Global Haiku • Spring 2012
Dr. Randy Brooks

Cigarette Whispers

by
Conner Patrick Kerrigan

The haiku included in this collection are very important to be because they capture moments in my life that mean so much about who I am. These haiku are about the important people in my life, the significant places, my addictive personality and music. All of them bring me back to specific moments in time and I feel like a lot of them are the moments that define me as a person. I truly hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them.

Conner Kerrigan is a Music B.A./Information Systems, B.S. Double Major. His journey with haiku started when he enrolled in the Global Haiku Traditions class. Conner was originally not a fan of haiku, but is now, instead, not a fan of people who don't understand haiku.

smooth voice
cuts through the smokey bar
jazz chords

my shoes crush soldiers
making mountains
ants in a field

a slow drag
ignites my chest
cigarette whispers

silent embrace
ella sings us
to sleep

peeling paint
a wraparound porch
home

the oldest record
pulled from the shelf
dust cloud

turning to leave
my hand gently brushes
a breast

ending our talk
we say goodbye
and walk the same way

finally alone
between the sheets
the door opens suddenly

bursting excitement
I thought he waved
to me

a kiss held in memory
for years to come
because we bumped heads