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Global Haiku • Millikin University • November 2014


so close:

fresh cut grass
bright colors
on the kites flying high

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


de-list:

midnight walk
moonlight vision
brisk air

 

 


who:

walk forever
to reach the waves
sand struggles

 

 


dangler:

the hospital bed
watching the door
as the shadows pass by

 

 

 

 

 

 


check plurals & caps:

Chilly evenings
Dirt track racing
Checkered flag

 

 


hint of context:

seeing you tonight
loving you
always from afar


rearrange:

summer afternoon
cool fridge
lingering smell of vinegar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


perspective:

the stink coming from the back
doesn't bother us—
hockey win

 

 


plurals & de-list:

loud howls
open windows
bright moonlight


rearrange phrasing:

smell of bubble bath
sigh
shaving legs

 

 

 

 

 

 


hint of significance:

patches of snow
line the inside
of the windowsill

 

 


rearrange or de-list:

the last breakfast
cinnamon rolls
open heart surgery

 

 


phrasing:

April visit to Grandma's farm
back porch haven
hundreds of feathery peepers

 

 

 

 

 

 


three phrases:

he takes her hand
a silk white gown
the new dance starts

 

 


hint of where:

ex-lovers
as if no time
has passed

 

© 2014, Randy Brooks • Millikin University
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