Advanced Studies in Poetry: Global Haiku Tradition
EN355-01- Spring 2020
Dr. Randy Brooks

<http://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/MillikinHaiku/courses/globalSpring2020/assignments.html/>

Classroom: SH422

Informal Reader Response Writing & Haiku Writing (20 days) (10 each) • 200 total points
Kasen Renga • 20 points
Contemporary Haiku Essay (mid-term) • 100 points
Haiku Project • 100 points
Haiku Collection (paper booklet & by email) • 100 points
Haiku Collection Poetics Preface on YOUR Art of Writing Haiku • 20 points
Signature Haiku Gift Exchange • 20 points
Submission Ready (page by email) • 20 points
Final Reading • 20 points
Final Reflections • 20 points

ALL ASSIGNMENTS are to be submitted by email.
Send them to: rbrooks@millikin.edu
(Use your SAVE AS function and choose "Rich Text Format" or "DOC" for digital files. NO PDF files please!)

Final Exam Haiku Reading: Thursday, May 14, 2-4pm
Place: online

Haiku Society of America • http://www.hsa-haiku.org/
American Haiku Archives • http://www.americanhaikuarchives.org/
Haiku Chronicles • http://www.haikuchronicles.com/
The Haiku Foundation • http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/
Haiku Poet Intervews • https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/category/video_archive/thf_interviews/
Simply Haiku • http://www.simplyhaiku.com
Heron's Nest • http://www.theheronsnest.com/
Modern Haiku • http://www.modernhaiku.org/
A Hundred Gourds • http://ahundredgourds.com
World Kigo Database • http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/
Haibun Today • http://haibuntoday.com/
FemKu • https://femkumag.wixsite.com/femkumag/issues

Extra Credit Opportunities:

(1) Haiku & Poetry Readings

Check here for extra credit opportunities to participate or attend haiku & poetry readings.
Extra credit for competing or attending. Write an email response to the event after the fact.

(3) Haiku Cut - tba

for 1/21 - haiku of the day --> Dr. Brooks

reading: Mayfly 68 magazine sample

for 1/23 - haiku of the day --> Randy Brooks

(1) writing response: send me an email copy of your in-class response to a favorite haiku in Mayfly 68

(2) haiku writing: write your first 8-10 haiku attempts on transition times—lulls of dawn, of dusk, of relationships, of states of consciousness, summer's end, back to school).

reading: Tea's Aftertaste by Aubrie Cox, handout 1

(3) writing response: find 2 favorite Aubrie haiku—write your imagined felt responses to them (one paragraph each)

REMEMBER to cite each haiku fully (do not add capital letters or punctuation) like this:

wilted lilacs . . .
your hand
slips from mine

Aubrie Cox, tea’s aftertaste, 15

(email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) your 1 Mayfly 68 response, your 2 Cox response & 8-10 haiku by midnight Wednesday, January 22)

for 1/28 - haiku of the day --> Michael

in class: Kukai 1 Favorites

reading: To Hear the Rain (handout)

(4) writing responses: find 2 favorite Lyles haiku—write your imagined felt responses to them (one paragraph each). Be ready to discuss why you like them.

(5) writing extended memory & memory haiku: choose a third favorite haiku by Peggy Lyles or Aubrie Cox that especially triggered memories from your childhood or past. This time write a one page memory describing a moment from your own life. THEN write 2-3 haiku which capture different instances or feelings from within that longer memory from your experience.

(6) haiku write: 8-10 new haiku on about winter perceptions.

(email your 2 short responses & one 1-page sensory memory writing & 10 new haiku by midnight Sunday, 1/26)

for 1/30 - haiku of the day --> Paige

(7) reading response: write your imagined felt responses to your favorite 2 haiku from Kukai 1 Favorites (one paragraph each)

(8) during or at a different time and place from your quiet contemplation space writing, slowly read your new issue of MAYFLY 67 closing your eyes after reading each haiku to fully imagine each one. Let your imagination/memory go and write 2-3 haiku from where one of your favorite haiku took you.

(9) haiku write: 8-10 new haiku on OPEN topic (try writing from observations, perceptions in your daily life NOW)

(email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) responses & new haiku by midnight Wednesday, 1/29)

for 2/4 - haiku of the day --> Jada

in class: kukai 2

reading: The Silence Between Us by Wally Swist

(10) writing response: find three favorite haiku from Wally Swist and write a short response paragrapsh about them.

