Global Haiku • January 2018
Dr. Randy Brooks

Haiku

by
Marissa Holloway

These haikus explain me, my deepest secrets, fears, and even hopes of the future. Enjoy

rowdy fans screams
fade into the background
just her and the ball

just like a hero
his little girl has never seen him
up close

glass screen door
little girl’s handprint
still waits

book finished
nightlight on
door slowly closes

scent of freshly baked cookies
mother and daughter
one ices one one adds sprinkles

two straws
one chocolate vanilla shake

beautiful sunset
two sets of footprints left behind
in the sand

closed eyes
clenched fist
prayer

pearl white heels
rose peddled path
look up

closed door
muffled cries
first day without him

cereal poured
fridge opened . . .
out of milk

broken charger draining the life from me

dodgeball
two kids left
pick me