|
PACE Global Haiku • Spring 2007 |
|
|
|
Forgotten on the Floor by Haiku, like math, can be found in everything. Every event, movement, and feeling can be captured in the words of a haiku. Being a mathematician, I see my environment as a living math problem. Using this tool of observation, I strayed from thinking about my life logically and tried to simply observe the thoughts and feelings of myself and those around me. This is where the inspiration of my haiku sprung. If I was feeling a certain emotion, I would try to write about the situation around the feeling, or if that didn’t work, I wrote about someone else’s experience where they would exhibit the same emotion. The world around us is moving at a quick pace; whether it’s through math, haiku, or some other passion, take the time to capture it. |
|
thunderstorm |
|
don’t talk |
|
customer control— |
|
the wind |
|
family vacation— |
My project involved haiku and cupcakes. I combined my hobby of baking with my haiku. The haiku that was on my cupcakes was: tears in the batter I wrote the words in alternating colors just like the woman's son would probably have done in pictures and letters he gave to her. I also made the wording look like a child's to make it seem that the son had helped the mom in the final production because I used to help my mom and dad bake/cook all the time. I always wanted to help, and my mother always got so emotional on my birthday. Thus the haiku cupcakes were formed. |
|
vibrant sunrise |
|
her eyes |
|
a diamond ring |
|
baby in a stroller |
her thong |
solemnly we gather |
a bent cigarette |
two young boys whisper |
she tosses and turns |
ashes of a draft card |
your sarcastic comments |
head on your shoulder |
© 2007, Randy Brooks • Millikin University
All rights returned to authors upon publication.