Haiku Matching Contest - Love Haiku Favorites

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

Global Haiku Traditions Spring 2009

falling in love
with her voice . . .
country radio

Bill Ryan

valentine’s special
red roses
singing cards

Christa Hunt

midnight lover—
she slips the ring
from her finger

Billy Seger

three hours
in a tattoo parlor
finally free of his ex

Brandy Bockewitz

valentine’s special
red roses
singing cards

midnight lover—
she slips the ring
from her finger

 

top quarter champion

midnight lover—
she slips the ring
from her finger

 

top half champion

midnight lover—
she slips the ring
from her finger

bottom quarter champion

 

 

 

gliding
on a romantic date
hands embrace

Bill Ryan

soaking wet
the couple finds
peace in the rain

Lyndsay Lemanczyk

freezing rain
your breath
warms my lips

Tiffany Owens

raindrops
all over our faces
our lips protect each other

Lacy Florey

 

top half champion

midnight lover—
she slips the ring
from her finger

 

 

champion

midnight lover—
she slips the ring
from her finger

 

bottom half champion

he curses as she takes
his bishop
an uninhibited kiss

 

first glance through
the frost on the coffee shop window:
heels were a bad choice

Sierra Shaw

dragging through the snow
to our favorite bar . . .
will she be there?

Bill Ryan

he curses as she takes
his bishop
an uninhibited kiss

Ryan Murphy

lost love
eyes still stab
beneath an old picture frame

Tiffany Owens

dragging through the snow
to our favorite bar . . .
will she be there?

he curses as she takes
his bishop
an uninhibited kiss

 

top quarter champion

he curses as she takes
his bishop
an uninhibited kiss

 

bottom half champion

he curses as she takes
his bishop
an uninhibited kiss

bottom quarter champion

during class
his name
in hearts

frosted passenger window
with a heart drawn
by a warm finger

during class
his name
in hearts

frosted passenger window
with a heart drawn
by a warm finger

Ryan Murphy

young love
ice thaws…
on the windows

Natalie Perfetti

during class
his name
in hearts

Jennifer Godwin

lovesick longing
tracing her footsteps
in the snow

Bill Ryan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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