Advanced Studies in Poetry: Global Haiku Tradition
HN202-03 Creative Arts Honors Seminar - Fall 2025
Dr. Randy Brooks

<https://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/MillikinHaiku/courses/globalFall2025/assignments.html>

Classroom: SH422

Informal Reader Response Writing & Haiku Writing (20 days) (10 each) • 200 total points
Contemporary Haiku Essay (post mid-term) • 100 points
Haiku Project • 100 points
Haiku Collection (paper booklet & by email) • 100 points
Haiku Collection Poetics Preface on YOUR Art of Writing Haiku • 20 points
Signature Haiku Haiga • 20 points
Final Reading • 20 points

ALL ASSIGNMENTS are to be submitted by email (1 attachement per day is best).
Send them to: rbrooks@millikin.edu

Do NOT send me PDF file versions of your homework.

Attach files to your email to me
or
copy and paste your work into the body of the email.

Handouts are available from MOODLE (most are PDF files).

Final Exam Reading: tba

Haiku Society of America • http://www.hsa-haiku.org/
Haiku Chronicles • http://www.haikuchronicles.com/
The Haiku Foundation • http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/
Heron's Nest • http://www.theheronsnest.com/
Modern Haiku • http://www.modernhaiku.org/
World Kigo Database • http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/
FemKu • https://femkumag.wixsite.com/home

Extra Credit Opportunities:

10 points - listen to a HAIKU TALK podcast by Ben Gaa - write a response paragraph and haiku in response

https://www.youtube.com/@HaikuTalk

You may earn up to 50 extra credit points (10 for each podcast response)

•

20 points - listen to this talk on the concept of wabi-sari
by Jonny Thompson from his “Mini Philosophy” Facebook reels:

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1992810604840738

(and write a paragraph connecting this concept to haiku
with at least one haiku example)

or 8/26 - haiku of the day --> Dr. Brooks

reading: Mayfly magazine sample

for 8/28 - haiku of the day --> Dr. Brooks

(1) writing response: send me an email copy of your in-class response to a favorite haiku in MAYFLY

(2) haiku writing: write your first 4-6 haiku attempts on transition times—lulls of dawn, of dusk, of relationships, of states of consciousness, summer's end, end of the pandemic, back to school).

reading: Tea's Aftertaste by Aubrie Cox, (PDF handout on MOODLE = 01-AubrieCox-TeasAftertaste)

(3) writing response: find 2 favorite Aubrie haiku—write your imagined felt responses to them (one paragraph each)

REMEMBER to cite each haiku fully (do not add capital letters or punctuation) like this:

father-daughter talk
my fishing lure
caught in the moon

Aubrie Cox, Tea's Aftertaste, 27

(email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) your 1 Mayfly response, your 2 Cox response & 4-6 new haiku by midnight Wednesday, August 27)

for 9/02 - haiku of the day --> Bella

in class: could it be KUKAI? Kukai 1 Favorites

reading: RED LEAVES by Peggy Lyles

(4) writing responses: find 3 favorite Lyles haiku—write your imagined felt responses to them (one paragraph each) and briefly write your imagined, felt response to them. Be ready to discuss why you like them.

(5) writing extended memory & memory haiku: choose a fourth favorite haiku by Peggy Lyles or Aubrie Cox that especially triggered memories from your childhood or past. This time write a one page memory describing a moment from your own life. THEN write 3 haiku which capture different instances or feelings from within that longer memory from your experience.

(6) haiku write: 3-4 haiku OPEN TOPIC

(email your 3 short responses & one 1-page sensory memory writing & 4-6 new haiku by midnight Sunday, 8/31)

for 9/04 --> Emily

(7) reading response: write your imagined felt response to one favorite haiku from Kukai 1 Favorites

(8) share your extended memory writing with partners . . . then write 1 or 2 haiku based on favorite words, phrases, and images. Share these 1 or 2 new haiku with your partners and get feedback (or edit suggestions) from them. Then send them to me.

(9) haiku write: 4-6 new haiku on OPEN topic

(email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) your assignments by midnight Wednesday, 9/03)

for 9/09 --> Addison

in class: Kukai 2 • Kukai 2 Favorites

reading: The Silence Between Us by Wally Swist (paperback book)

(10) writing response: find three favorite haiku from Wally Swist and write a short response paragrapsh about them.

