PACE Global Haiku • Spring 2008 Dr. Randy Brooks

Erin Knott • Love & Experimentation in the Haiku of Raymond Roseliep

Random Thoughts from an Artistic Mind by Erin Knott Author's Introduction: For this collection of haiku, I selected what I felt were my best haiku. That made the selection fairly random, but I enjoy the different selection of topics throughout the collection. I enjoyed learning to write and read haiku throughout the year and I feel that I will continue to have an interest in haiku. Enjoy —Erin Knott Erin Knott is a Freshman BFA Technical Theatre major. She comes from Woodridge, Illinois. In her free time she enjoys reading, watching movies and just hanging out with friends. Readers Introduction: When reading haiku written by Erin Knott, I am able to see the emotion in her work. It makes me feel a little bit of everything. I enjoy feeling this emotion. —Heather Fehl

frozen pond we hold hands as we skate into the sunset

summer night I walk home alone and long for your hand to hold

staring at the notes we wrote as they burn

tumbling down the hill who cares if we're late?

© 2008, Randy Brooks • Millikin University
All rights returned to authors upon publication.