Lena Rotramel
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My Thughts Are Kind
by
Lena Rotramel
I first learned about haiku in grade school, and all I knew about it was that it was difficult and that I didn't understand it. After taking Global Haiku Traditions with Dr. Brooks, my mind has changed. What I loved about this class was getting to learn about each other in depth simply through the art of haiku poetry. I loved being able to submit my work to my classmates and to hear their interpretations. My favorite thing about haiku is that they're so subjective and that they can bring wildly different things to different people, while still telling your story. It may be a different story than the one in my head, but that's the greatest part about it. I will undoubtedly be writing haiku in my head for a long time to come, and I will forever look at haiku in a different way. |