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IN203 Honors Seminar: Global Haiku Tradition |
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PLAN B by The name of this collection, PLAN B, comes from the themes running throughout the haiku within: the unexpected, the unwarranted, and the unwanted. All of these elements exist in the format I am presenting them in a weekly planner. Plans are useless compared to the forces around us, and the tides and powers that cause them to be erased are limitless in scope. Hopefully, these haiku can present any amount of this power. |
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Using this planner, I have attempted to give a very personal touch to the collection. The dates on which haiku appear are not random. Each poem was placed on dates significant to their theme or tone. Some are cosmically significant while others are limited to the earth's events. Haiku teaches us that significance is in the eye of the beholder, and on the tongue as well. I would not like to have someone read this planner as my own, but instead as a stranger's planner accidentally left on a park bench or at a bus station. It is a glimpse into their life. Over the semester, my ability to understand haiku has increased. The haiku here come from a variety of points in the semester and are spread out from their chronological point in my haiku timeline. Hopefully, this collection can sufficiently culminate my learning in haiku this semester. —Ryne |
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Jan. 1 aftermath— |
Feb. 14 She looks for love |
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Wednesday, Feb. 21
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March 19 sharp breeze |
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March 21 melting winter's ashes |
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April 12 first spring wind |
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April 20 alone |
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May 11 harmless— |
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June 21 couple without an umbrella |
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July 4 fireworks |
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July 28 burning wind in her face |
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Aug. 6 death— |
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Aug. 9 cherry blossoms |
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Sept. 11 sirens |
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Oct. 1 autumn moon |
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Oct. 28 brand new sun |
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Nov. 12 clear night— |
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Dec. 21 winter solstice— |
© 2006 Randy Brooks, Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois
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