(11) reading response: find an interesting "matched pair" of haiku (one from Wally Swist and one from Peggy Lyles or MAYFLY) to read side by side. write a short analysis of the writing strategies and techniquse used in these haiku. (not reader response but analysis of writing techniques such as line break, word choice, arrangement, rhythm, sounds, emphasis, break, voice, tone, attitude, etc.). one page maximum for your analysis (half a page is fine).

(12) haiku write: go for a walk (by yourself or with friends) and write haiku that come to you from just being out there. (4-6 haiku from the outdoors)

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> send your responses and haiku by by midnight Sunday, 9/07)

for 9/11 --> Hope

(13) reading response: write your imagined felt response to three favorite haiku from Kukai 2 favorites (three paragraphs)

(14) writing haiku: open topic 4-6 haiku - write at least 1 haiku from Chelsea & Coraline's prompt: FOOD

(15) write 1-2 haiga: (photograph or drawing with a haiku placed on the artwork)

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> send your responses and haiku by midnight Wednesday, 9/10)

for 9/16 --> Grace

Haiga & Kukai 3? A double-header!

(16) listen to the Aubrie Cox interview (audio file MOODLE = 02-AubrieCoxInterview.mp3) and write a short reponse about 2 things you realized about haiku from this interview.

reading: handout of haiku from Almost Unseen by George Swede
(PDF handout on MOODLE = 06-GeorgeSwedeHaikuHandout)

(17) writing response: find three favorite haiku from the George Swede handout and write a short response paragrapsh about them.

(18) haiku write: write 4-6 new haiku on college life or the angst of being human.

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> send your responses and haiku by midnight Sunday, 9/14)

for 9/18 --> Natalie

reading: Gail Sher - Guide for Beginning Haiku Writers (PDF handout on MOODLE = 07-Sher-GuideForBeginningHaiku)

(19) reading response: compare Gail Sher's suggestions for writing haiku with the introduction in Peggy Lyles' book (one page max)

(20) reading response: write your imagined felt response to one favorite haiga from 1 Haiga Favorites (see the HAIGA FOLDER in Moodle)

(21) reading response: write your imagined felt responses to two favorite haiku from Kukai 3 Favorites

(22) write 4-6 haiku on OPEN TOPICS

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> comparison of Sher and Lyles, send your responses and haiku by midnight Wednesday, 9/17)

for 9/23 --> Hannah

reading: My Red: The Selected Haiku of John Stevenson (clothbound book handout on Moodle)

(23) writing response: find three favorite haiku from John Stevenson and write a short response paragraphs about them.

(24) reading response: compare the genesis of discourse for two authors (John Stevenson or Wally Swist and Peggy Lyles). why do they choose to write haiku about these moments? what is the source of significance worth turning into a literary artwork for them? Where does the writer find the subjects to write about. Where do their haiku come from?

(25) writing haiku: open topic 4-6 haiku and Natalie's prompt — cats

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> send your responses and haiku by by midnight Sunday, 9/21)

for 9/25 haiku of the day --> Amanda

Matching Contest 1 & 2 Favorites

(26) Read Chapter 3 - The Art of Reading & Writing Haiku and write about three favorite haiku from this portion of the book. (PDF handout on MOODLE = 03-Art Of Reading & Writing Haiku)

(27) Send me your discussion of 2 favorite pairs from our Matching Contest 1 & 2 Favorites. You may write about one pair from each contest or 2 pairs from 1 contest. A pair means you discuss the 2 haiku in a match anywhere from the competition.

(28) during or at a different time and place from your quiet contemplation space writing, slowly read your new issue of MAYFLY closing your eyes after reading each haiku to fully imagine each one. Let your imagination/memory go and write 2-3 haiku from where one of your favorite haiku took you.

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> send your responses and haiku by midnight Wednesday, 9/24)

for 9/30 --> Coraline

reading: handout of haiku from School's Out by Randy Brooks
(PDF handout on MOODLE = 08-RandyBrooksHaikuHandout)

(29) writing response: find two favorite haiku from Randy Brooks and write a short response paragraphs about them.

