Global Haiku • Summer 2024
Dr. Randy Brooks

High Highs N Low Lows

by
Kendra Hentz

Welcome to this collection of haiku that explore a wide range of human emotions and experiences. Each poem is a snapshot, capturing fleeting moments of joy, sorrow, contemplation, and connection. Through these haiku, I hope to convey the beauty and complexity of life’s simple yet profound instances. Through these haiku, I invite you to reflect on your own experiences and emotions. May these poems resonate with you and offer a moment of connection and introspection. I was able to reflect on both low and high moments to embrace a sense of emotional awareness.

feeling alone
home away from
home

neighborhood kids
bike rides, band aids
over scraped knees

I smile
he smiles
confidence is contagious 

the children 
run to take cover
as fireworks burst

candles in darkness
flickering with sacred light
honored lives recalled