Global Haiku Tradition
EN355 - June 22 - July 22, 2020
Dr. Randy Brooks

<http://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/MillikinHaiku/courses/globalJune2020/assignments.html>

Classroom: ONLINE only

ALL ASSIGNMENTS are to be submitted by email.
Send them to: rbrooks@millikin.edu

(Use your SAVE AS function and choose "Rich Text Format" or "DOC" for digital files.)

Handouts are available from MOODLE (most are PDF files).

Final Exam Reflections: 7/22/2020

Haiku Society of America • http://www.hsa-haiku.org/
American Haiku Archives • http://www.americanhaikuarchives.org/
Haiku Chronicles • http://www.haikuchronicles.com/
The Haiku Foundation • http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/
Haiku Poet Intervews • https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/category/video_archive/thf_interviews/
Simply Haiku • http://www.simplyhaiku.com
Heron's Nest • http://www.theheronsnest.com/
Modern Haiku • http://www.modernhaiku.org/
A Hundred Gourds • http://ahundredgourds.com
World Kigo Database • http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/
Haibun Today • http://haibuntoday.com/
FemKu • https://femkumag.wixsite.com/home/issues

Online Class Orientation

Sunday June 21 at 7pm

or

Monday June 22 at NOON

for 6/22 do the following 4 reading/writing assignments

(1) Read Chapter One - The Art of Reading & Writing Haiku (pages 15-29) and write your short imagined response to "the sun coming up" haiku on page 15.

If you have not yet received your copy, please see the PDF copy of Chapter 1 in MOODLE resources 01.

(2) reading & response: read Mayfly 67, Summer 2019 (PDF available in MOODLE PDF 02) and write your reader response paragraphs to 2 favorite haiku in MAYFLY 67

(3) haiku writing: write your first 5-8 haiku attempts on transition times—lulls of dawn, of dusk, of relationships, of states of consciousness, summer's end, back to school.

(4) reading & response: Tea's Aftertaste by Aubrie Cox, (MOODLE PDF 03) and writing response: find 2 favorite Aubrie haiku—write your imagined felt responses to them (one paragraph each)

REMEMBER to cite each haiku fully (do not add capital letters or punctuation) like this:

calling for the dog
at 2am
wind chimes

Cox, Tea's Aftertaste, 17

(email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) your assignments 1-4 by midnight Monday, June 22)

for 6/23 do the following 3 reading/writing assignments

ENJOY reading the responses by others in our class (see MOODLE responses under Cox's book & Mayfly 67).

(5) listen to the Aubrie Cox interview (audio file available in MOODLE MP3 00) and write a short reponse about 2 things you realized about haiku from this interview.

(6) reading: To Hear the Rain by Peggy Lyles (MOODLE PDF 04) and writing responses: find 3 favorite Lyles haiku—write your imagined felt responses to them (one paragraph each) and briefly write your imagined, felt response to them. Be ready to discuss why you like them.

(7) writing extended memory & memory haiku: choose a fourth favorite haiku by Peggy Lyles or Aubrie Cox that especially triggered memories from your childhood or past. This time write a one page memory describing a moment from your own life. THEN write 2-3 haiku which capture different instances or feelings from within that longer memory from your experience.

(8) haiku write: 5-8 new haiku on summer perceptions & childhood memories

(email your assignments 5-8 by midnight June 23)

for 6/24 do the following 3 reading/writing assignments

(9) Read Chapters Two & Three - The Art of Reading & Writing Haiku (pages 31-66) MOODLE PDF 05 and write about three favorite haiku from this portion of the book.

kukai 1 online Wednesday 6/24 at 7pm

(10) kukai 1: read the haiku written by students in this class. They are all anonymous at this time on KUKAI 1. You will receive a PDF of these haiku & invite to our optional ZOOM KUKAI. They are also available on our web site as a link.

You may choose as many haiku as you like. Just send me the number of each haiku you choose as a favorite. Try to choose at least 5-10 haiku (or more if you like more). THEN write a reader response to your three favorite haiku from KUKAI 1 (three paragraphs)

(11) haiku write: 5-8 new haiku on OPEN topic

(email your assignments 9-11 by midnight June 24)

for 6/25 do the following 4 reading/writing assignments

See our favorites from KUKAI 1 & ENJOY reading the responses by others in our class (see MOODLE).

