Winter Matching Contest - 1 - 2014 • Millikin University

in a hurry
run to the car
covered in frost

frost covers the windshield
look inside . . .
no ice scraper

full heat
full defrost
only cold air

shivering
I see the homeless man
through my frosted windshield

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top quarter champion

 

TOP half Chamption

 

bottom quarter champion

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snowflakes
pile up in the window sill
winter storm

her frosted name on the window
slowly melts away
from my heart's heat

preparing to sleep
in a warm bed
snow glistening in the moonlight

a field of fresh snow
the doe runs
no place to hide

 

TOP half champion

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CHAMPION


 

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snow day
under their blankets of snow
the cars sleep in

news scroll on the TV
children wait anxiously
for a snow day

thirty below
trying to make it on time
black ice

ice covered roads
schools closed
lifeless

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tall black boots
lined with fur
momentary ice skates

ice
Mother Nature's
banana peel prank

a mile to school
through ice and snow
uphill both ways

sitting in the truck,
tires spinning in the snow
stuck

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