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Global Haiku • Millikin University • June 2018

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Rainy Thursday
Son playing soccer
We cheer

rainy day
playing soccer
close friends

rainy day
cheers ring out
at soccer game

hand full of change
corner store
cavities

corner candy store
children skipping with
pockets full of change

children skipping
to the corner candy store
pockets full of change

first year at summer camp
arms around her mother’s waist
a little girl changes her mind

first year
summer camp
she changes her mind

first day of summer camp
holding her mother’s hand
little girl changes her mind

new car scent 
dad cries 
tears of accomplishment

new car scent
after all these years
dad's tears

new car scent
moving the tassel
to the rearview mirror

rolling green pastures
mud pies
lovingly scolded by mom

mud pies
all over the porch
Mom grins, scolding them

mud pies
all over the yard
mom scolds

Midnight rain
Wet and cold
Feeling Incomplete

midnight rain
wet and cold
something missing

 

 

dark and misty moon
wrapped in blankets by the windowsill
we watch them go by 

dark misty moon
by the windowsill
I watch them walk by

misty dark halls
red nose clown
teenagers on the run

 


© 2018, Randy Brooks • Millikin University
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