PACE Global Haiku • Spring 2008 Dr. Randy Brooks

Andrew Jones • Essay on Lorraine Ellis Harr Tombo: A Dragonfly of American Haiku

Backyard Daydreams by Andrew Jones My haiku are simple ones that reflect an appreciation for the things around me. Some of my best haiku are inspired by the amazing friends I have in my life. Others are written with my love of nature. My title, Backyard Daydreams, refers to how many of my haiku can be imagined as happening in a backyard. I enjoyed reading these haiku because although they were each different there was a common theme through them all. You could really hear Andy's voice in them. --Erika Davidson I'm a freshman Art Education major. I've always enjoyed creating art, reading, and video games. I'm also a big fan of anime and manga, so writing haiku was a way to explore another art form from Japan. Because I'm an artist, I see things in pictures really well in my head so writing haiku seems natural to me. My best haiku are inspired by the people and places around me, and I'm very grateful to them.

charcoal fingers— blowing dust off the sketch

laden with blue and white I sweep water onto canvas

summer beach empty clams from a raccoon feast

new moon wings glide overhead unseen

silver splinters the night sky— one Mississippi . . .

spring invasion— floral soldiers in yellow uniforms

rain-bleached bridge raccoon prints beneath the glinting stream

wishing— out go nineteen lights

scratched trumpet fingers fumble the pads remembering notes

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