(11) reading response: find an interesting "matched pair" of haiku (one from Wally Swist and one from Lyles or MAYFLY) to read side by side. write a short analysis of the writing strategies and techniquse used in these haiku. (not reader response but analysis of writing techniques such as line break, word choice, arrangement, rhythm, sounds, emphasis, break, voice, tone, attitude, etc.). one page maximum for your analysis (half a page is fine).

(12) haiku write: go for a walk and write 5-6 haiku & write 3-4 open topic haiku

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> responses & new haiku by midnight Sunday, 2/2)

for 2/6 - haiku of the day --> Hannah

(13) reading response: write your imagined felt responses to your favorite 3 haiku from Kukai 2 Favorites (one paragraph each)

(14) haiku write: write 7-8 haiku on on working out, exercise, getting healthy, yoga, etc. AND write 2-3 foodie haiku for Niki!

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> responses & new haiku by midnight Wednesday, 2/5)

for 2/11 - haiku of the day --> Grace

in class - Matching Contest 1

reading: handout of haiku from Almost Unseen by George Swede (handout)

(15) writing response: find three favorite haiku from the George Swede handout and write a short response paragrapsh about them.

(16) reading response: find an interesting "matched pair" of haiku (one from George Swede and one from Peggy Lyles or Wally Swist or Aubrie Cox) to read side by side. write a short analysis of the writing strategies and techniquse used in these haiku. (not reader response but analysis of writing techniques such as line break, word choice, arrangement, rhythm, sounds, emphasis, break, voice, tone, attitude, etc.). one page maximum for your analysis.

(17) write 8-10 new haiku on the nitty gritty side of college life and the angst of being human

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> responses & new haiku by midnight Sunday, 2/9)

for 2/13 - TEAM DAY

(18) reading response (scribe from team): compare the genesis of discourse for two authors (George Swede or Wally Swist and Peggy Lyles). why do they choose to write haiku about these moments? what is the source of significance worth turning into a literary artwork for them?

reading: Gail Sher - Guide for Beginning Haiku (availabe as PDF from Moodle)

(19) team reading & writing response: compare Gail Sher's suggestions for writing haiku with the introduction in Peggy Lyles' book (one page max) What do they agree or disagree about writing haiku?

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> responses & new haiku by midnight Thursday, 2/13)

for 2/18 - haiku of the day --> Dr. Brooks

(20) reading response: write your favorite matched pair from matching contest 1

(21) write 7-8 new haiku -- employing contemplation or meditation in your quiet space. Find a quiet place on campus or at your home to sit, close your eyes, breathe easy and just relaxe . . . DON'T FALL ASLEEP. FALL AWAKE and write some new haiku.

(22) writing love haiku or senryu: write 8-10 love, relationgship, or anti-love haiku. Not necessarily all lovey-dovey cliches, but love, lust, crushes, first date, breaking up, unrequited love, good friends, bitterness about love, winter dance, sock hop, blind date, romance, vampire love, and so on . . . and one on bedroom

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> responses & new haiku by midnight Sunday, 2/16)

for 2/20 - haiku of the day --> Morgan

in class - kukai 3

(23) write 5-6 new haiku based on memeories of key moments throughout your life

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> responses & new haiku by midnight Wednesday, 2/19)

for 2/25 - haiku of the day --> Niki

reading: SCHOOL'S OUT by Randy Brooks

(24) reading responses: find three favorite haiku by Brooks and write a short response paragraph to them.

(25) reading response: write your imagined felt responses to three favorite haiku from Kukai 3 Favorites

(26) write 7-8 new haiku with clear scenes & thingy images (put us there & let us perceive things that matter).
DON'T TELL OR EXPLAIN TO US

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> responses & new haiku by midnight Sunday, 2/23)

for 2/27 - haiku of the day --> Olivia

in class - kukai 4 or matching contest 2

(27) send me edits to at least 2 attempts

(28) writing 5-6 new haiku open topic

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> responses & new haiku by midnight Wednesday, 2/26)

for 3/3 - haiku of the day --> Ashley

reading: Love Haiku by Masajo Suzuki, Introduction and haiku

(29) reading responses: find three favorite haiku by Masajo and write a short response paragraph to them.

(29) matched pair response: find an interesting "matched pair" of haiku (one from Masajo Suzuki and one from other English language authors) to read side by side. Write a short analysis of the writing strategies and techniquse used in these haiku. (not just reader response but analysis of writing techniques such as line break, word choice, arrangement, rhythm, sounds, emphasis, break, voice, tone, attitude, etc.). one page maximum for your analysis (half a page is fine).

