PACE Global Haiku • Spring 2007 Dr. Randy Brooks

Whitney Minor

Life Experiences by Whitney Minor My haiku collection is titled life experiences, which I find quite appropriate. In my haiku I try to use things I have experiences within my life and the feelings those experiences give me. I would like a reader to be able to read my haiku and relate to it in their own way, being able to take something I have experienced and in turn relate it to something they have experienced. In writing haiku this semester I have learned how to use specific words in order to evoke feelings in readers. I also learned that specific words paint pictures in people’s minds, and each picture may be different for each individual writer. All experiences in my life are thanks to my friends, family and travels. I hope to continue writing haiku in the future, because I feel as though it is a great way to creatively relief stress. In the future I hope to learn more about haiku writing techniques and applying them to my work as a haiku writer.

my heels on brick laughing together our own rhythm

starry night another translation lost between us

teaching her how to dance he thinks . . . mistakes make her perfect

numb finger tips on a frozen pond skating in circles

heart stopping moment his new wedding band sparkles back at her

first rain steam off the black top

hot chocolate spilled on new gloves laughing together

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