PACE Global Haiku • July 2006 Dr. Randy Brooks

Wendy Miller

My Memories by Wendy Miller Preface I started in haiku honestly for the simple reason that I needed a global studies credit. I had no idea what haiku was all about except it was poetry. I am absolutely amazed about what I have learned, and I love it. I will continue to read haiku, not sure I will be a haiku poet though. I like to read the poetry over and over again, because every time I do, I see something different in each poem or I have an “ah ha” moment (I finally get it). The haiku poetry I write about is mostly memories. My most recent memories. I write on my drives back and forth to work and school, I have a lot of time to reminisce then. Some of my haiku is about the things I see around me, too. I try to stop and pay attention to what is around me now...this I am grateful. I think to be a good haiku poet one needs to be in tune with the world around them, and be able to bring what you see into words that will appeal to your senses, and be able share that with the world. Wendy Miller 5 August 2006

trees whispering amongst themselves windy afternoon

white car kissing guardrail snow storm

snowy afternoon tail wagging happy to see me

off to school old worn out jeans Autumn day

cloudy day she doesn’t understand why she is burnt

my senior in dog years she greets me still wagging her tail

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