(12) Read Chapters Four - The Art of Reading & Writing Haiku (pages 67-82) and write about two favorite haiku from this portion of the book.

(13) Read The Silence Between Us by Wally Swist and write do the following writing response: find three favorite haiku from Wally Swist and write a short response paragrapsh about them.

(14) reading response: find an interesting "matched pair" of haiku (one from Wally Swist and one from Peggy Lyles or MAYFLY) to read side by side. write a short analysis of the writing strategies and techniquse used in these haiku. (not reader response but analysis of writing techniques such as line break, word choice, arrangement, rhythm, sounds, emphasis, break, voice, tone, attitude, etc.). one page maximum for your analysis (half a page is fine).

(15) haiku write: go for a walk (by yourself or with friends) and write haiku that come to you from just being out there. (5-8 haiku from the outdoors)

(email your assignments 12-15 by midnight June 25)

for 6/26 do the following 3 reading/writing assignments

(16) kukai 2 (not online): CANCELLED ASSIGNMENT! I'm saving up your haiku for KUKAI 3. (Just do 17 & 18).

read the haiku written by students in this class. They are all anonymous at this time on KUKAI 2. You will receive a PDF of these haiku. They are also available on our web site as a link. You may choose as many haiku as you like. Just send me the number of each haiku you choose as a favorite. Try to choose at least 5-10 haiku (or more if you like more). THEN write a reader response to your three favorite haiku from KUKAI 2 (three paragraphs).

(17) reading:Almost Unseen by George Swede (MOODLE PDF 06) and do the writing response: find three favorite haiku from the George Swede handout and write a short response paragrapsh about them.

(18) haiku writing: write 5-8 new haiku on the angst of being human.

(email your assignments 15-18 by midnight June 26)

for 6/29 do the following 4 reading/writing assignments

Enjoy the PDF handout of Haiku to Edit 1 (emailed to you). There is no written assignment
with this. Just examples of how to edit your own haiku. Try editing a few of your own.

(19) Read Chapters Five and Six - The Art of Reading & Writing Haiku (pages 83-109) and write about three favorite haiku from this portion of the book.

(20) reading: Gail Sher - Guide for Beginning Haiku Writers (MOODLE PDF 07) and write your reading response: Compare Gail Sher's suggestions for writing haiku with the introduction in Peggy Lyles' book (one page max).

(21) reading response: compare the genesis of discourse for two authors (George Swede or Wally Swist or Aubrie Cox or Peggy Lyles). By genesis of discourse, I mean WHERE do these writers find their haiku? Why do they choose to write haiku about these moments? What is the source of significance worth turning into a literary artwork for them?

(22) write 5-8 haiku on on working out, exercise, getting healthy, yoga, meditation, finding peacefulness.

(email your assignments 19-22 by midnight June 29)

for 6/30 do the following 4 reading/writing assignments

Kukai 3 online Tuesday 6/30 at 7pm

(23) Kukai 3: read the haiku written by students in this class. They are all anonymous at this time on Kukai 3. You will receive a PDF of these haiku & invite to our optional ZOOM KUKAI. They are also available on our web site as a link.

You may choose as many haiku as you like. Just send me the number of each haiku you choose as a favorite. Try to choose at least 5-10 haiku (or more if you like more). THEN write a reader response to your three favorite haiku from KUKAI 3 (three paragraphs)

(24) reading: handout of haiku from School's Out by Randy Brooks (MOODLE PDF 08) and do the writing response: find three favorite haiku from Randy Brooks and write a short response paragraphs about them.

(25) Read Chapter 13 - The Art of Reading & Writing Haiku (pages 187-200) and write about one favorite haiku from this portion of the book.

(26) write 5-8 new haiku - employing contemplation or meditation in your quiet space. Find a quiet place on campus or at your home to sit, close your eyes, breathe easy and just relaxe . . . DON'T FALL ASLEEP. FALL AWAKE and write some new haiku.

