EN170 Haiku Writing Roundtable • Fall 2005 Dr. Randy Brooks

I Hate Haiku by Mark Beanblossom When I first took this class, I couldn’t stand haiku. I didn’t understand them, and wanted nothing to do with them. But through this class I have learned to appreciate and love them. I hope my collection reflects my newfound admiration for this poetry.

I sit on a log by the crackling fire the cricket

looking up the cliff last swimmer jumps naked

light in the window you and me lazy Sunday morning

moonlight glance moving closer we lose our tongues

he sits silently deep in conversation his fingers flying

© 2005, Randy Brooks • Millikin University
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