Glen Sims

Global Haiku PACE January 2005
Millikin University - Mattoon, Illinois

Glen Sims

Memories: Selected Haiku by Glen Sims

Introduction

When I first decided to take global haiku it was just to meet my global studies requirement. I wasn’t sure what haiku was or even if I would like it but I knew I enjoyed reading poetry. After classes began I was excited that haiku was something that we could write from memories from our past and not just reading it. Interpreting the haiku I read was enjoyable and brought back memories even though some of them were not good memories.

Listening to the other students haiku was fun because I was able to learn about what they enjoyed in life. Writing the rengay with my family was a lot of fun because I got to here what excited them about camping and walking through the woods. The following pages have some of my favorite haiku and a rengay.

morning dew
crackling fire
birds singing

You can see that Glen enjoys nature very much and that enjoyment entails being around family. As you read Glen’s haiku, you will be able to vision what he is relating to and many will probably have the same experience.

—Josh Lane, “Fellow Haiku Writer”

wind blowing . . . over the water rocking boats
	father and son fog across the water
storm coming snow shovel sits by the door
	a dog sniffs in the weeds a rabbit hiding
Family Camping lightning bug caught in a web in the woods snake sunning on a rock a cool breeze— blows through the trees the leaves rustle a small brook almost dry deer trails . . . like highways through the tall weeds thunderclouds roll in as the sun sets Glen Sims & family
	SUMMER BREAK summer night kids playing in the rain as it beats down to earth rainbows forming oil floating on puddles in the road birds singing the splash of cars as they pass by children laughing the mosquitoes are out with the fireflies June bugs dance on the screen door mother looks on Josh Lane & Glen Sims
summer evening smell of fresh cut grass
	morning dew . . . birds searching for worms