Haiku Matching Contest - Winter Results

PACE Global Haiku Traditions January 2009

frosted windows
a young boy
practicing his autograph

Alike Norman

snow day
so many options
what to do first

Lauri Torbert

watching my hot breath
dance in the cold air
my experience with God

Christin Birmingham

iced parking lot
reconnecting with God
all the way to the car

Alike Norman

snow day
so many options
what to do first

iced parking lot
reconnecting with God
all the way to the car

 

top quarter champion

snow day
so many options
what to do first

 

top half champion

snow day
so many options
what to do first

bottom quarter champion

fresh falling snow
an unwelcome companion
on my road trip

fresh falling snow
an unwelcome companion
on my road trip

snow storm
20 miles from town
her water breaks

fresh falling snow
an unwelcome companion
on my road trip

Alike Norman

driving through a blizzard
finally a snowmound of lights
where warmth awaits

Mary Sue Swigert

snow storm
20 miles from town
her water breaks

Tamara Gosnell

bone chilling
dog whimpering
all night

Rachael Wiley

 

top half champion

snow day
so many options
what to do first

 

 

champion

snow day
so many options
what to do first

 

bottom half champion

the family finds
among the snow
the perfect tree

 

splat—
laughing as I
throw another snowball

Jacquelyn Manicki

first snow
ball to the face…
older brother

Katie McIntosh

as the snow falls
eyes light up
thinking of angels

Nikky Wallace

dancing fairies
darting from tree to tree
~ twirling snow

Eris Eradamus

first snow
ball to the face…
older brother

as the snow falls
eyes light up
thinking of angels

 

top quarter champion

first snow
ball to the face…
older brother

 

bottom half champion

the family finds
among the snow
the perfect tree

bottom quarter champion

the family finds
among the snow
the perfect tree

twenty one
on Monday
I’ve never built a snowman

the family finds
among the snow
the perfect tree

a song the blueprint
for transforming snow
into a new friend

Stephen Lones

twenty one
on Monday
I’ve never built a snowman

Christin Birmingham

the family finds
among the snow
the perfect tree

Courtney Kerley

drop on the end
of an icicle
waiting

Sue James

© 2009, Randy Brooks • Millikin University
All rights returned to authors upon publication.