(30) reading response: write your imagined felt responses to three favorite haiku from Kukai 4 Favorites

(31) writing 7-8 haiku about failed love, break ups, divorce, lost love, hopes for love, etc. OR OPEN TOPIC!

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> responses & new haiku by midnight Sunday, 3/1

for 3/5 - haiku of the day --> Pat-Rice

in class - kukai or matching contest

(32) writing 5-6 new haiku from spring experiences, picnics, walks, enjoying the outdoors, etc.

AND Shania calls for 2-3 haiku related to "string"

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> responses & new haiku by midnight Wednesday, 3/4)

for 3/10 & 3/12 - Spring Break!

Take a break and enjoy being with friends, family and quiet time with yourself!

for 3/24

EXTRA CREDIT (2 points per full paragraph response) - write reader responses to favorite matches or haiku from:

Matching Contest 2 • Favorites

Kukai 5 • Kukai 5 Favorites

(33) reading response writing: Share a page (about 10-12) of your best haiku with family and friends over spring break, and see which ones they like the best. Write an email to me about favorites selected by your family and friends. Which ones did they like best and why?

(34) haiku writing: write 7-8 haiku or a haiku sequence over Spring Break about your life's reality during spring break or about special locations and places of significance to you in your home town or travel. Don't write a bunch of cliches or stereotypical spring break stuff. Write from the reality of YOUR actual spring break.

(35) haiku wriitng: 5-8 haiku on the coronavirus, social distancing, shelter in place, pandemic

for 3/24 - haiku of the day --> Dr. Brooks

Spring break & coronavirus KUKAI. Check our online page for Kukai 6 Favorites

Preparing for ONLINE kukai Tuesday at 2pm . . . I will invite you to join in the fun. Please read the KUKAI 6 haiku and select your favorite haiku.

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> responses & new haiku by midnight Sunday, 3/22)

for 3/26

(36) reading response writing: write your imagined felt responses to three favorite haiku from Kukai 6 Favorites

reading: The Millikin University Haiku Anthology

(37) reading responses:write about 3 favorite haiku from the MU Haiku Anthology

(38) haiku wriitng: 5-8 haiku OPEN TOPIC (1-2 haiku from childhood & 1-2 haiku on colors)

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> responses & new haiku by midnight Wednesday, 3/23)

for 3/31

Kukai 7 online!

(39) reading & response 1: The Haiku Anthology and write about 3 or 4 favorites haiku.

(40) response 2: write a full page memory response to 1 haiku ending with 2-3 new haiku by you

(41) haiku writing: write 5-8 haiku in response to additional favorite haiku from The Haiku Anthology

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> responses & new haiku by midnight Sunday, 3/29)

for 4/2

(42) reading response writing: write your imagined felt responses to three favorite haiku from Kukai 7

(43) reading response writing: read the 01 Haibun Kukai and vote for up to 3 favorites and write about 1 favorite

Read the haiku anthology (get it from MOODLE): Haiku: The Art of the Short Poem.

(44) reader response: write response paragraphs for three favorite haiku from Haiku: The Art of the Short Poem.

(45) writing haiku: 2-3 April Fool haiku & 3-4 OPEN TOPIC including 2-3 on spirituality or the unseen

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> responses & new haiku by midnight Wednesday, 4/1)

for 4/7

matching contest kukai - Kuro Versus Mido

reading: Haiku Guy handout

(46) writing response: Practice the exercise of stop, look, and listen as described in the book. Find something, whether it be in your dorm, on campus, or somewhere where you can sit quietly without distraction and observe a particular thing, area, or person. Then, write about what you observed, describing what stuck out to you. Write 3-5 haiku from this exercise.

(47) writing response: Compare the advice given to Buck-Teeth of poets Mido and Kuro. What do you think of each of their advice? Which appeals to you more? Explain why.

(48) Write 5 haiku following Kuro's advice, and 5 haiku following Mido's approach

Extra credit: to get extra credit you have to recite your haiku written following Shiro's advice during our ONLINE class.

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> responses & new haiku by midnight Sunday, 4/5)

for 4/9

PREVIEW PLANS: Contemporary Haiku Reader Response Essay Preview - Author or Haiku topic Study:

Think about what or who you'd like to write about for your contemporary haiku reader response essay. These essays are due Monday April 20.

(49) Send me an email about your intended topic or author by Wednesday at midnight, April 8. If you already have 1 book by an author you may focus your reader response essay on haiku from that book. You may search for a certain author or topic from the following bibliography of haiku books available ONLINE. Most of these are free.

