Advanced Studies in Poetry: Global Haiku Tradition
EN355-01- Spring 2022
Dr. Randy Brooks

<http://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/MillikinHaiku/courses/globalSpring2022/assignments.html/>

Classroom: Shilling 422

Informal Reader Response Writing & Haiku Writing (20 days) (10 each) • 200 total 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 Haiga • 20 points
Final Reading • 20 points

ALL ASSIGNMENTS are to be submitted by email (1 attachement per day is best).
Send them to: rbrooks@millikin.edu

Do NOT send me PDF file versions of your homework.
Attach files to your email to me
or
copy and paste your work into the body of the email.

Handouts are available from MOODLE (most are PDF files).

FINAL EXAM:
May 19, 11:30am Kirkland 128

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/home

Extra Credit Opportunities:

watch for extra credit assignments that pop up from class

(1) Japan House Tea Ceremonies

Japan House is delighted to announce that tea ceremonies will now be offered to the public. See the schedule.

What should I wear to a tea ceremony?

You need to wear white socks in order to walk on the tatami mats in the tea rooms. You will want to wear something in which you will be comfortable kneeling or sitting on the tatami mats. The tea ceremony hosts would prefer if you do not wear blue jeans or shorts.

If you go, enjoy the experience and write about what you understood. Also write some haiku about being in the tea ceremony & at the Japan house. Be sure to check out the older style tea room as well.

(2) 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 1/25 - haiku of the day --> Dr. Brooks

reading: Mayfly 71 magazine sample

for 1/27 - haiku of the day --> Gwen

(1) writing response: send me an email copy of your in-class response to a favorite haiku in Mayfly 71

(2) haiku writing: write your first 5-8 haiku attempts on transition times—lulls of dawn, of dusk, of relationships, of states of consciousness, holiday's end, COVID back, 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 assignments 1, 2, 3 to Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) by midnight Wednesday, January 26)

for 2/1 - haiku of the day --> Mandy

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 3 haiku which capture different instances or feelings from within that longer memory from your experience.

(6) haiku write: 5-8 new haiku on about winter perceptions.

(email assignments 4, 5, 6 to Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) by midnight Sunday, January 30)

for 2/3 - haiku of the day --> Geo

(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 69 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 like the SNOW DAY and storm!)

(email assignments 7, 8, 9 to Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) by midnight Wednesday, 2/2)

for 2/8 - haiku of the day --> Sydney

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 assignments 10, 11, 12 to Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) by midnight Sunday, 2/6)

for 2/10 - haiku of the day --> Alex

in class: Kukai 2 • Kukai 2 Favorites

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

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

(14) write 8-10 haiku on write 5-6 new haiku on the nitty gritty side of college life and the angst of being human — like some of George's haiku.

(email assignments 13, 14 to Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) by midnight Wednesday, 2/9)

for 2/15 - haiku of the day --> Kelsey

in class -Valentine's Gift Exchange Haiku & Matching Contest 3 HEALTH

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

(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) haiku write: valentine haiku gift exchange: write a Valentine's day haiku and sign and bring 16 copies for a Valentine's Day gift exchange. Have fun with this!

(email assignments 15, 16, 17 to Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) by midnight Sunday, 2/13)

for 2/17 - haiku of the day --> Geo

(18) reading response: 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?

(19) write 5-6 new haiku on working out, exercise, getting healthy, yoga, etc.

(email assignments 18, 19 to Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) by midnight Wednesday, 2/16)

for 2/22 - haiku of the day --> MAYFLY 72

(20) reading response: write your favorite 2 matches from Matching Contest 01 Favorites

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

(21) reading response: compare Gail Sher's suggestions for writing haiku with the introduction in Peggy Lyles' book (one page max)

(22) write7-8 haiku - OPEN TOPIC (matching contest winner's prompt is "slay" or "flop"

(email assignments 20, 21, 22 to Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) by midnight Sunday, 2/20)

for 2/24

reading: MY RED: Selected Haiku by John Stevenson

(23) reading responses: find three favorite haiku by Stevenson and write a short response paragraph to them

(24) reading responses: write about 1 favorite haiku from MAYFLY 72 (just published)

(25) write 8-10 new haiku based on memeories of key moments throughout your life

(email assignments 23, 24, 25 to Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) by midnight Wednesday, 2/23)

for 3/1

reading: Love Haiku by Masajo Suzuki, Introduction and haiku

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

(27) 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).

(28) writing 8-10 haiku about failed love, break ups, divorce, lost love, hopes for love, etc. OR OPEN TOPIC!

