Haiku Kukai 09

Global Haiku • Millikin University • Spring 2025

1

typing keyboards
turn into one
over time

 

2

sunlight spills 
where no one sits. 
dust hangs in still air

 

3

serene waters
catch two dogs
misbehaving

 

4

caterpillar inches 
up a tilting
flower stem

 

5

a waterfall
drowns out
anxious voices

 

6

a spinning record
brings music
to the people

 

7

the sun rises
the bird’s sing
nature’s coffee

 

8

collection of old rings
I pick up
grandma's favorite 

 

9

blueberry!
juice drips along
her chin

 

10

blood red moon
our wide eyes
stare 

 

11

two squirrels
on different parts of a tree
drop into the world

 

12

college students
professor is late
a class decision

 

13

a watered glass
half full 
or half empty?

 

14

to-do list increases
a professor who
plans last minute

 

15

laughing out loud
a squirrel stops to see
if I’m okay

 

16

short of breath
near-faint on
the 4th floor

 

17

four eyes
looking at a cloud
seeing different thing

 

18

moving boxes;
still unsure of
home

 

19

a bird
light enough
to not bend the reed

 

20

hum of a fridge;
where did white
noise come from?

 

21

lightning bolts on
the inside of eyelids
thunder on my neck

 


© 2025, Randy Brooks • Millikin University
All rights returned to authors upon publication.