A Bibliography of Online Books, Journals and Exhibitions on Haiku, Senryu and Tanka in English
http://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/MillikinHaiku/bibliographies/OnlineHaikuBooks.pdf

Here's guidelines for this assignment:

haiku author or topic study: A formal essay introducing a particular contemporary author, topic or technical approach to contemporary haiku readers. This is a reader-response essay, so the primary source for your essay will be your own readings and analyses of 6-10 haiku. If you are doing an author focus, discuss your author's approach to writing haiku. You may choose to write about a haiku topic instead of an author, with reader responses to 6-10 haiku related to that topic. Matching comparisons with haiku by other authors are always valued in all approaches to this essay. This can focus on one book by the author in the form of a book review essay or on a particular theme or technical approach to haiku by the author.

o focus on a point of insight or question about that author's unique contribution
o include response discussions of 6-10 haiku by the author
o optional to include at a matching comparison to a haiku by another author (or more)
o may include email or in-person interview questions to help address the haiku writer's poetics

The Haiku Foundation has a Haiku Poets Registry that may be helpful in getting a preview of cerntain authors: <https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-registry/>

Length? 5-10 pages single-spaced. Citations? Full citation of each source within text first time mentioned (followed by haiku citation convention of author, publication title abbreviated, page number) for subsequent mentions. Yes, do include a works-cited page.

See the MOODLE handouts for a sample essay and guidelines.

(50) response writing: write about three favorite haiku from Kukai 8 Favorites

(51) writing haiku: open topic 5-8 new haiku including a couple about your favorite animal (try 2 blue haiku)

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> responses & new haiku by midnight Wednesday, 4/8)

for 4/11

EXTRA CREDIT available if sent by midnight Friday, April 10 - write about 2 favorite Kukai 9 Favorites

for 4/14 - scheduling day (no class)

Work on your contemporary haiku essays!

for 4/16

Her left eye
different from the right
black and blue

Niki Curatti

published in Haiku Dialogue, The Haiku Foundation, April 15, 2020

Go for a walk . . . nature, city, wherever (out of your house!) and write haiku from observations. The Japanese call this a GINKO. This is usually done with a group but go solo to maintain current Social Distancing.

(52) haiku writing: write 10-15 haiku on your Ginko and submit 5-8 best ones.

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> responses & new haiku by midnight Wednesday, 4/15)

for 4/21

Contemporary Haiku Reader Response Essay DUE (email to me by Midnight Monday, April 20)

01 - Niki Curatti - Madeline Wilson
02 - Jared Chapman - Ruth Yarrow
03 - Paige Boomer - Femku magazine
04 - Morgan Timmons - Femku magazine
05 - Pascaline Muhindagiga - African Haiku Network
06 - Hannah Watts - Dee Evetts
07 - Dalton Glasco - Ed Baker
08 - Taylor Parola - Gary Hotham
09 - Erika Castanon - Failed Haiku magazine
10 - Kevin Escobar - Kyle Craig
11 - Hailey Wimberly - Tazuo Yamaguchi
12 - Grace Newton - Tazuo Yamaguchi
13 - Hope Klessig - Aubrie Cox
14 - Shania Dvorak - George Swede
15 - Jada Miller - George Swede
16 - Olivia Tharpe - Masjo Suzuki
17 - Ashley Christensen - Wally Swist
18 - Bre Johnson - Wally Swist
19 - Michael Santos - Wally Swist
20 - Pat-rice Rooney - Randy Brooks

Each of you will share 3-5 haiku from your author with the class.

(53) Submit your essay to me. Be sure to include a title and works cited.

(54) Submit a one-page handout of the 3 haiku you will share with the class.

(55) Write 8-10 new haiku on topics similar to your essay or in response to haiku discussed in your essay.

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> your essay, copy of the haiku handout & new haiku by midnight Monday, 4/20)

for 4/23

(57) reading: "An Introduction to Haiku" (Japanese haiku) handout on MOODLE

reading 2: Old Pond Comics about the Japanese masters at <http://www.oldpondcomics.com/masters.html>

(58) reader responses: select 2 favorite haiku and 1 favorite OLD POND COMIC and write imagined responses to each

TRY TO DRAW YOUR OWN HAIKU COMIC! (extra credit)

(59) Write 5-10 new haiku OPEN TOPIC

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> responses & new haiku by midnight Wednesday, 4/22)

for 4/28

(60) response writing: write about three favorite haiku from Kukai 11 Favorites

(61) reading response writing: Chapter 2 of Matsuo Bashô by Ueda (handout available on MOODLE)

(62) haiku response writing: write responses to 2 favorite haiku by Basho

(63) response writing: Find two matching English haiku to Bashô's haiku—one representing the aesthetic of sabi and one the aesthetic experience of karumi. Write a paragraph for each pair comparing these English haiku with those by Basho. One sabi haiku not by Basho compared to one sabi haiku by Basho. And one karumi haiku not by Basho compared to one karumi haiku by Basho.

