Global Haiku • Spring 2018
Dr. Randy Brooks

Spring Showers

by
Allyson Isenhower

The title of my collection is Spring Showers for several reasons. Spring is my favorite season because of the blooming flowers and the spring time rains. Spring showers signify the washing away of the darker times and the colder weather and the beginning of a time of life and development. It can also signify a fresh start. Many haiku are open ended and are interpreted differently by each reader. The meaning of spring showers could be interpreted differently by each reader as well.

Spring showers is also the beginning line of what I would consider my signature haiku. This haiku has a very significant meaning to me as it is about a family member that passed just before the spring.

Writing haiku is something relatively new to me. However, it is an excellent way for me to express the world the way I see it. It is also a great way to express feelings that otherwise may be hard to express. The inspiration for many of my haiku come from events that have had a significant impact on me. Others are composed in the spur of the moment. I hope that my haiku inspire readers to create their own and continue the haiku traditions.

About Ally:

Ally Isenhower is a junior biology major with an emphasis in pre-dental studies. She is involved with Tri Beta and My College Buddy. She enjoys playing sports, being outdoors, and spending my free time with her "doggo".

heavy sweaters
necks covered by scarves
Christkindlmarket

furry body
curled next to me
man’s best friend

his shirt
two sizes too big
on her

ring ring
a freshman boy
needs help with laundry

phone off
the pitter patter of rain
soothes me to sleep

music blasting
in a room packed with people
I only see you

a hot shower
washing away
the bad day

a creaky board
gives away
my every move

puppy dog eyes
make me weak inside
I always give in

homework to do
I find myself
cleaning the house

tension
of past love
lab partners

spring shower
watering the grass
on the new grave

eraser marks
hiding what I wish
I had the courage to say

six inches
of pure love
Jimmy John’s

spring baseball
hand warmers one day
shorts the next

three missed calls
all from Mom
oh! an angry text too