You Had Me at Goodbye

April 18, 2013

by

Spring 2013 Global Haiku Class

Authors include:

ab - Alex Buchko
al - Amanda Lee
cb - Courtney Burress
cd - Charlie Decker
ec - Emily Crutchfield
eed - Emily D'Ambrose
hz - Heidi A. Zapp
jc - Jordan Caulk
jr - Jonathan Robertson
ka - Kenneth Albin
km - Kelsey Meredith
rm - Randi Mehrmann
rmb - Randy Brooks
sek - Sarah E. Kisly
to - Therese O'Shaughnessy

You Had Me at Goodbye

the plane takes off
my heart
riding first class

RM

calmly playing
with peanuts

CB

lazy Monday evening
popping soybeans
from their steamed prison

JC

I should smell rain . . .
but only soy

AB

grey clouds cover
a full moon
Halloween

HZ

a white-sheeted ghost
I pretend to be scared

KM

•

watching childhood movies
grandma pretends
to be scared of my growl

EC

Christmas day
grandma's VHS tapes

CD

old videos
seeing myself
as a child

KA

Mom! why am I . . .
naked?!

JR

empty nest
she reads her son's letter
from last year

SEK

she jumps as the phone rings
finally . . . her son

EED

•

breakfast in bed
he pretends
nothing happened

CB

I shrink away
the beast has my heart

RM

locked in a tower—
a damsel in distress
must fight alone

TO

her love
a broken wing

AL

sparrows twitter
after a race
into honeysuckle

RMB

“catch me if you can!”
challenge accepted

EED

•

after the race
a breakfast of champions
blueberry pancakes

SEK

I wake up early
to make her breakfast

JR

sunny side eggs
and bacon
doesn't like eggs

KA

rising sun
falls on her plate

CD

once the sunsets
her smile still there
full moon

EC

his eyes
when I said goodbye

KM

•

his begging
makes me angrier
I finally walk away

HZ

throwing away
your stupid love letters

AB

a picture of us
face down
on my dresser

JC

that guy's an asshole
and that girl's a bitch

CB

never finding
Mr. Right
everything's wrong

RM

kisses—
the color of blood

TO

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