Haiku Matching Contest 1

(select your favorite for each pair and write it in the box below the pairs)
(then select favorites of those pairs, etc... until one is the top pick)

Global Haiku Tradition--Haiku Matching Contest 1, Spring 2002

scarf lands on the floor
small eyes glance
from across the room

going through the tunnel:
the girl looks at her reflection
so do I

colorful powder
on the butterfly's wings
a child's finger 		old coloring books
afternoon shadows darken
the colors
   

 

 

 

     
   

hot summer breeze
takes my breath away
cool fingertips

warm summer night
a happy face
painted by the fire

laying in the grass
we take off our shoes
and eat sandwiches

sitting on
moolit water
his arms around me

the off-ramp curves
toward familiar trees
glowing porch light 		side of the road
the field of wildflowers
pulls her over 		concrete warm
under bare feet
"starlight, starbright" 		first kiss
his car drives away
spinning in the starlight
   

 

 

 

     
   

Autumn wind
through the branches
caw of a crow

ocean of tiger lilies
waving in the breeze
a wisp of hair breaks free

swift moving storm
no where to go
but further down stream

sticky corn tassles
I reach the end . . .
of my row

© 2002, Randy Brooks • Millikin University
All rights returned to authors upon publication.