Global Haiku • Fall 2024
Dr. Randy Brooks

A Whole New World

by
Charley Condill

I wrote this haiku collection for my Global Haiku class at Millikin University in 2024. It is entitled A Whole New World because one of my best haiku used that phrase in its last line. Additionally, this title relates to my experience with learning and writing haiku. Choosing these haiku was simple; I selected my favorites and the haiku that the readers liked best. The collection includes various topics and evokes many emotions. What I want to portray in this book is love for the parts of life that usually go unnoticed. This poetic journey opened my mind to endless creativity and a new outlook on the little details of life.

seagulls on the beach
kids in a candy store
eyeing treasures

surprise mail from mom
hoping for money
instead, it’s shampoo

water streets
gondola rides
a whole new world

happiness
in an extra-large cup
76-cent Polar Pop

buggies on the road
bonnets on bikes
home sweet home

midnight corn maze
a hand finds my ankle
dead end—

grandparents tell me
i look so grown up
they look the same to me

drive back to school
clean laundry
fills the backseat

full tank of gas
groceries in the back
I love my parents