(30) send me your final edited versions from class. (Either ors for each haiku you edited). Then write about at least 2 pairs of EITHER/OR haiku. Why doyou like one version better than the other?

(31) writing haiku: open topic 4-6 haiku. Our Matching Contest winner, Sam, says our prompt is "eyes"

email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) assignments due by midnight Sunday, 9/28

for 10/02 --> Jordana

(32) Authors choose your favorite version of your edited haiku (or write a new one!) Send me the version you like best and why you like it best of all alternatives. See this web page for versions: edit alternatives

(33) reading response to a favorite pair from Matching Contest 3 and 1 favorite haiku from Kukai 4.

(34) write 4-6 haiku in response to some favorite haiku by Randy Brooks or from kukai 4 haiku

email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) assignments due by midnight Wednesday, 10/01

for 10/07

have fun homecoming weekend!

reading: The Millikin University Haiku Anthology (PDF handout on MOODLE = 15-Millikin University Haiku Anthology)

(35) reading responses:write about 3 favorite haiku from the MU Haiku Anthology

(36) write 4-6 homecoming haiku (literarly going home or high school or Millikin's homecoming weekend) (write some that actual feature elements of your home town area!)

We will wait for the next prompt until next week (it will be Halloween but submissions can come in before Sunday, October 19 for a Halloween kukai on 10/21).

email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) assignments by midnight Sunday, 10/05

for 10/09

Kukai 5 Favorites (homecoming)

(37) reading: Love Haiku by Masajo Suzuki (MOODLE handout = 09-Masajo-LoveHaiku) and find three favorite haiku by Masajo and write a short response paragraph to each one.

(38) reading response: write your imagined felt responses to two favorite haiku from Kukai 5 Favorites

(39) writing love haiku or senryu: write 1-2 haiku with the prompt of HOBBIES . . . and write 4-6 love or anti-love haiku. Not necessarily all lovey-dovey cliches, but love, crushes, first date, breaking up, unrequited love, good friends, bitterness about love, winter dance, sock hop, blind date, romance, vampire love, and so on . . .

email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) assignments due by midnight Wednesday, 10/08

for 10/14

Kukai 6 • Kukai 6 Favorites

Kukai 7 • Kukai 7 Favorites

(40) reading: The Haiku Anthology (PDF handout on MOODLE = 10-The Haiku Anthology)
and write response paragraphs for three favorite haiku from the The Haiku Anthology

(41) haiku writing: write 2-3 haiku in response to 2-3 favorite haiku from the The Haiku Anthology

(42) haiku writing: write 3-4 haiku on anything Halloween or Ghosts or Spooky things

email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) assignments due by midnight Sunday, 10/12

for 10/16

(43) haiku writing: write 4-6 haiku on Autumn - outdoors, bon fire, apples, sweaters . . .

(44) reader response: write about 2 favorites from Kukai 6 and one from Kukai 7

email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) assignments due by midnight Wednesday, 10/15

for 10/21

TEAM MEETING DAY

(44) Read Chapters Seven - The Art of Reading & Writing Haiku (pages 110-124) and write about two favorite haiku by former students from this portion of the book. (PDF handout on MOODLE = 03-Art Of Reading & Writing Haiku)

(45) Response question - what makes some haiku better than other? What do you look for in a favorite haiku? Write a short answer and/or list of essential characteristics of the best haiku and bring this to class 10/21. (Send it to me too as part of your homework.)

IN CLASS (do not do 46 ahead of time)

(46) - compare haiku with another art or thing in our lives (ONE TEAM MEMBER send me an informal writeup of your team's comparison) . . .

A - AS A TEAM compile your answers to what makes for the BEST haiku. Why are some better than others?

B - compare what the best haiku do with your other BEST of something else

(47) PARTNER WITH 1 or 2 OTHER STUDENTS FROM CLASS (or previous classes) FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT.

Discuss and compare haiku as a literary art genre to another art or activity. THEN create a comparison presentation on this comparison to share with the class. The presentation can be a PowerPoint, Prezi or video posted on YouTube.

Include some haiku writing activity for students in the class. PRESENTATION/ACTIVITIES will be given on 10/28.