(email your assignments 23-26 by midnight June 30)

for 7/1 do the following 3 reading/writing assignments

(27) reading: Love Haiku by Masajo Suzuki (MOODLE PDF 09) and do the reading responses: find three favorite haiku by Masajo and write a short response paragraph to them.

(28) reading response: find one more favorite haiku by Masajo. Let your response be a more extended imaginative memory or purely fictional piece about someone spinning off the third Masajo haiku as its starting point. End your short fictional piece with a 2-3 haiku. Your fictional piece should be 1 page max.

(29) writing love haiku or senryu: write 5-8 love or anti-love haiku. Not necessarily all lovey-dovey cliches, but love, crushes, first date, breaking up, unrequited love, good friends, bitterness about love, winter dance, sock hop, blind date, romance, vampire love, and so on . . .

(email your assignments 27-29 by midnight July 1)

for 7/2 do the following 3 reading/writing assignments

(30) kukai 4 not online: CONCELLED! read the haiku written by students in this class. They are all anonymous at this time on KUKAI 4. You will receive a PDF of these haiku. They are also available on our web site as a link. You may choose as many haiku as you like. Just send me the number of each haiku you choose as a favorite. Try to choose at least 5-10 haiku (or more if you like more). THEN write a reader response to your three favorite haiku from KUKAI 4 (three paragraphs).

(31) Read Chapters Seven - The Art of Reading & Writing Haiku (pages 110-124) and write about three favorite haiku from this portion of the book.

(32) Read MAYFLY issue 59 (see MOODLE PDF 10). Find a quiet contemplation space for writing, slowly read your new issue of MAYFLY closing your eyes after reading each haiku to fully imagine each one. Let your imagination/memory go and write 2-3 haiku from where one of your favorite haiku took you.

(email your assignments 30-32 by midnight July 2)

for 7/3 do the following 3 reading/writing assignments

(33) reading: The Haiku Anthology, pages 1-136 and do the reader response: write response paragraphs for three favorite haiku from the The Haiku Anthology

(34) haiku writing: write 3 haiku in response to favorite haiku from the The Haiku Anthology

(35) haiku writing: write 3-5 haiku on anything OPEN TOPIC - things that are important in your life

(email your assignments 33-35 by midnight July 3)

for 7/6 do the following 3 reading/writing assignments

(35) Kukai 5 not online: read the haiku written by students in this class. They are all anonymous at this time on Kukai 5. You will receive a PDF of these haiku. They are also available on our web site as a link. You may choose as many haiku as you like. Just send me the number of each haiku you choose as a favorite. Try to choose at least 5-10 haiku (or more if you like more). THEN write a reader response to your three favorite haiku from Kukai 5 (three paragraphs).

(36) reading: The Haiku Anthology, pages 137-327 and do the reader response: write response paragraphs for three favorite haiku from The Haiku Anthology

(37) writing haiku about the Fourth of July: write 5-8 haiku about the Fourth of July holiday, summer fun, picnics, etc. Base it on perceptions and experiences rather than more abstract reasons for the holiday. How do we experience the fourth?

(email your assignments 36-38 by midnight July 6)

for 7/7 do the following 5 reading/writing assignments

(38) Watch the DVD & read the haiku: Haiku: The Art of the Short Poem.

Inivite some friends or family to watch the DVD video in this book. Most of the haiku cited by the haiku poets are included in the anthology usually in the same order as the video.

Write a reader response: write response paragraphs for three favorite haiku from Haiku: The Art of the Short Poem

(39) reader response 2: write a short reflection about what you realized about the English-langauge haiku poetry community from the DVD anthology. also briefly discuss one of the haiku poets who especially intrigued you.

(40) reading response: find an interesting "matched pair" of haiku (one from Kukai 5 and one from ART of the SHORT POEM to read side by side. write a short analysis of the writing strategies and techniquse used in these haiku. (not reader response but analysis of writing techniques such as line break, word choice, arrangement, rhythm, sounds, emphasis, break, voice, tone, attitude, etc.). one page maximum for your analysis (half a page is fine).

(41) Read Chapters Eight - The Art of Reading & Writing Haiku (pages 125-137) and write about three favorite haiku from this portion of the book.

