Senryu Matching Contest

(select your favorite for each pair and write it in the box below the pairs)
(then select favorites of those pairs, etc... until one is the top pick)

Global Haiku Tradition--Senryu 1 Matching Contest, Spring 2002

spring dance
I paint my nails
for no one 		fingers and lips
tattooed in blue
memories of mulberries 		no boys allowed
sappy movie
chocolate everything 		rainy night
middle of my movie
dog barks louder
   

 

 

 

     
   

after the argument
he decides to
hit the couch

arguing over the dress
mother and daughter
on the mall escalator

dishwater hands     folded laundry
     four pots steaming
          he's almost home

waving good-bye
I miss him
running after me with my teddy bear

the stripper
starts a conversation
with her breasts 		gentle rain falls
anticipation    of what may come
the first kiss is born 		the truth waits
I look away
as you kiss my cheek 		a long walk
the young girl
hides from headlights
   

 

 

 

     
   

Christmas eve
the cats
already opened our presents

wallpaper starting to peel
I strip away
my memories

grass-stained palms
lonely stargazer
thinking of his father

my bathroom . . .
time to think
I know to shake the handle

© 2002, Randy Brooks • Millikin University
All rights returned to authors upon publication.