02 Matching Contest - July 2021 • Millikin University

evening breeze
huddled under covers
by the fire

Brandon Lockhart

midnight breeze
the curtains dance
in the dark

Crystal Claros

summer sunset
the picnic basket
feels lighter

Crystal Claros

autumn leaves
floating, shifting
blanket mother earth

Brandon Lockhart

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midnight breeze
the curtains dance
in the dark

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autumn leaves
floating, shifting
blanket mother earth

 

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autumn leaves
floating, shifting
blanket mother earth

top quarter champion

 

TOP half Chamption

she giggles
wiping muddy hands
on her pretty dress

 

bottom quarter champion

she giggles
wiping muddy hands
on her pretty dress

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laying in grass
I trace the clouds
with my pretzel stick

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she giggles
wiping muddy hands
on her pretty dress

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a landscape view
on the roof
I want to fly

Crystal Claros

laying in grass
I trace the clouds
with my pretzel stick

Crystal Claros

she giggles
wiping muddy hands
on her pretty dress

Brandon Lockhart

abandoned lego tower
backpacks unzipping
snacktime

Crystal Claros

 

TOP half champion

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she giggles
wiping muddy hands
on her pretty dress

 

 

CHAMPION

she giggles
wiping muddy hands
on her pretty dress


 

 

football star
of ‘42
last player left

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BOTTOM half champion

empty middle school
echoing the halls
my heels

Crystal Claros

football star
of ‘42
last player left

Brandon Lockhart

broken sidewalk
weeps softly
her form lost to time

Brandon Lockhart

crooked letters
spell her name
in green chalk

Crystal Claros

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football star
of ‘42
last player left

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crooked letters
spell her name
in green chalk

 

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football star
of ‘42
last player left

top quarter champion

 

BOTTOM half champion

football star
of ‘42
last player left

 

bottom quarter champion

recess
she takes pictures
with a wooden block

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recess
she takes pictures
with a wooden block

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in the woods
binoculars find
a squatting man

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recess
she takes pictures
with a wooden block

Crystal Claros

young boy
tries to spit
in the wind

Brandon Lockhart

cornfield
tinfoil hats
expecting visitors

Crystal Claros

in the woods
binoculars find
a squatting man

Brandon Lockhart

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