Global Haiku Tradition

Tan-Renga 2017

 


opens the bible and kneels
to pray . . .
yet still no answer

Bayleigh Tabor

a butterfly
lands on the windowsill

Sydney Brangenberg


the snow
brings beauty
. . . car crash

Bayleigh Tabor

is everything lost?
stay tuned!

Sarah Hoadley


at night
all the memories come
as I sit alone

Rachel Asifiwe

pondering on things
that could have been

Quentin Key

 


twirling around
the ballroom
eyes meet

Sydney Brangenberg

sprinklers erupt
the room is quickly cleared

Nathan Heppermann


bloody hands
shaking after the deed
what have I done?

Bayleigh Tabor

in times of need
call your mom

Bayleigh Tabor


dark stranger
I’ve not known you long
yet I feel love

Bayleigh Tabor

longing to see past
your stock photo

Nathan Heppermann


from the moon
to the sun
here I come

Rachel Aisifiwe

chasing a destiny
to find my dreams

Bayleigh Tabor


I look across the horizon
men like ants
how many shall die?

Sydney Brangenberg

to fight for a country
risking their lives

Bayleigh Tabor


valentine’s day
a girl sits alone
drawing a broken heart

Bayleigh Tabor

contemplating what
to do next

Bayleigh Tabor


a piano
in the woods
only performs in the rain

Nathan Heppermann

a squirrel taking cover
the audience

Sydney Brangenberg

 

 

 

 


a piano
in the woods
only performs in the rain

Nathan Heppermann

her sadness
fading away

Sarah Hoadley


window closing
as love
fades . . . away

Quentin Key

everything is lost
as the ambulance fires away

Nathan Heppermann


a little girl
tugs at her
mother’s dress

Bayleigh Tabor

waiting for the
parade that never comes

Bayleigh Tabor


a little girl
tugs at her
mother's dress

Bayleigh Tabor

small pockets
filled with candy

Quentin Key


a little girl
tugs at her
mother's dress

Bayleigh Tabor

a teddy bear
arms open in a window

Sydney Brangenberg


a little girl
tugs at her
mother's dress

Bayleigh Tabor

the ice cream truck
song draws near

Randy Brooks


a little girl
tugs at her
mother’s dress

Bayleigh Tabor

children run quickly
ice-cream truck is sounding

Nathan Heppermann


 

 

wedding day
dress doesn't fit well
couple fits perfectly

Sarah Hoadley

the swirls
of a marble cake

Randy Brooks


elderly woman
sews and sews
her needle breaks

Bayleigh Tabor

pieces of dresses
become a crazy quilt

Randy Brooks


in a desert
a drop of water
counts as rain

Rachel Aisifiwe

at last a letter
from home

Randy Brooks


no mirror
but I see myself
through looking at her

Sarah Hoadley

can I change?
she believes in me

Sydney Brangenberg


music plays
on the first date
forever our song

Sydney Brangenberg

memories flood
whenever it comes on

Sarah Hoadley


music plays
on the first date
forever our song

Sydney Brangenberg

when stars shine
I think of that night

Sarah Hoadley


© 2017, Randy Brooks • Millikin University • All rights returned to authors upon publication.