Millikin University English Writing Roundtable

Zen Aesthetics & Haiku
Fall 2026• Dr. Randy Brooks

 

early morning
low fog
the boat awaiting

 

by Whitney Edmonson

 

Final Exam - A Public Haiku Reading

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Writing Roundtable:
Zen Aesthetics & Haiku

(Wednesdays 12:00-1250 pm)
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Fall 2026

Students in Zen & Haiku

Syllabus

Assignments Guide

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Kukai & Matching Contests:

kukai 1 • kukai 1 favorites

 

 

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Fall 2026 Zen Haiku Students


Required Books

 

Get the following books directly from Dr. Brooks (available first day of class):

Bare Necessities: Selected Haiku of Francine Banwarth, (2023) Brooks Books

Amann, Eric. The Wordless Poem: A Study of Zen in Haiku. (1978)

School’s Out: Selected Haiku of Randy Brooks (1999) Press Here

Zen Art for Meditation. Stewart W. Holmes & Chimyo Horioka. Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle, 1978. ISBN 978-0804812559.

Issues of MAYFLY magazine and kukai book prizes.


haiku conferences

haiku courses at Millikin

teaching haiku

speakers & readings

haiku competitions at MU

American Haiku Archive

student haiku projects

published haiku by students

links to haiku web sites

student research on haiku

haiku by Millikin students

directory of haiku magazines

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