(42) writing haiku: open topic 5-8 haiku

(email your assignments 38-42 by midnight July 7)

for 7/8 do the following 5 reading/writing assignments

(43) kukai 6 not online: CANCELLED read the haiku written by students in this class. They are all anonymous at this time on KUKAI 6. You will receive a PDF of these haiku. They are also available on our web site as a link. You may choose as many haiku as you like. Just send me the number of each haiku you choose as a favorite. Try to choose at least 5-10 haiku (or more if you like more). THEN write a reader response to your three favorite haiku from KUKAI 6 (three paragraphs).

(44) reading: "An Introduction to Haiku" (Japanese haiku) MOODLE PDF 11 and write about 2 favorite haiku

(45) reading 2: Old Pond Comics about the Japanese masters at <http://www.oldpondcomics.com/masters.html>

(46) reading response: Old Pond Comics about the Japanese masters at <http://www.oldpondcomics.com/masters.html> and write a reader response about 1 favorite Old Pond Comic

OR TRY TO DRAW YOUR OWN HAIKU COMIC! (extra credit)

(47) Post-midterm Essay Preview - email me your Author or Haiku topic:

Think about what or who you'd like to write about for your contemporary haiku reader response essay. These essays are due July 14. I need to know your intended topic or author by Wednesday at midnight, July 8. See the bibliography of ONLINE books and exhibits available:

A Bibliography of Online Books, Journals and Exhibitions on Haiku, Senryu and Tanka in English
http://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/MillikinHaiku/bibliographies/OnlineHaikuBooks.pdf

Here's guidelines for this assignment (also see MOODLE PDF 15 & sample essay MOODLE PDF 16):

haiku author or topic study: A formal essay introducing a particular contemporary author, topic or technical approach to contemporary haiku readers. This is a reader-response essay, so the primary source for your essay will be your own readings and analyses of 6-10 haiku. If you are doing an author focus, discuss your author's approach to writing haiku. You may choose to write about a haiku topic instead of an author, with reader responses to 6-10 haiku related to that topic. Matching comparisons with haiku by other authors are always valued in all approaches to this essay. This can focus on one book by the author in the form of a book review essay or on a particular theme or technical approach to haiku by the author.

o focus on a point of insight or question about that author's unique contribution
o include response discussions of 6-10 haiku by the author
o optional to include at a matching comparison to a haiku by another author (or more)
o may include email or in-person interview questions to help address the haiku writer's poetics

The Haiku Foundation has a Haiku Poets Registry that may be helpful in getting a preview of cerntain authors: <https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-registry/>

Length? 5-10 pages single-spaced. Citations? Full citation of each source within text first time mentioned (followed by haiku citation convention of author, publication title abbreviated, page number) for subsequent mentions. Yes, do include a works-cited page.

(email your assignments 43-47 by midnight July 8)

for 7/9 do the following 4 reading/writing assignments

(48) reading: Haiku Guy, pages 1-19 and 43-53 (MOODLE PDF 12) and doing this writing response: Practice the exercise of stop, look, and listen as described in the book. Find something, whether it be in your dorm, on campus, or somewhere where you can sit quietly without distraction and observe a particular thing, area, or person. Then, write about what you observed, describing what stuck out to you. Write 3-5 haiku from this exercise.

(49) Read Chapters ten - The Art of Reading & Writing Haiku (pages 147-160) and write about three favorite haiku from this portion of the book.

(50) writing response: Compare the advice given to Buck-Teeth of poets Mido and Kuro. What do you think of each of their advice? Which appeals to you more? Explain why.

(51) Write 3-5 haiku following Kuro's advice, and 3-5 haiku following Mido's approach.

(email your assignments 48-51 by midnight July 9)

for 7/10 do the following 4 reading/writing assignments

kukai 7 online Friday 7/10 at 7pm

(52) kukai 7 (kuro versus mido): read the haiku written by students in this class. They are all anonymous at this time on kukai 7. You will receive a PDF of these haiku & invite to our optional ZOOM KUKAI. They are also available on our web site as a link.

