Haiku Matching Contest - 1

(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)

PACE Global Haiku Traditions July 2011

hot summer heat
sleeping in our bathing suits
at my childhood home

water puddles
trail from the pool
into the house

oar in hand
the water
warm as a bath

floating around in circles
the water takes the sting
from the summer sun

 

 

 

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beach towel and sand
I listen to the waves
Corona in hand

swimming pool
float
margaritas?

sandy beach
two year old's toes
fear

sandy beach
my toes
dancing to the towel

 

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swim suits and towels
she stands on the chair
to braid my hair

soaked from head to toe
my three year old laughs
he turns it on me

already soaked
not yet to the
water

flip flops full of sand
a manatee swims by
in the ocean waves

 

 
 

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sitting beside the pool
the splashing of water
children's laughter
fills the air

hot summer day
youngsters having fun
splashing in the pool

summer wedding
she looks up
to the clouds

a blanket by the pond
the monkey
turns into a poodle

Double Header Kukai!

summer day
children play kickball
ghost man on first

a barren dusty lot
a group of friends
homerun

the sound of children's laughter
I sit on the park bench
and . . . highlight

the bat cracks
and the hands fly up
homerun

 

 

 

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hot summer air
cold lemonade
brings alive my tastebuds

ice cream truck
Ding! Ding!
snack time

1-1
13th inning
better get another beer

Sunday afternoon
$9 beers at the ballpark
I watch it all go
down the urinal

 

top half champion

 

champion

bottom half champion

spool-unraveling
the wind carries the child's
kite into the sky

hot summer day
the car is locked
my keys are inside

cool summer nights
neighborhood kids
chasing lighting bugs

night fishing
moon and stars shine
nothing but mosquito bites

 

 
 

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bottom quarter champion

 

 

late summer night
he leans in close
butterfly kisses

summer night
we walk
in love

late summer night
she sneaks out
to pray at church

the days are long
the nights are lonely
so . . . I pray

© 2011, Randy Brooks • Millikin University
All rights returned to authors upon publication.