Global Haiku • Spring 2022 |
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Gwen Klinkey is a Junior from the Chicago suburbs majoring in English Literature and Professional Writing and minoring in History. She is an avid reader, writer, and crafter. Beyond college, Gwen plans to pursue a Doctorate and teach at the collegiate level. She hopes to work in the growing field of Digital Literature and enjoys learning about alternative forms of literature. |
Under the Willow by Although I love writing haiku, I can't help feeling like the origins of many of mine is kind of embarassing. I'm a homebody and an introvert, so most of my haiku come from imagined things. I do this thing that I call "delusion journaling" where I pretend that I'm me, but completely different. I write long journal entries, make complete storylines, scrapbook, and write letters to different people that are around me in that space that I've created. It is cathartic for me to write haiku about these imagined situations and I tend to get a little melodramatic and what some may call "emo." Other than those imagined haiku, I write about my childhood or the complicated relationship that I have with my family, but that normally ends up creating really sad or angsty haiku which function more for my own purposes than being a pleasant or meaningful experience for readers. Still, some of the less personal and private haiku are included in this collection. |
budding tulips |
corpses |
first date |
fennel and fern— |
childhood friends |
sticky homemade lemon bars: |
ocean water eats |
tin can |
missing her: |
push-up bra and lipstick |
the sting of disinterest |
2003 Honda Civic |
our fingers clasped |
shoes left in the garage |
wisteria tear-drops |
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