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PACE Global Haiku • January 2006 |
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Life—by Me by This collection of Haiku I’ve written, entitled “Life – By Me”, gives the reader a brief view of some of the different aspects of my life, hence the title I have chosen for this collection. In my Haiku I tried to take the reader to a place, a feeling, a memory of their own; to leave one wondering about certain things and relating to others. I tried to give the reader a taste of my past and present; a picture in their mind; an idea of what makes me who I am today: a wife, mother, daughter, friend, questioner, encourager, wonderer. My approach to writing Haiku is to think of an event, person, time, object, or image that I am attached to in some way emotionally. I try to express my emotion through the words that I choose and hope that someone else can relate to what I am presenting. |
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mother’s funeral |
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a parent’s choice of pink |
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on a treadmill |
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fresh footprints |
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layers and layers of clothing |
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eyes blue as the ocean |
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her big brown eyes |
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stars twinkling in the sky |
© 2006, Randy Brooks • Millikin University
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