Global Haiku • Fall 2024
Dr. Randy Brooks

My Favorite People

by
Katelyn Wendt

This collection contains some of my favorite haiku that I have written because each one highlights a person or a memory that I cherish deeply. For me, these haiku evoke a wide range of emotions. Most make me smile, a couple threaten tears, and many bring me a sense of nostalgia or peace. Ultimately, however, the haiku in this collection remind me to always be grateful that I have “my favorite people” in my life.

These haiku serve as a tribute to the people in my life that I love the most: friends, family, and friends who have become family. Though they were inspired by memories and people from my life, my hope is that readers will be able to relate to them in their own way.

curling her hair
I used to be
the one in the chair

carpool karaoke
each passenger
in a different key

ghost in the graveyard
searching in silence
leaves crunch

lunchtime message
a sandwich with no crust
love dad

playing the old Wii
we still struglle
with rainbow road

late October snow . . .
the fairy's wings
worn over her coat

ten-minute drive
we spend five
trying to pick a song

heated debate
only one correct way
to roast a marshmallow

the results are in
I dial
mom

inside jokes
the muscles in my face
sore

lunch with grandma
a slap on my wrist
as I reach for my wallet

happy birthday
the shoes I mentioned I liked
two months ago

grandpartent's day
running errands
in my costume

empty parking lot
learning to stop
without getting whiplash

spring cleaning
I go shopping
in her closet

starry sky
an endless game
of connect the dots

sky full of flurries
the blue spruce
starts to slouch