Health Matching Contest - 1 - Spring 2015 • Millikin University

empty park
melting snow
first run of spring

ides of March
a warm breeze
running in the park

left foot
right foot
don't tell me to go faster

running for my life
I'm going nowhere
treadmill

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top quarter champion

 

TOP half Chamption

 

bottom quarter champion

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music blasting
can't feel my legs
last lap

in the pool
holding my breath
to outlast my opponent

sore muscles
I get back
into bed

swollen mark
from the fall
rosy cheeks

 

TOP half champion

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CHAMPION


 

 

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BOTTOM half champion

dragonfly
I have become the master
of Wii Fit yoga

sun salutation
I reach
for my toes

whipping and turning
looking forward
pointe away from trouble

hard day's work
letting loose
at the barre

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top quarter champion

 

BOTTOM half champion

 

bottom quarter champion

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beating
my fears of failure . . .
bench press

a crowded stadium
the young man
steps onto the turf

steep mountain
I pedal my bike
until I run out of air

winding mountain trail
the hikers relax
by the river

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