pulling off
your longjohns—
sparks

thoughts of moving home
a single leaf
floats to the ground

Andrea Earnest Bierman
Emily Evans
Gordon Gilmore
Rebecca Ives
Kristin Kozlowski
Sean Lee
Glenna McKenzie
Josh Paramenter
Christina Reed
Lindsay Scully
Patrick Thacker
Alyssa Thompson
Elise Wildman

22 Current Millikin students and 130 alumni were published in the Millikin University Haiku Anthology which came out in 2008.

grass-stained knees
he picks a dandelion
for her bouquet

lattice-lines
form a
phone-work

lecture hall . . .
my hangnail becomes
more interesting

a beautiful
moment—
placenta

cold night
sisters share the bed
three across

muddy tracks
     —father's tales of whitetails
 

snowy night
friends talk and talk
in a running truck

a weed flourishes
choking
its neighbor
 

first winter snow
the mirror I look into
shows my mother’s face

midnight …
I mosey
along the train track

six eyes peer
into the croaking bucket
King Toad

CNN newsroom
same topic
new day

woodstove—
steam rises from
snow soaked socks and gloves

frigid wind
he lights the kerosene heater
by candlelight

winter fire —
we teach our daughter
to meditate

A-B-C my nephew D
at E-F-G the dinner
H-I table J

I win the first round
she wins the second …
my corner … is on the couch

wet gloves
and cold hands …
shaping my ammo

he paces outside
her door
long-stemmed roses

in the pumpkin patch
an “I love you”
makes me blush

Dad’s tickle
brings the morning
too soon

old fishing pole
practicing casting
in a green grass sea

               pansies
               reclaim their territory ...
e                       y                           r
       v          r            w             e          e
             e                         h
 

sunglight flickers
through the treetops
s h a d o w s

her grandmother’s teacup
the sun shines through
a crack