You may choose as many haiku as you like. Just send me the number of each haiku you choose as a favorite. Try to choose at least 5-10 haiku (or more if you like more). THEN write a reader response to your three favorite haiku from kukai 7 (three paragraphs)

(53) reading response writing: Chapter 2 of Matsuo Bashô by Ueda (MOODLE PDF 13). Select three favorite haiku from Bashô. Write a paragraph response to these three haiku.

(54) Read Chapters eleven - The Art of Reading & Writing Haiku (pages 161-169) and write about three favorite haiku from this portion of the book.

(55) response writing: Find two matching English haiku to Bashô's haiku—one representing the aesthetic of sabi and one the aesthetic experience of karumi. Write a paragraph for each pair comparing these English haiku with those by Basho. One sabi haiku not by Basho compared to one sabi haiku by Basho. And one karumi haiku not by Basho compared to one karumi haiku by Basho.

(56) haiku writing: write 3-5 haiku based on sabi and 3 based on wabi and 3-5 haiku based on karumi

(email your assignments 452-56 by midnight Sunday July 12)

for 7/13 do the following 3 reading/writing assignments

See the sample Reader Response Essay on MOODLE as you prepare to do your essay.

(57) reading: The Millikin University Haiku Anthology (MOODLE PDF 14) and write response paragraphs for three favoriate haiku from the MU Haiku Anthology

(58) Read Chapters Nine - The Art of Reading & Writing Haiku (pages 139-146) and write about three favorite haiku from this portion of the book.

(59) haiku writing: 5-8 open topic

(email your assignments 57-59 by midnight July 13)

for 7/14 do the following 3 reading/writing assignments

(60) kukai 8 not online: CANCELLED read the haiku written by students in this class. They are all anonymous at this time on KUKAI 8. You will receive a PDF of these haiku. They are also available on our web site as a link. You may choose as many haiku as you like. Just send me the number of each haiku you choose as a favorite. Try to choose at least 5-10 haiku (or more if you like more). THEN write a reader response to your three favorite haiku from KUKAI 8 (three paragraphs).

(61) Contemporary Haiku Reader Response Essays due

Length? 5-10 pages single-spaced. Citations? Full citation of each source within text first time mentioned (followed by haiku citation convention of author, publication title abbreviated, page number) for subsequent mentions. Yes, do include a works-cited page. Yes, give your essay a title.

Ally Banks - Alexis Rotella
Anna Ernst - John Stevenson
Arianna Mergler - ?
Delaney Manning - Mark Dailey
Holly Schmidt - Peggy Lyles
Kathryn Bouxsein - ?
Liz Shipman - John Stevenson
Logan Allsup - the haiku cut
Riley Sawin - Peggy Lyles on haiku as memory triggers
Robin Hodge - Jessica Trembly
Samantha Wahl - Caroline Gourlay
Sheila Jackson - Tom Bierovic, Paper Boats: a book of haiku
Tristan Birt - heartbreak haiku

(62) Write 5-8 new haiku on topics similar to your essay or in response to haiku discussed in your essay.

(email your assignments 60-62 by midnight July 14)

for 7/15 do the following 2 reading/writing assignments

(63) reading response: read/review the essays by others in our class. Write a paragraph response about what you especially liked or realized from at least one essay. These are PDF documents on our class MOODLE.

(64) reading response: CANCELLED write your imagined felt responses to your favorite haiku from Kukai 8 (one paragraph)

(email your assignment 63 by midnight July 15)

for 7/16 do the following 4 reading/writing assignments

Kukai 9 Favorites online Thursday 7/16 at 7pm

(65) kukai 9: read the haiku written by students in this class. They are all anonymous at this time onKukai 9 Favorites. You will receive a PDF of these haiku & invite to our optional ZOOM KUKAI. They are also available on our web site as a link.

You may choose as many haiku as you like. Just send me the number of each haiku you choose as a favorite. Try to choose at least 5-10 haiku (or more if you like more). THEN write a reader response to your three favorite haiku fromKukai 9 Favorites (three paragraphs)

(66) Read the tan-renga and write about a favorite tan-renga from Tan-Renga-GraceGuts (MOODLE PDF 17).