Previous semester topics have included:

Haiku Charades - Haiku Pictionary - Haiga & Visual Arts - Haiku & Fishing - Food & Haiku - Haiclue - Jazz Haiku Impromtu-ku - Scifaiku - Star Trek Haiku - Harry Potter Haiku - Billboard Haiku - Senryu & Comic Strips

10-23 FALL BREAK! ENJOY!!!!! - no Thursday class

for 10/28

team presentation on results of comparison activities

(48) write 4-6 haiku related to your comparison or upcoming activity.

email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) assignments due by midnight Monday, 10/27)

for 10/30

(48) send me your haiku from the comparison prompts (2-3 per comparison topic). You've already written 4-6 on your own group's topic, so you don't have to write more on that comparison, just the ones that are new to you.

Camping Haiku - Amanda, Natalie, Nicole, Hannah

Instrumental Music Haiku - Emily, Sam, Asa, Coraline

Movies Haiku - Addison, Grace, Ridge, Nissi

Favorite Movies - Colin, Chelsea, Jordana

Cooking - Abbey, Bella, Hope

email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) assignments due by midnight Wednesday, 10/29

for 11/04

(49) Send me your proposal for your Reader Response Essay. (1 paragraph)

Post-midterm Reader Response Essay Preview - Author or Haiku topic Study:

Think about what or who you'd like to write about for your contemporary haiku reader response essay. These essays are due November 13. I need to know your intended topic or author by Sunday at midnight, November 02. See the PDF of the ONLINE HAIKU COLLECTIONS by many authors.

I may have books to loan you from the DECATUR HAIKU COLLECTION available as PDFs or from my office, SH209.

Here's guidelines for this assignment:

haiku author or topic study: A formal essay introducing a particular contemporary author, topic or technical approach to contemporary haiku readers. This is a reader-response essay, so the primary source for your essay will be your own readings and analyses of 6-10 haiku. If you are doing an author focus, discuss your author's approach to writing haiku. You may choose to write about a haiku topic instead of an author, with reader responses to 6-10 haiku related to that topic. Matching comparisons with haiku by other authors are always valued in all approaches to this essay. This can focus on one book by the author in the form of a book review essay or on a particular theme or technical approach to haiku by the author.

o focus on a point of insight or question about that author's unique contribution
o include response discussions of 6-10 haiku by the author
o optional to include at a matching comparison to a haiku by another author (or more)
o may include email or in-person interview questions to help address the haiku writer's poetics

The Haiku Foundation has a Haiku Poets Registry that may be helpful in getting a preview of cerntain authors: <https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-registry/>

Length? 5-10 pages single-spaced. Citations? Full citation of each source within text first time mentioned (followed by haiku citation convention of author, publication title abbreviated, page number) for subsequent mentions. Yes, do include a works-cited page.

A Bibliography of Online Books, Journals and Exhibitions on Haiku, Senryu and Tanka in English
http://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/MillikinHaiku/bibliographies/OnlineHaikuBooks.pdf

See guidelines for this assignment (handout page of 15-Haiku-ReaderREsponseEssay & 16-Sample-ReaderResponseHaikuEssay).

(50) write 4-6 on All Saint's Day or Day of the Dead

Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) assignments due by midnight Sunday, 11/02)

for 11/06

(51) reading response: write your imagined felt responses to two favorite haiku from any of our recent kukai or matching contests

Kukai 9 • Kukai 9 Favorites

Kukai 10 • Kukai 10 Favorites

Matching Contest 4 & Favorites

Matching Contest 5 & Favorites

(52) reading response: Old Pond Comics about the Japanese masters at <http://www.oldpondcomics.com/masters.html> and write a reader response about 1 favorite Old Pond Comic

OR TRY TO DRAW YOUR OWN HAIKU COMIC! (extra credit)

(53) writing 4-6 haiku on topic of your choice

email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) assignments due by midnight Wednesday, 11/05

for 11/11 - scheduling day (no class)

(54) send me your anwers to the HAIKU GUY partners questions

Work on your contemporary reader response haiku essays!

email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) assignments due by midnight Sunday, 11/09

for 11/13

(55) Contemporary Haiku Reader Response Essays due by midnight Wednesday, 11/12

Length? 5-10 pages single-spaced. Citations? Full citation of each source within text first time mentioned (followed by haiku citation convention of author, publication title abbreviated, page number) for subsequent mentions. Yes, do include a works-cited page. Yes, give your essay a title.

