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Global Haiku • Millikin University • July 2017

Saturday
good times
with the boys

Saturdays are
For the boys
Good times

Saturday night
cold beer
fast cars

Saturday
Good times
the boys

Good times
with the boys
Saturday

the hay bale maze
laughing children
dead end

Laughing children in the hay bale maze
Dead end

laughing children in
the hay bale maze
dead end

dead end
hay bale maze — laughing
with children

hay bale maze
laughing children
dead end

walls of hay
the children laugh
dead end

old song plays
singing
all the words

The old song plays
We sing
All the words

old song
on the radio
word for word

old song
on the radio
I sing every word

playing old songs
singing
all the words

old song
singing
all the words

old song plays
she still knows
every word

Jennifer Yeakley

horse barn
the smell of straw
the sight of kittens

The sight of kittens
Smell of straw
Horse barn

hay loft
fresh sweet straw
the mew of kittens

horse barn
tiny kittens nestled
in dusty hay

Horse barn
the smell of straw
kittens

 

around the campfire
we joke
about banjos

Around the campfire
We joke about
Banjos

around the campfire
we joke about banjos
deliverance

around the campfire
we joke about
banjos

his wife sleeps soundly
strives to finish
day is done

Striving to finish the day
His wife
Sleeps soundly

striving
to finish the day
wife sleeps

striving to end the day
his wife sleeps
soundly

his wife sleeps soundly
strives to finish
done

blossoms that bloom
from the unwanted weed
smell as sweet

Unwanted weeds
Blossoming Still
smell as sweet

blooms
from a weed
smell as sweet

blossoms
from a weed
smell just as sweet

the unwanted weed
blossoms
smell sweet

sweet smells
from
the unwanted weed

blossoms
from the unwanted weed
smell as sweet

blossoms
of the unwanted weed
still smell sweet

blossoms
of the unwanted weed
still hold nectar


tail wagging
four paws
imprints in the sand

Wagging tail
Four paws leave
Impressions in the sand

tail wagging
pawprints
across the sand

four paws
imprint the sand
wagging tail


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