(67) tan-renga capping: write two-line caps for 3 favorite haiku from any previous kukai or matching contests

(67) Read Chapter 12 - The Art of Reading & Writing Haiku (pages 171-186) and write about a one favorite tan-renga and one favorite Rengay.

(68) Read the How to Rengay handout (MOODLE PDF 18) and (MOODLE PDF 19) write 2 rengay (one by email with students in class or me) and another one with friends or family

(email your assignments 65-68 by midnight July 16)

for 7/17 do the following 4 reading/writing assignments

(70) reading: handout of a Bashô led kasen-no-renga (MOODLE PDF 20) and write a response to a favorite link (two adjacent links)

(71) Read the kasen renga "ThunderMoon" (MOODLE PDF 21) and write about a favorite line (two adjacent links)

(72) haiku project proposal: Haiku project or Ginko (a haiku walk by a group of friends in which everyone just enjoys the walk together, stopping to notice things and to write haiku from shared experience. write at least 10 on-the-spot Ginko walk haiku by you and your friends).

Questions about the haiku project? The haiku project can be a series or sequence or rengay of haiku on a single topic (snow, divorce, marriage, school, civil war, etc.). OR you may do a Ginko (haiku walk with friends where you write haiku that come from perceptions and feelings from the walk). OR you may write 2 more rengay or a Kasen-no-renga with friends or classmates or family.

The purpose of the haiku project is to apply haiku arts to something that means a lot to yout. Bring your passion to this project and connect it to haiku (photography & haiku) (music & haiku) (history and haiku) (psychology & senryu) (a kasen renga) (baseball haiku) (a collage of haiku) (haiku web site) (anthology of love haiku) . . . have fun with this. make it your dream assignment.

You can see sample previous haiku projects at:

http://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/MillikinHaiku/studentprojects.html

(email your assignments 69-71 by midnight SUNDAY July 19)

for 7/20 do the following 2 reading/writing assignments

kukai 10 online Monday 7/20 at 7pm

(73) final kukai 10: CANCELLED! read the haiku written by students in this class. They are all anonymous at this time on KUKAI 10. You will receive a PDF of these haiku & invite to our optional ZOOM KUKAI. They are also available on our web site as a link.

You may choose as many haiku as you like. Just send me the number of each haiku you choose as a favorite. Try to choose at least 5-10 haiku (or more if you like more). THEN write a reader response to your three favorite haiku from KUKAI 10 (three paragraphs)

(74) haiku project: send me your haiku project (PDF or PowerPoint)

(email your assignments 73-74 by midnight July 20)

for 7/21 do the following 2 reading/writing assignments

(75) Haiku Project response: review the haiku projects and write about your favorite 2 projects.

(76) Signature haiga (a photo with one of your favorite haiku embedded)

(77) Haiku Collection due: gather your best haiku from the course, collected with a preface about your understanding or approach to writing haiku.

Guidelines on final collections (see MOODLE PDF 22):

Select and organize your best haiku & senryu & haibun & renga into a collection (with your reading partner's help). You may want to write them in a little booklet, or print them in a binder.

Give your collection a title and a © 2020 page. (often signature haiku are connected to the title)

Include a dedication if you would like to.

Be sure to write an author's introduction to your collection which explains your title and expresses your approach or why these are the ones you have included in your collection (your poetics preface).

OPTIONAL - ask a reading partner to write a short introduction to your collection, maybe pointing out one or two favorites—or their observation about something unique about your haiku (the reader's introduction). The reader's introduction should help strangers appreciate and value your collection.

Email the preface and haiku contents in the collection to Dr. Brooks! (You may send photos of the actual booklet as well.)

(email your assignments 75-76 by midnight July 21)

for 7/22 do the following 2 reading/writing assignments

(78) Review haiku you have written from the kukai, matching contest, and from your final haiku collection. Write about why 5 of your haiku are your favorites.

(79) Write a short reflection essay on how your life has been enriched by learning more about the literary art of reading and writing haiku. What has the art of haiku taught you that will be of value in your professional, social and personal life?

(email your assignments 77-78 by midnight July 22)