EN340 / IN350 Global Haiku Tradition
Dr. Randy Brooks
Spring 2002
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Jennifer Clements

Profile of H.F. Noyes

Selected Haiku

by
Jennifer Clements

 


Hershey's kiss
softening
winter sunlight

(Illinois Times , Feb. 21, 2002)


a cross-smudged forehead
the church bells still ringing
through the silent breeze


The white-haired man hobbled out onto the front porch and stretched as he watched the sunrise. The gentle breeze was just cool enough to give him goose bumps. A golden retriever ran by yelping at the chickens wandering across the freshly mowed front lawn. A loud peacock sounded its first call of the day. Walking slowly towards the hen house, the man anxiously hoped for fresh eggs. Feeling the smooth, warm eggs in his hands made him smile and he cautiously worked his way back toward the house. Minutes later, sizzling and crackling of the eggs began. Scrambled eggs start off the new, busy day.

Grandma’s kitchen
f
 a
  l
   l
    i
    n
     g to the floor
an orange escapes the juicer

 

 

a single note
brings a smile
sunlight on guitar strings


     endless tossing
ascending midnight
     on the crickets’ cries

 

 

two spoons in a drawer
morning sunrise
he kisses my cheeks


instant halo
as her eyes smile
he looks at her now

 


©2002 Randy Brooks, Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois || all rights reserved for original authors