(56) On a separate page, please type all of the haiku used in your essay. I will make copies and share these with the class as a PDF file while you discuss your author.

Abbey Matthews - love haiku
Addison Weed - nature haiku
Amanda Spotts - intergenerational haiku
Asa Pilger - Randy Brooks
Bella Griffiths - Julie Schwerin
Chelsea Hammons - Vandana Parashar
Colin Arrick - haibun/haiga author
Coraline Nelson - Masajo Suzuki
Emily Edwards - George Swede's Almost Unseen
Grace Felz - love haiku
Hannah Swan - Aubrie Cox
Hope Self - Peggy Lyles
Jordana Samnick - Wally Swist
Natalie Brodsky - loss & grief in haiku
Nicole Wells - open-ended haiku for multiple readings
Nissi Bamgboye - celestial bodies haiku
Ridge Batchelor - Peggy Lyles, especially haiku on trees
Samantha Ramirez - Stephen Addiss

(57) writing haiku: 4-6 haiku in response to haiku being discussed in your essay

email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) assignments due by midnight Wednesday, 11/12

for 11/18 - More Reader Response Essays

reading: Haiku Guy, (MOODLE handout = 13-HaikuGuy pages 1-19 and 43-53)

(58) writing response: Practice the exercise of stop, look, and listen as described in the book, HAIKU GUY. Find something, whether it be in your dorm, on campus, or somewhere where you can sit quietly without distraction and observe a particular thing, area, or person. Then, write about what you observed, describing what stuck out to you. Write 3-5 haiku from this exercise.

(59) writing response: Compare the advice given to Buck-Teeth of poets Mido and Kuro and write 3-5 haiku following Kuro's advice, and 3-5 haiku following Mido's approach.

email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) assignments due by midnight Sunday, 11/16

for 11/20

(60) Read Walking Uneven Ground: Selected Haiku of Bill Pauly (clothbound book)

(61) writing response: find three favorite haiku by Bill Pauly and write a short response paragraphs about them.

(62) writing haiku: 4-6 haiku OPEN TOPIC (you want to explore a topic for your haiku project?)

(63) reading response: read/review the essays by others in our class. Write a paragraph response about what you especially liked or realized from at least one essay. These are PDF documents on our class MOODLE.

email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) assignments due by midnight Wednesday, 11/19

for 11/26 & 11/27 - no class (Thanksgiving break)

Take a break and enjoy being with friends, family and quiet time with yourself.

for 12/02

Thanksgiving break kukai!

(64) reading response writing: Share 10-20 of your best haiku with family and friends over Thanksgiving break, and see which ones they like the best. Write an email to me about favorites selected by your family and friends. Which ones did they like best and why?

(65) haiku writing: write 4-6 haiku or a haiku sequence over Thanksgiving Break about your life's reality during Thanksgiving break or about special locations and places of significance to you in your home town or travel. Don't write a bunch of cliches or stereotypical spring break stuff. Write from the reality of YOUR actual Thanksgiving break.

(66) reading response: write about 3 favorite haiku from Kukai 11 Favorites

(67) haiku writing: 4-6 haiku from kukai 11 winner's prompts: "trendy slang" OR "stranger"

email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) assignments due by midnight Sunday, 11/30 email Dr. Brooks

for 12/04

(68) reading response writing: Chapter 2 of Matsuo Bashô by Ueda (MOODLE handout = 14-Basho-Chapter2-byUeda). Select two favorite haiku from Bashô. Write a paragraph response to these two haiku.