(64) Write 3-5 haiku based on moments of SABI and 3-5 haiku on moments of KARUMI.

(65) haiku project proposal

The purpose of the haiku project is to apply haikai arts to something that means a lot to the student—usually something related to their major field of study. Bring your passion to this project and connect it to haiku (photography & haiku) (music & haiku) (history and haiku) (psychology & senryu) (a kasen renga) (baseball haiku) (a collage of haiku) (haiku web site) (anthology of love haiku) . . . have fun with this. make it your dream assignment. email me a paragraph explaining your project plan

You can see sample previous haiku projects at:

http://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/MillikinHaiku/studentprojects.html

Haiku projects are due by email midnight, Monday, May 4.

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> responses & new haiku by midnight Sunday, 4/26)

for 4/30

in class kukai

(66) Read the handout: An Introduction to Tan-Renga from Grace Guts web site. (handout on Moodle)

(67) tan-renga capping: write two-line caps for 3 favorite haiku from any previous kukai or matching contest

(68) reading: handout of a Bashô led kasen-no-renga and write a response to a favorite link (two adjacent links)

(69) write 5-8 haiku related to your haiku project

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> responses & new haiku by midnight Wednesday, 4/29)

for 5/5

haiku project presentations

haiku projects due (to be shared in class May 5).

(70) email the contents of your projects (the haiku at least and introduction & photographs or power point, etc)

(71) write about a favorite 1 Tan Renga and 2 favorite haikku from Kukai 12 Favorites

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> responses & new haiku by midnight Monday, 5/4)

for 5/7 (last day of class)

Signature Gift Exchange & Sharing Haiku Collections

(72) Signature haiga gift exchange (digital photo & embedded haiku to be shared with class) and haiku chapbook collections (email to me) are due Wednesday Midnight, May 6.

The signature haiku haiga process—a haiku to give to others when they ask about haiku that can be used to teach them about haiku and to share some of your work with them. A haiku you want to be known for or known by—one that works with a lot of readers. A gift of a haiku insight . . . often presented as a gift of some sort such as a bookmark, a small haiku stone, etc.

Here is an example of one of my haiga:

Haiku Collection Booklets due: Select and organize your best haiku & senryu & haibun & renga into a collection. Make a little booklet, or print them in a binder, or write them in a blank book. (Send me a digital copy.)

Select and organize your best haiku into a small booklet or collection. Give your collection a title and a © 2020 page. (Often signature haiku are connected to the title.) Include a dedication page if you would like to.

Be sure to write an author's introduction to your collection which explains your title and expresses your approach or why these are the ones you have included in your collection (your poetics preface). Ask a reading partner to write a short introduction to your collection, maybe pointing out one or two favorites—or their observation about something unique about your haiku (the reader's introduction). The reader's introduction should help strangers appreciate and value your collection.

Include a short bio (about the author) in the front or back section of your collection.

(73) Don't forget to e-mail a copy of the contents of your collection including your introduction to Dr. Brooks by midnight, Wednesday, May 6.

(email Dr. Brooks your collection, photo of signature haiku, short bio by Wednesday midnight, May 6)

for 5/14 - final exam ONLINE

FINAL PANDEMIC KUKAI! Kukai 13 • Kukai 13 Favorites

(74) write and submit 5-10 pandemic haiku (you may submit any haiku related to the pandemic or sheltering in place or social distancing, etc) If the haiku has not already been born in KUKAI, you may submit it along with your new haiku.

(75) Submissions to haiku magazines Final. (five best haiku for an email submission copied to me)

Type a selection of 5 of your best haiku with your name and address on the top page.

(email Dr. Brooks your submissions and new haiku by Wednesday midnight, May 13)

Post-class evaluation (SIRs & Reflections)

Don't forget to do your SIR course evaluation!

(76) Review haiku you have written from the kukai, matching contest, and from your final haiku collection. Write about why 5 of your haiku are your favorites.

(77) Write a short reflection essay on how your life has been enriched by learning more about the literary art of reading and writing haiku. What has the art of haiku taught you that will be of value in your professional, social and personal life?

(EMAIL your reflection writings to me by midnight Friday May 15, at: rbrooks@millikin.edu)