Global Haiku • January 2017
Dr. Randy Brooks

An Ordinary Love

by
Sarah Hoadley

I chose the title "An Ordinary Love," because I felt it best reflected the gentleness of the haiku in my collection. I have included these because I want others to feel warmth as they read my work. The haiku I have written has been greatly influenced by love.

My muse has been focused around my real life experiences with love, family, and the wonders of nature. I have focused many of my haiku around the twinkle of a star or a spring's breeze. While the more intricate haiku has been focused around love and sometimes heartbreak. I focus on these things because I want my haiku to be a source of optimism and hope, both for myself and others. 

piping hot cocoa
warms the hands 
and the heart

wedding day
dress doesn't fit well
couple fits perfectly

butterflys
she opens the door
they fly away

gentle breeze 
touches my face
summer night . . .

father and daughter walk together
sharing memories
as they go down the aisle

nap, look out the window,
nap again
a dog's hard life. . .

Christmas wonder
comes over us
moon glistening above

like the wind
taking us by surprise
love came . . .

left hand
ring finger
no     ring

Valentine's day
all I have . . .
      chocolate