Gia Drouzas Michael Dylan Welch's Haiku Profile on Welch

Selected Haiku by Gia Drouzas I am currently a Music Major at Millikin University. I am from Indianapolis, Indiana where I have lived ever since I was born. I have always liked reading but it has honestly not been my most favorite hobby, although I love reading about music and personal stories. My freshmen year of college at DePaul University I was required to take a creative writing class and I absolutely loved it. I love writing about everyday experiences, I feel there is no greater writing than writing from your heart! My first day of haiku class I was not sure what to expect, because I had never been introduced to it before. I thought it was so unique that we could express exactly how we were feeling in such minimal words, and leave the rest up to the reader’s imagination to figure out what we were feeling.

The haiku I have written over the semester our definitely experiences from my everyday life. A lot of my haiku deal with relationships and love, which I so dearly hold close to my heart, partly because I just got engaged. There is nothing more beautiful then the love two people share. You will find by reading my haiku I seem to bring back a lot of memories either from childhood or just our everyday life. This class has truly opened my eyes to the wonderful world around me and has taught me such a wonderful way to express my self through writing. I truly hope you enjoy my haiku. —Gia Drouzas