PACE Global Haiku • January 2009
Dr. Randy Brooks

Selected Haiku

by
Amanda Cole

The haiku that I write come from my everyday life. At night, I sit in my garage and smoke cigarettes while reflecting on the day. On the table, my trusted notebook rest next to the ash tray. Over the years, I have filled countless notebooks with my thoughts, stories, list, and doodling. I put my feelings and contemplations on paper, this is how I relax. Most of these haiku were written thumbing through past notes and smoking cigarettes. Enjoy.

single red rose
waits—
for water

highway weeds
whisper—
I’ll take you home

outside patio
$1.00 longnecks
sweating

Christmas shopping
gifts
all for me, again 

the wedding is over
island bound together
sipping pina coladas