Global Haiku • January 2019
Dr. Randy Brooks

For Now

by
Taron Jones

This class has taught me so much. It has taught me too look at the beauty in haiku. It has taught me to take my time and never rush. The most important part, it has taught me to think about the now. Haiku focuses on the now, and if you are busy or always focused on the future, it makes you miss what is happening right in front of you. After taking this class, I may not be writing haiku all of the time. But I will definately be reading at least two to three haiku a day. One thing about haiku is, you can’t just read it and keep going. You must read it, take a moment to ponder what it is saying, close your eyes, get the feeling from it, and depict it. Haiku is like a math problem if you go to fast u mess up, if u go to slow, you’ll forget. But if you take your time to read it and break it down, you’ll get the meaning you need.

she wants love,
from who?
her dad or her man

once again
she hears
she'll never find love

my father’s love
for my mom
is no more

her voice fades
one last time
i love you

on bad terms
i am
your shield

neighborhood I once knew        gone
 
 

sitting in shackles
he waits—
freedom taken

father taken
mother on drugs—
survival

window open
late night summer mist
caresses the face

the number I once called
now
a steady dial tone