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Global Haiku • Millikin University • January 2020

peeled open
the smell
of Florida

 

just enough breeze
to sway the chimes
singing me back to sleep

Lucy Koger

a quiet home
2 chairs
laughter

Tristan Gammell

my heart broken
if only . . . someone
could repair it

 

a dog's curious mind
licks up the morning dew
on each blade of grass

Lucy Koger

moonlight shining
casting a shadow on a tree
a stream running

Tristan Gammell

hidden by snowflakes
a dandelion peeks out
to see another day

Lucy Koger

my shoelace untied
I trip
and fall for you

Jasmine Clark

the glass slipper
fits me perfectly
I am THE ONE

Jasmine Clark

thunder claps
as cattle scatter
rain beats the grass

Brendan Menacher

gentle waves
slap the shore
midday sun

out of breath . . .
the round lady
on the stairwell

Trevor Greenwood

the dumpster
a fire
that lights the alleyway

Trevor Greenwood

a heart
dancing to the tune
of Cocytus

pounding of hooves
across black dirt
gunshots . . .

my first love
my only passion
soccer in my veins

Lucy Koger

 

salty drips of sweat
touch my lips
burns my eyes

Lucy Koger

wooden planks
carry people
to a world of green

light touches
hard hits
sweat pours down my body

 

Clink--
         Clink--
the man on the corner

Trevor Greenwood

a beach of memories
at night
I walk with the moon

Trevor Greenwood

corny pick up lines
I laugh
he’s funny—I love it

Jasmine Clark

last afternoon
my hammock
rocking in the breeze

Brendan Menacher

wind scatters
helpless snowflakes
across the damp ground

Brendan Menacher

shooting star
11:11
make a wish

Tristan Gammell

all is quiet
until
the mailman comes

Tristan Gammell

a tree
chopped down
adorns my living room

Tristan Gammell

bedtime songs
a kiss goodnight
a college girl misses her father

Lucy Koger

 

Dante's inferno
paradise
to the lone wolf

Trevor Greenwood

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