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Kathi Overheul
Memories
of Mother
Selected Haiku
by
Kathi Overheul
My haiku all come from my personal experiences. I enjoy the way I can write down a glimpse of my history and then someone else can take what I have written and remember their piece of history. I like to use the joy of my children, Taylor and Samantha, to write about as well as the love I have for my husband, Jon.
Many of my best haiku have come from memories of my childhood and my mother. My mother and I are not very close so this really surprised me that I would write so much about our experiences together. The sad haiku or more dark haiku come from my first marriage. I was married for four long years to the wrong man and most of that time was very painful for me.
Haiku has taught me that you can express yourself with very few words. I have always been one to ramble on about a subject trying to say as much as possible, haiku has taught me less is better. Let people explore their own meaning of your haiku, let it be born for them!
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sewing
with mother |
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Paradise cold
early morning air
treeclimbing doe
scent in the air bleating
call arrow
shot by Jon & Kathi Overheul |
twigs
snap underfoot|
ice
covered trees |
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fish
smell |
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cold
snowy night |
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dusk |
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dinner
theater |
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cold
morning air |
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crisp
winter air |
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brisk
fall morning |
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