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Global Haiku • Millikin University • January 2020

walking past
I notice a statue
pigeon poop?

Brendan Menacher

wind beaten trees
snow drifts . . .
stuck again

Brendan Menacher

split pine log
madly scurrying ants carry
the eggs to safety

Lucy Koger

midnight sun
reflecting on the water
a stream carries my doubts

Lucy Koger

a lone cherry tree
in a field of lavender lilacs
she lets his ashes fly

Lucy Koger

animals flee
under the smoky sky
soothing scorched earth

glass angel
who lost its wings
my abuelita

Trevor Greenwood

purple wishes
interstellar medium
a star was born

Tristan Gammell

autumn leaves
moon dance
we like it here

Tristan Gammell

cracked teacup
still holds
memories of her

Trevor Greenwood

feathers glide through the air
gasp . . .
bullseye

black and blue
dissonant tones
get the message?

recess
all alone
no one to play with

 

the wrinkly woman
speaks . . .
with wisdom

Jasmine Clark

swaying grass
distant secrets
left in the past

Diata Drayton

the old pot
the old spoon
the child’s favorite toy

Jasmine Clark

frost bitten fingers
no one in sight
car trouble

Diata Drayton

breezy night
people dressed
causing a fright

Diata Drayton

blue skin
with help he sits up to sip
noodle soup

Randy Brooks

a vampire
a wolf
one girl

Jasmine Clark

the yellow road
I follow
for one wish

Jasmine Clark

blue angel
Purple Rain
he's here . . . for YOU

 

alone in the universe
Pluto
a fallen angel

Tristan Gammell

filled with rust
a lot of memories
on grandma's swing

Diata Drayton

reels cast
flies biting
he sits with his thoughts

Brendan Menacher

twigs snap
the soil gives
tornado siren

Brendan Menacher

wolves in the zoo
pacing back and forth
snow white

8 legs
million eyes
her glorious creation glistens

Lucy Koger

sun kissed flowers
sunflowers blowing
in the wind

 

winding dirt road
we follow
Fantasia

corner of the north pasture
little brother finds
a rusty horseshoe

Randy Brooks

her raccoon eyes
she believes in him
to mend her broken heart

Lucy Koger

gentle flapping
of the butterfly
can’t reach the sun

Trevor Greenwood

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