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Global Haiku • Millikin University • Fall 2021


leftover pizza
for a whole week
still good

leftover pizza
still good
for a whole week

Shay Buchanan

week old
pizza
still good


you said you liked
my constellation
of moles

the constellation
of moles
you said you liked

moles
you said you liked
mu constellation

but you liked 
my constellation
of moles

Allison Durham

my constellation
of moles
was your night sky


one vertebrae
on top of the other
realigning

one vertebrae
then another
realigning

Priscilla Sabourin

realigning
one vertebrae
on top of another


vine we miss you
musical.ly we hate you
tiktok we thank you

Reece Brown

 


blown out speaker cone
i've unplugged you seven times
but still see sparks

blown out speaker
unplugged seven times
I still see sparks

blown out speaker cone
unplugged seven times
still sparks fly

Mason Hoyt

 


morning multivitamin pills
making choices on which to take
Keanu Reeves

morning pills
making choices
Keanu Reeves

morning pills
which to take
Keanu Reeves

pills
choices
Keanue Reeves

Gabe Henderson


plastic Barbie torn 
wig missing hand no accessories 
you’re still mine.

missing hand, tattered dress
plastic Barbie
you're still mine

Daniel Clear

plastic Barbie
missing a hand
you're still mine

Barbie
missing a hand
you're still mine

torn hair
missing hand
still my Barbi

missing hand
Barbie
you're still mine

naked Barbie
botched haircut
still mihe


clouds like the Toy Story wallpaper
suddenly aware
how alive I am

Toy Story wallpaper
suddenly aware
how alive I am

clouds like Toy Story
suddenly aware
how alive I am

wallpaper clouds
drifting awareness
how alive I am

sky like Toy Story clouds
suddenly aware
how alive I am

Toy Story clouds
suddenly aware
how alive I am

Emily Nicholas


never quite knowing
how to react to
the number on the scale

never knowing
how to react
number on the scale

step on the scale
will my lips
mimic the number

Allison Durham

never
knowing
the number on the scale

number on the scale
never quite knowing
how to react


orange slices
peeled
without even asking

Nico Velazquez

orange slices
peeled
without asking

orange slices
peeled
no need to ask

orange
peeled
no need to ask

for me
you peel an orange
I don't have to ask


chipped toe nail polish
summer day
broken in flip flops

chipped nail polish
summer day
flip flops broken in

summer day
chipped polish in
worn flip flops

Reece Brown

summer heat
in bent flip flops
chipped nail polish


looking over my shoulder
i smile
catch up

looking over my shoulder
i smile and wait
for you to catch up

I see her over my shoulder
our smiles sync
we match pace

looking behind
i smile
catch up

 


flat on our backs
gazing at ropes above
as if they were stars

Emily Nicholas

(like it as is)

 


quickly ambling
up a wall
on eight legs

eight legs
quickly ambling
up a wall

quickly ambling
up a wall
eight legs

scuttling
up the wall
eight legs

Daniel Clear


riding on the shoulders
of an old friend
long gone

riding on the shoulders
of a friend
long gone

Shay Buchanan


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