Global Haiku • Fall 2015
Dr. Randy Brooks

As the Leaves Fall

by
Lauren Bartel

Over the semester, I have learned to love haiku. I didn't know much about the art of Haiku when we started, but I have such an appreciation for it now. I've enjoyed our haiku class a lot, and have learned so much. This collection
represents my work over the semester.

little sister
checkers with a teddy
left behind

sunflower
taller than me
new beginning

delicate pearls
black and white
a night to remember

chasing fireflies
with the one you love
a child again

the ocean waves
for the first time
I wave back

the crowd yells
I scream with them
wait, what happened?

next episode in
10 . . . 9 . . . 8 . . .
oh what the heck. play.

clear the table
unpack Christmas
from the boxes

the flower droops
under fat rain drops
I understand her pain