Brian Rohde

IN203 Honors Seminar: Global Haiku Tradition
Dr. Randy Brooks • Spring 2006

Brian Rohde

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kasen-no-renga
Smoke Screen

Rick & Rohde's Rengay

Procrastination
A collection of Haiku

by
Brian Rohde

Hello and welcome to my collection. These are some of my favorite haiku I wrote in 2006. My title is self-explanatory. I don't really have a method to my writing. I just write and hope something good comes out. Enjoy!

Brian Rohde is a Sophomore Acting Major. He is originally from Elgin, Illinois where he has appeared in the newspaper several times for various reasons. His haiku are mostly based on his recent experiences and he generally writes them after the homework assignment was due.

abandoned house
unfit for humans
footsteps

the lights
turned off
it's a good thing

I come home
smelling of sandwich
she doesn't mind

humid night
you take my hand
off of your thigh

after school
kissing the girl
I used to kind of sort of like a little bit

new fallen snow
writing my name
I run out of ink

Yellow Snow

fresh snow
untouched
except for my name

mom zips his new jacket
“don’t eat the yellow snow”

dad zips his pants
his name
is in cursive

mischievous teenager
selling snowcones-
this doesn’t taste like lemon!

I step in amber slush
as my day gets worse

avoiding the yellow snow
I step
in dog shit

Brian Rhode & Rick Bearce

five weeks later
the pile overtakes my floor
laundry day