(email assignments 26, 27, 28 to Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) by midnight Sunday, 2/27)

for 3/3

(29) reading response: send me the numbers for all of your favorite haiku from Kukai 3 Favorites and write your responses to three favorite haiku from KKukai 3 Favorites

(30) reading & responses: WALKING UNEVEN GROUND, pages 1-121, and write responses about 3 favorites.

(31) haiku writing: write 8-10 haiku OPEN TOPIC

(email assignments 29, 30, 31 to Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) by midnight Wednesday, 3/2)

for 3/8 - Sharing comparisons

(32): compare haiku as a genre to another art or activity you know well & care about. Create a short comparison presentation with haiku & representations from your comparison topic. You MAY team up with a partner on this project.

(power point, prezi, music or class activity 5 minutes each)

Previous semester comparisons have included: Haiku Charades - Haiku Pictionary - Haiga & Visual Arts - Haiku & Fishing - Food & Haiku - Haiclue - Jazz Haiku Impromtu-ku - Scifaiku - Star Trek Haiku - Harry Potter Haiku - Billboard Haiku - Senryu & Comic Strips - Meditation - Tai Chi - Songwriting

(33) writing haiku: 5-6 haiku related to elements (things, reality, settings, contexts) often associated with your haiku comparison.

(email assignments 32, 33 to Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) by midnight Sunday, 3/6

for 3/10

Kukai 4 • Kukai 4 Favorites

(34): write haiku triggered by other students' haiku comparison presentations.

(email assignments 34 to Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) by midnight Wednesday, 3/9)

for 3/12 & 3/14 - Spring Break!

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

for 3/22

Spring Break kukai

(35) 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?

(36) haiku writing: write 8-10 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.

(email assignments 35, 36 to Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) by midnight Sunday, 3/20)

for 3/24

(37) writing response: write your imagined felt responses to 2 favorite haiku from Kukai 5 Favorites (Spring Break haiku)

reading: The Haiku Anthology

(38) reading & responses: The Haiku Anthology and select 3 favorites and write a paragraph response to 2 favorite haiku and write 2-3 haiku in response to a favorite haiku from THA.

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

(email assignments 37, 38, 39 to Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) by midnight Wednesday, 3/23)

for 3/29

reading: handout of haiku from School's Out by Randy Brooks

(40) writing response: find three favorite haiku from Randy Brooks and write a short response paragraphs about them.

(41) Read Chapter 13 - The Art of Reading & Writing Haiku (pages 187-200) and write about one favorite haiku from this portion of the book.

(42) writing haiku: open topic 5-8 haiku

Post-midterm Essay Preview - Author or Haiku topic Study:

(43) Think about what or who you'd like to write about for your contemporary haiku reader response essay. You may want to browse the Registry of haiku poets at The Haiku Foundation <http://www.thehaikufoundation.org>. These essays are due April 14. In order to loan you books from the Decatur Haiku Collection, I need to know your intended topic or author by Sunday at midnight, March 27. SEND ME A PARAGRAPH OF YOUR IDEA FOR THE ESSAY.

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

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.

(email assignments 40, 41, 42, 43 to Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) by midnight Sunday, 3/27)

for 3/31

kukai 06?

(44) Read the following two haibun by Aubrie Cox, Editor of Frogpond. Write a short response about one of these, and how the haiku connects but goes beyond or in a different direction from the prose.

Troll

     by Aubrie Cox

Life under a bridge is renowned to be that of a troll, and that it is. Floods on occasion make the home a bit wet, but a little mold and algae never hurt anything. Fresh fish daily, a billy goat if lucky; however, this is not prime real-estate—it's just beneath the price of a cardboard box. Stones wedged together with natural mortar arch overhead and shade the muddy water so that one can barely see the fish going by. They come up to the surface, their fishy mouths gaping, gasping for air; their glazed eyes never see warted hands, or fishing rods coming for them. (I hate fishing rods, by the way.) Trash is littered everywhere—lost treasures from passerbys. Rain matters little when every spring the neighborhood gets carried downstream.

wagon over head
rubble plops in
the cracked teacup

•

FISH EYE

You're a handful sometimes. You know you'll probably be up all night packing. You're not sure you love your father anymore. Your head gets fuzzy sometimes. You don't know what's next. You don't feel pretty. You sometimes lose the courage to say what you mean out loud. You hope your students understand they should not have to pay for their education. You know your grandmother only loves you conditionally. You wish your middle school counselor hadn't seen right through you. You're too protective of your mother. You use too much tissue paper around your favorite books. You understand now what he meant when he said your arms feel like home. You didn't escape the stereotype of a child of divorce like you thought you had. You hope your best friend wasn't right when he said you were broken. You want to go home.

midnight rain
bubble wrap punctures
the silence

•

(45) Write 2 haibun - One a memory of a lived experience (capture the sense of being there—the sensory experience as well as the overall atmosphere or mood). 1 page max. The second one can be a fictional imagined piece (you may want to start off from a favorite haiku you've read), and let your imagination go into it to make it seem like you are there, living the moment. (Include at least one haiku per haibun - you may want to write 3-4 and select only the best 1-2).

