Haiku Kukai Third & Fourth Hours - Hartsburg-Emden High School

Haiku Workshops • Hartsburg, Illinois • Spring 2011

a buck steps out
safety clicks off
proud dad

Dylan

casting
"kerplop" in the water
a turtle

Zach (4)

dirt track
ears ringing
dirt flying

Myles (3)

military school.
mom cries
in the rearview mirror

Dusty (9)

 

college acceptance
she's ecstatic
his heart breaks

Sydney (9)

green grass
white baseball
into the blue sky

Cody

flashing bulbs
25-26
ankle cracks

Alli (3)

a bloody mess
in dad's new truck
everything in pieces

Josiah (9)

warm green pasture
new lives are mooed
into being

Josiah (2)

they touch
a rollercoaster
stomach rush

Danielle (7)

day at the farm
kids playing on the well
mom yells

Will (6)

phone rings
she cries
a homecoming

Mary (4)

strange town
hospital dark and gloomy
a girl screaming

Amanda

at the boat club
sitting in the water
a newphew's groggy laugh

Carissa (2)

sun shades
cover her eyes
so she can hide

Danielle

ocean breeze
the smell of salt and sand
the girl sighs

Danielle (6)

a classroom
full of desks
a poster falls to the floor

Nic (2)

road blocked
flat-bed truck holds
a casket

Nichole

51 candles
light his
grave

Nichole

our eyes meet
nightlock
on our lips

Nichole

hot coffee in the morning
dust out the fire
wanted poster goes up

Clinton (5)

smooth
refreshing
my Mountain Dew

Nathan (4)

 


© 2011, Randy Brooks • Millikin University
All rights returned to authors upon publication.