsey Meredith

for only in being lonely
can I ever be
alone

Molly McCullough

car didn’t start . . .
again
I need a job

Amanda Lee

careful u-turn
praying
I didn't hit the bird

Alex Buchko

TOP half champion

we are just
passing by
melting snow

CHAMPION

box in the attic
a baseball glove
and broken dreams

box in the attic
a baseball glove
and broken dreams

BOTTOM half champion

haiku homework
I don’t feel
like being deep

Emily Crutchfield

faded quilt
reminds her of
postpartum blues

Sarah E. Kisly

“American Dream”
what is
the point?

Heidi A. Zapp

box in the attic
a baseball glove
and broken dreams

Sarah E. Kisly

faded quilt
reminds her of
postpartum blues

box in the attic
a baseball glove
and broken dreams

box in the attic
a baseball glove
and broken dreams

top quarter champion

BOTTOM half champion

box in the attic
a baseball glove
and broken dreams

bottom quarter champion

masking the moonlight
a cloak—
of heavy city smog

the moon sits in the dark,
unaware of its gravity—
a text from mom

masking the moonlight
a cloak—
of heavy city smog

dark shadow
follows her
everywhere

Amanda Lee

the moon sits in the dark,
unaware of its gravity—
a text from mom

Charlie Decker

I stumble
in the darkness
new moon

Kenneth Albin

masking the moonlight
a cloak—
of heavy city smog

Therese O'Shaughnessy