Haiku Matching Contest 2 - Strength & Wellness Favorites

Global Haiku Traditions Fall 2010

skipping across the quad
because
no one is watching

Madeline Knott

sunglasses slip
as she flies across campus
on her bike

Jessica Golden

the treadmill
girls going nowhere
but boys eyes follow

Beth Ann Melnick

treadmill
he kicks it up a notch
every time she walks by

Laura Scoville

sunglasses slip
as she flies across campus
on her bike

treadmill
he kicks it up a notch
every time she walks by

 

top quarter champion

treadmill
he kicks it up a notch
every time she walks by

 

top half champion

little girl twirls in sunlight
her version
of a sun salutation

bottom quarter champion

little girl twirls in sunlight
her version
of a sun salutation

little girl twirls in sunlight
her version
of a sun salutation

muscles held tight,
he mimics
the crane

yoga instruction
the Downward-Facing Dog
just for her

Laura Scoville

little girl twirls in sunlight
her version
of a sun salutation

Katie Coletta

relax
breath the spring air
stretch your child’s pose

Kelsy Whitney

muscles held tight,
he mimics
the crane

Samantha Parks

 

top half champion

little girl twirls in sunlight
her version
of a sun salutation

 

champion

little girl twirls in sunlight
her version
of a sun salutation

bottom half champion

grey drizzle-run
two more miles
then breakfast

pool deck
take your mark
head full of silence

Ally Staudenmaier

grey drizzle-run
two more miles
then breakfast

Kale Ewing

I pass on seconds
my bikini is waiting
for summer

Kelsy Whitney

mother says
one day you’ll be pretty
starve

Brittany Falardeau

grey drizzle-run
two more miles
then breakfast

mother says
one day you’ll be pretty
starve

 

top quarter champion

grey drizzle-run
two more miles
then breakfast

 

bottom half champion

grey drizzle-run
two more miles
then breakfast

bottom quarter champion

secretly watching
he adores her strength
a single mother

he boards the plane
but can’t look back
strength of a husband

secretly watching
he adores her strength
a single mother

he boards the plane
but can’t look back
strength of a husband

Katie Coletta

chemo clinic
scarf around her head
she talks about the weather

Beth Ann Melnick

secretly watching
he adores her strength
a single mother

Eddie Pluhar

standing once again
her muscles groan
tiny fingers squeeze hers

Samantha Parks

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