Haiku Matching Contest • Winter Calm 2006

(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)

together
we find
winter’s warmth

the fire goes out
we stay warm
in each other’s arms

melting of
the snow and
the wall around my heart

freshly fallen snow
our silent night
is deafening

 

 

 

 

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bitter wind
I watch your footprints
               . . . disappear

following
someone else’s footsteps
through the snow

new fallen snow
writing my name
I run out of ink

wintry morning
I sign my name
by the snowman

 

 

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buried in blankets
I watch the snow settle
on the sill

admiring
silent snow
from my bedroom window

a time to ponder
the evening’s events
the frozen walk

the conversation
round the pond
a frozen lily

 

 

 

 

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streetlight silhouette
on the snow:
two lovers

winter moon
steam rising
from my cup of chai

snow-covered hill
white      perfect
before sledders arrive

enjoying the calm
of winter’s first snow
*splat*
snow in my pants

© 2006, Randy Brooks • Millikin University
All rights returned to authors upon publication.