(69) write 4-6 haiku - at least 2 or 3 on Bella's prompt of "fart" or "green"

(70) haiku project proposal

The purpose of the haiku project is to apply haikai arts to something that means a lot to the student—usually something related to their major field of study. Bring your passion to this project and connect it to haiku (photography & haiku) (music & haiku) (history and haiku) (psychology & senryu) (a kasen renga) (baseball haiku) (a collage of haiku) (haiku web site) (anthology of love haiku) . . . have fun with this. make it your dream assignment. email me a paragraph explaining your project plan

You can see sample previous haiku projects at:

https://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/MillikinHaiku/studentprojects.html

Project presentations are Tuesday, December 09

email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) assignments by midnight Wednesday 12/03

for 12/09 - Project Presentations Day

(71) reading response: write about 1 favorite haiku from Kukai 12 Favorites and 1 favoriet from Kukai 13 Favorites

(72) Haiku Projects due

Abbey Matthews - nursing haiku
Addison Weed - vacations
Amanda Spotts - haiku form as word painting
Asa Pilger - Pokemon haiku
Bella Griffiths -
Chelsea Hammons - human body and physiology haiku
Colin Arrick - nursing haiku
Coraline Nelson - love story in haiku
Emily Edwards - "The Outsiders" haiku
Grace Felz - clay figurines or pottery haiku
Hannah Swan - haiku comic strips
Hope Self - outdoor activity haiku
Jordana Samnick -
Natalie Brodsky - childhood haiku collage
Nicole Wells - finance and accounting haiku
Nissi Bamgboye - haiga digital sketchbook
Ridge Batchelor - mountain haiku
Samantha Ramirez - candid photography haiku

In class: Share your project with the class: (3 minutes max for each presentation). I will BUZZ you if you run over.

(email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) send a copy of your HAIKU PROJECT by midnight Sunday, 12/07)

for 12/11

In class: Share your signature gift haiku & collection.

Signature Gift Exchange & Sharing Haiku Collections

(73) Signature haiku gift exchange (digital photo sent to me) and haiku chapbook collections (email to me) are due Wednesday Midnight, December 10.

The signature haiku process—a haiku to give to others when they ask about haiku that can be used to teach them about haiku and to share some of your work with them. A haiku you want to be known for or known by—one that works with a lot of readers. A gift of a haiku insight . . . often presented as a gift of some sort such as a bookmark, a small haiku stone, etc.

BRING 19 copies to class! (including 1 for yourself) or send me a digital haiga signature haiku.

(74) Haiku Collection Booklets due: Select and organize your best haiku & senryu & haibun & renga into a collection. Make a little booklet, or print them in a binder, or write them in a blank book. OR YOU MAY MAKE A PDF SLIDE SHOW (Power Point or Prezzi, etc.).

Select and organize your best haiku & senryu & haibun & renga into a small booklet or collection. Give your collection a title and a © 2025 page. (Often signature haiku are connected to the title.) Include a dedication page if you would like to.

Be sure to write an author's introduction to your collection which explains your title and expresses your approach or why these are the ones you have included in your collection (your poetics preface). Ask a reading partner to write a short introduction to your collection, maybe pointing out one or two favorites—or their observation about something unique about your haiku (the reader's introduction). The reader's introduction should help strangers appreciate and value your collection.

BRING 1 copy of your Haiku Collection to class Thursday, December 11!

(75) Don't forget to e-mail a copy of the contents of your collection including your introduction to Dr. Brooks by midnight, Wednesday, December 10!

(email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) send your responses and new haiku by midnight Wednesday, 12/10)

for 12/16 - FINAL Haiku Reading

Final Exam Reading: Tuesday • December 16, 2025
12:00 - 2:00 pm
Kirkland 128

Our final is a Haiku poetry reading in Kirkland 128. You will read from your haiku collection. Please invite friends and family to our reading. It is open to the public. Be ready to a SIGN our signature haiku collection.

You will receive your haiku collections back from me at the Final Reading.

Anyone want to help bring cookies, snacks, or help publicize the event? Yes, for extra credit, of course! Bring some cookies, candy, fruit or healthy treats.

Post-class evaluation (SIRs & Reflections)

(76) Don't forget to e-mail your short bio statement to Dr. Brooks.

(77) Don't forget to do your SIR course evaluation!

(78) Review haiku you have written from the kukai, matching contest, and from your final haiku collection. Write about why 5 of your haiku are your favorites. (3 pages maximum)

(79) Write a short reflection essay on how your life has been enriched by learning more about the literary art of reading and writing haiku. What has the art of haiku taught you that will be of value in your professional, social and personal life? (3 pages maximum)

EMAIL assignments 78, 79 to me by midnight Thursday, December 18 at: rbrooks@millikin.edu

I will post final grades on December 19