Haiku Kukai 3--Snow

Haiku Kukai 3—Snow
(select your top 5 favorites)

Global Haiku Tradition--Kukai 3, Spring 2002

Special Guest Judge
Dr. Jo Ellen Jacobs, Professor of Philosophy
Millikin University (Jacobs selection)

all bundled up
they hop on the snow pile
more flakes fill the air

her slender fingers
stinging painfully
launching another snowball

long day
of sled riding
wet underwear

beautifully sparkling
snow tracks inside
a soggy mess

snow gently falling
nestled in bed
his cardboard box

Dad's snow angel
stronger wings
than mine

Joe Kramp (16)
1st place

walking to class—
I throw a snowball
at my friend's lookalike

Meg Schleppenbach (9)

frozen in blankets
laying together
after snow angels

Stevan Doll (4)

first snowfall
freshman boys
…naked

numb from the cold
I still wish
someone would throw me in the snow

glistening lawn
cold draft
I sit at my window

I fall asleep to the falling snow

first big snow!
naked boys
daringly crazy

a tarnished world
made new again
    first
         snow
      fall

Brianne Marsel (8)

a glimpse of heaven
falling from the sky
I make a snow angle

mountain ski lodge—
surveying snow capped peaks
in my cocoa mug

Brianne Marsel (5)

arctic excursion:
exhausted
they head for the front yard

Brianne Marsel (3)

baseball season
the field is covered
with snow

new snow
I ruin it
by making a snow angel

i'm dreaming
of a white
Easter

Jane Millikin (2)

boof!
the hat's ball
gets a snowball

Jane Millikin (2)

winter for months
the sled
finally out of the shed

shoveling snow
father and daughter
talk about football

Kerry Hammergren (5)

long class
outside
the snow piles up

Brock Peoples (4)

snowball fight
wind or snow
can’t even stop it

snowball fight
the last thing I see
stars

Matt Eichhorn (4)

fire drill!
in the blowing snow
the girls huddle together

first snow
the relationship
didn’t last

Kerry Hammergren (7)

put out
i throw my cigarette
in the snow

Kerry Hammergren (3)
Jacobs selection

night snow
four girls
pack the sled

candlelight
she paces the floor
winter storm

snow glistening—
the bud of the daffodil
covered

Matt Eichhorn (1)
Jacobs selection

new fallen snow
children
burst out the front door

Maggie Hart (4)

snow on the mountaintop
a location
unreachable

School?
More snow please.

Gia Drouzas (3)

yesterday's wish
today's grumble
snowy walk to class

Medea Mosxona (12)
4th place

lying in the white
angels can hear
the silence of snow

warm and cozy as can be
snow covered windows
can not see

shoe prints
all the way down the hall
wet snowy day

coming home
I find a snowman—
anatomically correct

Beth Stiner (5)

standing face to face
in silence
snow falls around us

Natalie Kussart (1)
Jacobs selection

cookie sheet for a sled
wiped out
at the bottom of a hill

slow winter breath
wet denim
beneath my feet

Eric Sharp (1)

forgotten obligations
the ice c r a c k s
like lemon meringue

Natalie Kussart (3)

burned red cheeks
hiding behind a tree
I peg him with a snowball

snowing
everything is white
except my face

Matt Eichhorn (5)

first snow
hot chocolate
warms my fingertips

a chill from the hallway
leads her to find
the door left open

school closing list
finishes they forgot
Millikin University

listen to the silence
between us:
falling snow

Angie Williams (9)
Jacobs Selection

grandma at the window
through the falling snow
I see her smile

Jennifer Clements (14)
Third place

inches of snow outside
I sit and listen
to the radio just in case

first snowfall
the next morning
snowmen line the block

sweating in the snow—
all eight layers
mom insisted

Erin Crow (15)
2nd place
Jacobs selection

snow plow slowing as it passes me on the sidewalk