Kukai 3: Mixed Groups

Global Haiku Tradition Kukai 2 (March 2, 2001)
Millikin University, Spring 2001

Each reading group set their group's kukai word:
dirty socks, Leprechaun, sunlight, woodpecker, seed catalog, post office
 
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Dr. Brooks' favorites


river of sunlight
two children
swim *

Michelle Clements


dirty socks--
an evening
in sandals *

Amanda Young


digging in the garden--
with the MilkBones
I find the other socks               *


heavy sigh--
              she leans over
dirty socks on the floor . . . again

Mary Gamble


morning after
comforter rumpled
dirty socks on the floor

Mandy Hill


white dirty socks
lay on the floor
next to hers

Adria Neapolitan


leprechaun lawn ornament
winks at me
as I ring her doorbell 

Mark Grizzard


post office
elderly man clutches a letter
and counts nickels

Mark Grizzard


leprechaun and rabbit
sit at the bar,
no kids to bother them

Adria Neapolitan


Christmas season
post office frustration
I just need a stamp

Sarah Lutz


the next morning
in leprechaun boxers
vomiting green

James Brett


just before autumn
I put my summer postcards
in the mail *

Kay Millikin


support circle of friends--
kermit tells the leprechaun
it's easy being green

Karen Brain


seed catalogs and Thoreau
stacked in the garage--
she rushes off to a meeting

Mark Grizzard


tap tapping
tap
in my head
the woodpecker headache

Adria Neapolitan


what a ruckus!
woodpecker's
creation

Michelle Clements


intimate moment
rudely interrupted
woodpecker carries on

Lauren Omohundro


spring's arrival
by mail
seed catalog

Michelle Clements


always meant to start a garden
stacks of seed catalogs
in the garage

Sarah Knutilla


new puppy
leaves yellow puddle
on the seed catalog

Lauren Omohundro


©2001 Randy Brooks, Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois || all rights reserved for original authors