3 Matching Contest - Kuro Vs. Mido - Spring 2017 • Millikin University

Kuro Haiku

ER waiting room
so quiet and still
not like the movies

the marks on your skin
remind me of how
i feel

clinging to the smell
of your perfume
my heart

a love note
signed
no return address

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the lonely leaf falls
once
part of a mighty tree

repot the same plant
doesn't matter
it's dead anyway

never whispering
        a word—
the old willow tree

my eyes are closed
all i see
the stars that aren't there

 

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holding the door
for a stranger
soon to be forgotten

red rocks
warm hug our
pose for the picture

overflowing trash
dirty dishes
i'm not your mother

smoke in the evening sky—
the first time i saw
my father cry

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she stares through
the glass door
my landlord says “No Pets”

a lone crab
in a tank meant
for two

a dead man's
recliner
     reclined

two breaths
from the infant
and
silence

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Mido Haiku

grass inbetween their toes
his fingers between hers
old lovers

i can hear
giggles in the other room
a couple's first sleepover

stepping out of
my brain
the sun shines

swiftly brushing my face
         hands of
         the wind

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interested in what
the butterfly thinks
I follow him

tiny ants
crawling up and down
seems to be a race

re-lacing her rollerblades
blood trickling down
a serpent tattoo

neon hairband
skating through the park
smiling at the flowers

 

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i can feel
the wind in my hair
one more week

the bird lands
on a bending branch
soft song

a duck begs
as I crumble
my last slice of bread

the gender is revealed
the baby is
a giant lizard

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why am i only
friendly
when i'm drunk?

one tequila
       two tequila
              three tequila, floor

the rings on the tree
grow outward
my love for you

dance with my friends
to make my weekends
better

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