04 Matching Contest - Mystery Haiku - Spring 2021 • Millikin University

the crimson moon
glistening teeth
a distant howl

the snap of a latex glove
I use to mask
my identity

underneath
the crimson moon
a woman's scream

under
the crimson moon
echo of footsteps

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top quarter champion

 

TOP half Chamption

 

bottom quarter champion

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the crimson moon
whispering
he is not gone

a creak in the floor
I hold
my breath

a bloody knife
a name unknown
a family mourns

the crimson moon
glows across the bay
body bag

 

TOP half champion

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CHAMPION
 

 

 

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BOTTOM half champion

trapped
with a murderer
we all look innocent

knock on the door
cops
where is my brother

perhaps it is the candlestick
in the conservatory . . .
roll the dice

fear creeps up slowly.
terror because once again,
my word count is low.

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BOTTOM half champion

 

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