Nikki Garry • Barbara Ressler's Schoolhouse of Haiku • Profile on Barb Ressler

SERENITY Selected Haiku by Nikki Garry I am a junior Accounting major, thus I usually don't take writing courses, yet I thought that Global Haiku would be a fun and interesting course—which it has proven to be! (This was my first haiku course.) In general, I write about everyday simplistic things/events and from a Christian perspective. I attempt to write in a way that my readers will be able to relate to the moment I'm describing. I occassionally focus on nature and relationships. I choose "Serenity" for my title because of its Christian connotations. The Serenity Prayer is as follows: "God, grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." And these are the things that are commonly seen throughout my work.

When writing haiku, I tend to focus on the following points: o my Christian perspective o past experiences or one’s imagination o everyday events o nature-related themes o events readers can relate to o the less punctuation, the better o use of creative words