Haiku Kukai 02 names

Global Haiku • Millikin University • July 2021

1

four wheels
two generations
bound by blood

2

duck family
swims in harmony
they are the blueprint

3

breathtaking
not the skyline view
you

4

ground
it's closer
liftoff

5

tiny bugs running
on a mission for food
get out of my purse

6

rainbow above
I walk
the cemetery

7

bag of string beans
a snap chat with grandma
in the shade

8

awaken . . .
fresh morning dew
on the trampoline

9

hide beneath the pine tree
with sticky hands
and cigarettes

10

pale, paper thin skin
vibrating hands
eyes like a child's

11

on her hands and knees
praying and cleaning
just like her mother

12

perfume
from the pew behind us
holding in a sneeze

13

log to log
jumping
slipping

14

oh, holy father
forgive me
I have lived

15

comb my hair
brush my teeth
make someone proud

16

goalposts
of yesteryear
forgotten games

17

a trophy in glass
eyes of children
staring at ghosts

18

green light 
no hesitation
sirens

19

wind kissing my face
and sneaks into my jacket
I wish I could fly

20

childhood friends
having children
I just turned 21

21

I see him in her pupils
      soft like a marshmallow
stay little forever


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