1 Matching Contest Results - March 2017 • Millikin University

 

smell of electricity
rolling thunder
drop of rain on the open window sill

Jane Daniels

windows open
birds beginning to chirp
I know it's time to wake up

Whitney Edmonson

waking up to bitter cold
How many times
must the season change?

Zack Ploen

the whispering wind
her nightly
lullaby

Alisha Burgett 

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smell of electricity
rolling thunder
drop of rain on the open window sill

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the whispering wind
her nightly
lullaby

 

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the whispering wind
her nightly
lullaby

top quarter champion

 

TOP half Chamption

summer ocean waves
softly reaching land
the sand between my toes

 

bottom quarter champion

summer ocean waves
softly reaching land
the sand between my toes

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muddy hands
flowers starting to bloom
the work begins

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summer ocean waves
softly reaching land
the sand between my toes

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muddy hands
flowers starting to bloom
the work begins

Whitney Edmonson

a bud struggles to bloom;
it must finish
what it set out to do

Zack Ploen

palm trees sway
in the salty air
she is home

Jennifer Rose

summer ocean waves
softly reaching land
the sand between my toes

Whitney Edmonson

 

TOP half champion

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summer ocean waves
softly reaching land
the sand between my toes

 

 

CHAMPION
 

down the dusty road
memories of him
grow fonder

 

 

down the dusty road
memories of him
grow fonder

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BOTTOM half champion

truck in the shop
mechanic calls
tune up the bike

Jane Daniels

Don't step there!
the old dock
can't take it anymore

Zack Ploen

egg on a spoon
legs in a gunny sack
the race is on

Jennifer Rose

swimming pool
kid's laughter
first day school is out

Whitney Edmonson

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Don't step there!
the old dock
can't take it anymore

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egg on a spoon
legs in a gunny sack
the race is on

 

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Don't step there!
the old dock
can't take it anymore

top quarter champion

 

BOTTOM half champion

down the dusty road
memories of him
grow fonder

 

bottom quarter champion

down the dusty road
memories of him
grow fonder

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the pop from the
fire
glows on the ground

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down the dusty road
memories of him
grow fonder

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the campfire roars
laughter
fills the brisk air

Alisha Burgett 

the pop from the
fire
glows on the ground

Jennifer Rose

down the dusty road
memories of him
grow fonder

Jennifer Rose

the dust flies
the crack
of his wooden bat

Alisha Burgett 

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