in a hurry
run to the car
covered in frost

Debbie Vogel

frost covers the windshield
look inside . . .
no ice scraper

Aaron Fleming

full heat
full defrost
only cold air

Adam Falasz

shivering
I see the homeless man
through my frosted windshield

Aaron Fleming

frost covers the windshield
look inside . . .
no ice scraper

shivering
I see the homeless man
through my frosted windshield

shivering
I see the homeless man
through my frosted windshield

top quarter champion

TOP half Chamption

her frosted name on the window
slowly melts away
from my heart's heat

bottom quarter champion

her frosted name on the window
slowly melts away
from my heart's heat

her frosted name on the window
slowly melts away
from my heart's heat

a field of fresh snow
the doe runs
no place to hide

snowflakes
pile up in the window sill
winter storm

Heather Nigh

her frosted name on the window
slowly melts away
from my heart's heat

T.J. Holmes

preparing to sleep
in a warm bed
snow glistening in the moonlight

Alex Brase

a field of fresh snow
the doe runs
no place to hide

Aaron Fleming

TOP half champion

her frosted name on the window
slowly melts away
from my heart's heat

CHAMPION

snow day
under their blankets of snow
the cars sleep in

snow day
under their blankets of snow
the cars sleep in

BOTTOM half champion

snow day
under their blankets of snow
the cars sleep in

Austin Evans

news scroll on the TV
children wait anxiously
for a snow day

Debbie Vogel

thirty below
trying to make it on time
black ice

Heather Nigh

ice covered roads
schools closed
lifeless

Blaine Buente

snow day
under their blankets of snow
the cars sleep in

thirty below
trying to make it on time
black ice

snow day
under their blankets of snow
the cars sleep in

top quarter champion

BOTTOM half champion

snow day
under their blankets of snow
the cars sleep in

bottom quarter champion

a mile to school
through ice and snow
uphill both ways

ice
Mother Nature's
banana peel prank

a mile to school
through ice and snow
uphill both ways

tall black boots
lined with fur
momentary ice skates

Lexi DeSollar

ice
Mother Nature's
banana peel prank

Jeremy Maxwell

a mile to school
through ice and snow
uphill both ways

Adam Falasz

sitting in the truck,
tires spinning in the snow
stuck

Dillon Damarian

in a hurry
run to the car
covered in frost

frost covers the windshield
look inside . . .
no ice scraper

full heat
full defrost
only cold air

shivering
I see the homeless man
through my frosted windshield

I identified with this matched pair of haiku. Further, I think that the second could easily be a continuation of the first. I have an incredibly tight schedule, and I am almost always in a hurry. Over the last several weeks, as I have ran out to my car, I despise the fact that it is covered in frost. That means I have to take more time to try to clean it off. One day after a Vespers rehearsal, I rode home with a friend. As we walked up to a car she mentioned that she did not have an ice scraper. That day I had to relearn the meaning of patience. More than the fact that I identified with these haiku, the author wrote them to be funny. These two poems do not seem heavy, but rather light and ironic – a winter joke. Debbie

I really enjoyed how this one played on emotions. It seemed as if the narrator was feeling pity for his situation in the first line, then the homeless man is seen and things are put into perspective for the narrator. After all, the narrator’s shivering is only temporary and the homeless man’s shivering will last much longer. Austin

snowflakes
pile up in the window sill
winter storm

her frosted name on the window
slowly melts away
from my heart's heat

preparing to sleep
in a warm bed
snow glistening in the moonlight

a field of fresh snow
the doe runs
no place to hide

snow day
under their blankets of snow
the cars sleep in

news scroll on the TV
children wait anxiously
for a snow day

thirty below
trying to make it on time
black ice

ice covered roads
schools closed
lifeless

tall black boots
lined with fur
momentary ice skates

ice
Mother Nature's
banana peel prank

a mile to school
through ice and snow
uphill both ways

sitting in the truck,
tires spinning in the snow
stuck

I like this haiku because of its simplicity and cleverness. It makes me smile every time I read it. The best part is that it does this with very few words and one of the simplest and oldest tricks in the book: the slippery banana peel. This gives it a very childish and lighthearted feel.