(email assignments 44, 45 to Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) by midnight Wednesday, 3/30)

for 4/5

(46) writing response: write your imagined felt responses to 2 favorite haiku from Kukai 6 Favorites

reading: Haiku Guy handout

(47) 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.

(48) Think about the source of your haiku. Where do your haiku originate? Why do you notice, observe, feel, reflect or focus on those things for immediate impact and lasting significance? Where do your very best haiku come from? What's your haiku muse? Your inspiration to write?

(49) 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.

(50) Write 5 haiku following Kuro's advice, and 5 haiku following Mido's approach. Try a few animal haiku.

(email assignments 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 to Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) by midnight Sunday, 4/3)

for 4/7 - team GINKO day (go on an excursion with friends and write haiku)

Work on your contemporary haiku essays!

(51) Enjoy reading the haibun from fellow students and write about 2 of your favorite ones. (I'll send you a PDF of the haibun without author names.)

(email assignments 51 to Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) by midnight Wednesday, 4/7)

for 4/12 - matching contests!

Finish your contemporary reader response essays. We will begin presentations on April 14.

(52) Write 10 new haiku - OPEN TOPIC & haiku from your team ginko.

(email assignments 52 to Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) by midnight Sunday, 4/10)

for 4/14 - reader response essays due

(53) response writing: write about 2 favorites from Kukai 07 Favorites

(54) Finish your essays!

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.

Alexander Saviano - physical format of haiku
Audrey Button - Marlene Mountain
Emma Antonelli - WORDS BUBBLE UP LIKE SODA POP
Kelsey Crotz - Marlene Mountain
Madyson Fritch - Akira Sternberg
Mandy Thrasher - Masajo Suzuki

(55) On April 14, print out and bring 19 copies of all of the haiku discussed in your essay. This handout should be on a single page (front and back is fine if needed) providing your audience with copies of all haiku discussed in the essay.

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

(email assignments 53, 54, 55, 56 to Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) by midnight Wednesday, 4/13)

for 4/19 - scheduling day (no class)

(57) reading response: request a copy of 1 or 2 essays by others in our class (2 essays max!). Read the essay and write a paragraph response about what you especially liked or realized from their essay.

(58) reading response: write your imagined felt responses to 3 favorite haiku from other student handouts

(59) Write 5-10 new haiku on topics in response to haiku discussed in essay presentations.

(email assignments 57, 58, 59 to Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) by midnight Sunday, 4/17)

for 4/21 - could it be kukai time?

(54) If you haven't already, then this is the last chance to finish your essays.

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.

Amanda Handegan - Ellen Compton
Andrew Tufano - Mike Dillon
Camryn Wagner - Alan Watts on haiku
Chase Nelson - queer stories in haiku
Christian Andrews-Stewart - Terry Ann Carter
Geovanny Tapia - effective metaphor in haiku
Gwendolyn Klinkey - floral imagery in haiku
Isabel Vincent - romance haiku
Jasmine-Kalei Humphrey - Masajo Suzuki
Madyson Fritch - Akira Sternberg
Marta Viúdez García - reading haiku in Spanish and English
Nicholas Canton - India Guerrero's biology haiku
Sydney Sinks - Marlene Mountain

(55) On April 14, print out and bring 19 copies of all of the haiku discussed in your essay. This handout should be on a single page (front and back is fine if needed) providing your audience with copies of all haiku discussed in the essay.

(60) Write 5-10 new haiku OPEN TOPIC

(email assignments 60 to Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) by midnight Wednesday, 4/20)

for 4/26

EXTRA CREDIT: select favorites from my VW & tomato worm haiku . . . and write about 1 favorite from each

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

(62) 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.

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

(email assignments 62, 63 to Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) by midnight Sunday, 4/24)

for 4/28

Matching Contest 03
Matching Contest 03 Favorites

(64) response writing: write about 2 favorite haiku from Kukai 8 Favorites

(65) reading: Bashô (sample Kasen no-renga) - and write a response to a favorite link (a pair of links) in one of the renku examples

(66) take turns with friends and write one sequence of 7 to 17 haiku (in person is most fun, but email is possible). You may take two different approaches—a string is a series of haiku on the same topic (variations) or a sequences follows intuitive links and shifts from previous haiku

(67) 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 by midnight April 27.

