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

the crimson moon
glistening teeth
a distant howl

Savanna Prasun

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

Jeana Pierson

underneath
the crimson moon
a woman's scream

Chloe Herbert

under
the crimson moon
echo of footsteps

Kionah Flowers

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the crimson moon
glistening teeth
a distant howl

 

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underneath
the crimson moon
a woman's scream

 

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under
the crimson moon
echo of footsteps

top quarter champion

 

TOP half Chamption

a creak in the floor
I hold
my breath

 

bottom quarter champion

a creak in the floor
I hold
my breath

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a creak in the floor
I hold
my breath

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the crimson moon
glows across the bay
body bag

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the crimson moon
whispering
he is not gone

Linnea Nordstrom

a creak in the floor
I hold
my breath

Jordan Hildebrand

a bloody knife
a name unknown
a family mourns

Paige Hockman

the crimson moon
glows across the bay
body bag

Kaitlin Hathaway

 

TOP half champion

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a creak in the floor
I hold
my breath

 

 

CHAMPION
 

a creak in the floor
I hold
my breath

 

 

trapped
with a murderer
we all look innocent

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BOTTOM half champion

trapped
with a murderer
we all look innocent

Piper Charlton

knock on the door
cops
where is my brother

Carly Clo

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

Sarah Barter

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

Danni Beard

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trapped
with a murderer
we all look innocent

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

 

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trapped
with a murderer
we all look innocent

BOTTOM half champion

 

 

 

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