PACE Global Haiku • January 2008
Dr. Randy Brooks

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Barry Cripe

Selected Haiku

by
Barry Cripe

Here is a collection of the Haiku that I have written through the duration of the course. When I first started the course, I didn’t quite know what to expect. The term “haiku” is something that I have never heard of before and graduating from a small school (Cerro Gordo High School), I did not have the opportunity to experience it. Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry that is usually written in the English version with three lines. Haiku is in the format of having one image, a pause, then a second image. The idea of the pause is the time when the first image is virtually established. Overall, I really enjoyed the course, and it really helped me to open up to my feelings and also to look at my surroundings at a different angle. I would like to thank Dr. Brooks for his instruction and patience with our class. He did a tremendous job of teaching us about the inner workings of Global Haiku. Best of luck to you!!


warm paws and warm toes
under the covers
Libby the beagle


a cold winter morning
three pancakes
bubbling on the stove


a college student
studying
two children resting

 


field work
old John Deere coat
discolored


alumni Tournament
Nike basketball shoes
need shoestrings

 


© 2008, Randy Brooks • Millikin University
All rights returned to authors upon publication.