You can see sample previous haiku projects at:

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

Haiku projects are due midnight, Sunday, May 8
Project presentations are May 10

(email assignments 64, 65, 66, 67 to Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) by midnight Wednesday, 4/27)

for 05/05

(68) Write about 2-3 tan-renga

(69) type your Mad-verse Kasen renga completed in class and send it to me.

for 5/05 - we will do these IN CLASS

(70) EXTRA CREDIT: Read the student kasen renga by Bri Hill and students at:

http://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/haiku/studentrenga/Grasshoppers&Tobacco.html

(71) EXTRA CREDIT: Plan a haiku writing gathering with classmates and/or friends (groups of 4-7). This can be a series of haiku or a half-kasen due midnight, Sunday May 8

This is a gathering for writing linked verse—if it's nice out you could gather in the park or at Rock Springs or at someone's place. Allow the spirit of the place where you gather to be a springboard for the haiku, but don't limit yourself to that place once you get into the linking. Let your links go out through time and seasons moving from person (ninjo) focused to non-person (ninjo-nashi) focus to avoid too much continuity of persons or scenes. Try to avoid more than three ninjo or ninjo-nashi links in a row. Remember, every two links make a new poem.

Using the following guide (derived largely from Shirane's book Traces of Dreams, try writing a kasen-no-renga.

(1) ninjô verses—people or emotion or human environment verses (self, other or both)
(2) ninjô-nashi—non-people or things or place or nature-only verses

Write a 18 link half-kasen-no-renga:

(1) hokku—sets tone, greets all, establishes season, quiets guests to join in
(2) wakiku—builds on unstated elements of the hokku and maintains season. ends in a noun
(3) daisanku—ends with open-ended image (often transitive verb ING)
(5) usually moon shows up here for the first time
(6) concludes the first page (jo) often written by the official scribe
(7)-(29) heats up the links and leaping (intensification)
(13) moon appears again
(17) blossoms usually show up here

(email assignments 68, 69 to Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) by midnight Wednesday, 5/4)

for 5/10

(72) haiku project submitted & ready for in class presentations

Alex Saviano - haiku story telling
Amanda Handegan - haiku drink recipes
Andrew Tufano - beach haiku
Audrey Button - haiku and plants
Camryn Wagner - favorite paintings and haiku
Chase Nelson - stage direction haiku
Christian Andrews-Stewart -
Emma Antonelli - photos and haiku collage
Geovanny Tapia -
Gwendolyn Klinkey - love haiku
Isabel Vincent -
Jasmine-Kalei Humphrey -
Kelsey Crotz - singing and haiku
Marta Viúdez García -
Nicholas Canton -
Sydney Sinks - photos and haiku

(email assignment 72 to Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) by midnight Sunday, 5/8)

for 5/12 (last day of class)

Signature Gift Exchange & Sharing Haiku Collections

(73) Signature haiku gift exchange (digital photo sent to me) and haiku chapbook collections (email to me) are due Wednesday Midnight, May 11.

The signature haiku 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.

BRING 18 copies to class! (including 1 for yourself)

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.

Select and organize your best haiku & senryu & haibun & renga into a small booklet or collection. Give your collection a title and a © 2022 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.

BRING 1 copy of your Haiku Collection to class Thursday, May 12!

(74) Don't forget to e-mail a copy of the contents of your collection including your introduction to Dr. Brooks by midnight, Wednesday, May 11!

(75) Don't forget to e-mail your short bio statement to Dr. Brooks by midnight, December 5. This bio statement will be used at our Global Haiku final exam Reading.

(email assignments 73, 74, 75 to Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) by Wednesday midnight, May 11)

for 5/19 - final exam

final exam reading --> May 19, 11:30am Kirkland 128

The Spring 2022 Global Haiku Reading

I will bring your haiku collections and return them to you at the final Global Haiku Reading.

Extra credit is available for bringing 2 or more guests to the reading, or for helping with one of our haiku reading tasks. Have your guests sign your signature haiku page for credit.

Dr. Brooks - M.C. (introductions & bio notes)

(76) Submissions to haiku magazines Final. (one email submission copied to me & one snail mail submission brought to the final exam in envelopes)

Type a selection of 5 of your best haiku with your name and address on the upper left hand corner of the page.

(email assignments 76 to Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) by Wednesday midnight, May 18)

Post-class evaluation (SIRs & Reflections)

(77) Don't forget to do your SIR course evaluation!

(78) 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.

(79) 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 assignments 77, 78, 79 to Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) by Friday noon, May 18)