02 Matching Contest - LOVE - Spring 2022 • Millikin University

freshly showered
on my way!
praying it goes well

Andrew Tufano

coffee shop date
people with lattes & manuscripts
listening

Sydney Sinks

spring robins 
I kiss the corner of her mouth
to hide my chapped lips

Sydney Sinks

my kisses and secrets
still
on your lips

Geo Tapia

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coffee shop date
people with lattes & manuscripts
listening

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my kisses and secrets
still
on your lips

 

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my kisses and secrets
still
on your lips

top quarter champion

 

TOP half Chamption

head on his shoulder
we miss
our stop

 

bottom quarter champion

head on his shoulder
we miss
our stop

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head on his shoulder
we miss
our stop

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burn me with your touch
I’ll think of you
when I see the scars

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a couple’s embrace
parting
the rain

Audrey Button

head on his shoulder
we miss
our stop

Jas Humphrey

we dance
on the glass
we broke

Audrey Button

burn me with your touch
I’ll think of you
when I see the scars

Gwen Klinkey

 

TOP half champion

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head on his shoulder
we miss
our stop

 

 

CHAMPION

holding your hand
greedy raccoons live
in my chest


 

 

holding your hand
greedy raccoons live
in my chest

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BOTTOM half champion

fingers intertwine
ivy climbing
the oak tree

Audrey Button

the light of the sunset
in the horizon
your green eyes on me

Marta Viudez Garcia

slow fall
hoping
to never reach the end

Mandy Thrasher

holding your hand
greedy raccoons live
in my chest

Sydney Sinks

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fingers intertwine
ivy climbing
the oak tree

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holding your hand
greedy raccoons live
in my chest

 

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holding your hand
greedy raccoons live
in my chest

top quarter champion

 

BOTTOM half champion

holding your hand
greedy raccoons live
in my chest

 

bottom quarter champion

grocery shopping
what i do
for love

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the woman
in the painting
could I be her

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grocery shopping
what i do
for love

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a gift 
to match her eyes 
sapphire necklace

Emma Antonelli

the woman
in the painting
could I be her

Gwen Klinkey

grocery shopping
what i do
for love

Audrey Button

thalassophobia 
he crosses the Pacific 
. . . . . . for me

Emma Antonelli

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breakup playlist
suddenly
5 hours long

Kelsey Crotz

first heartbreak
mother says
it won't be my last

Isabel Vincent

I met you
now I know why storms are
named after people

Isabel Vincent

breakup text
our names still together
carved in a tree

Isabel Vincent

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first heartbreak
mother says
it won't be my last

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I met you
now I know why storms are
named after people

 

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I met you
now I know why storms are
named after people

top quarter champion

 

TOP half Chamption

I met you
now I know why storms are
named after people

 

bottom quarter champion

taking shots
once again
friend zoned

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sleepless night
alone
in a full-sized bed

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taking shots
once again
friend zoned

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sleepless night
alone
in a full-sized bed

Alex Saviano

empty water bottle
you always kept it
filled

Mandy Thrasher

taking shots
once again
friend zoned

Andrew Tufano

drunk in love
maybe with too much
alcohol

Chase Nelson

 

TOP half champion

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I met you
now I know why storms are
named after people

 

 

CHAMPIONTOP


I met you
now I know why storms are
named after people 

 

 

crumpled love letter
shoved in 
my father's desk

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BOTTOM half champion

out of town meetings
just a coworker
a man with a double life

Camryn Wagner

crumpled love letter
shoved in 
my father's desk

Emma Antonelli

broken record
all i hear
when you speak to me

Christian Andrews-Stewart

what used to be babe,
honey, sweetie . . . is now
cheater, liar, jerk

Camryn Wagner

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crumpled love letter
shoved in 
my father's desk

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broken record
all i hear
when you speak to me

 

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crumpled love letter
shoved in 
my father's desk

top quarter champion

 

BOTTOM half champion

crumpled love letter
shoved in 
my father's desk

 

bottom quarter champion

we colored
each other’s world
now its black and white

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guilt
I look at a photo
to remember your face

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we colored
each other’s world
now its black and white

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guilt
I look at a photo
to remember your face

Gwen Klinkey

strangers
we once had
a whole life together

Mandy Thrasher

champagne poured
property divided
freedom

Camryn Wagner

we colored
each other’s world
now its black and white

Madyson Fritch

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