Zen Haiku • Spring 2025
Dr. Randy Brooks

Pay Attention!

by
Eden Niebrugge

May 2025

Haiku is learning to understand nature, ourselves, and humanity. It’s paying attention to the little things to understand someone else better. It’s creating a safe space to share your thoughts and the horrors that come along with them. It’s the release of our inner self to create room for others. Haiku is the beginning and the end of humanity.

salted pretzel
the seasonal dog
sleeps

dog suntans
on the deck
smells like cheetos

funeral
his first wife
doesn’t show

a coyote stares
down chicken eggs
death and life intertwined

collectors
never met except
through their things

thrift store
a stranger’s memories
for only a dollar

with defiance;
a blade of grass
against concrete

reaching for a scone
a child’s
greedy hands

coffee date
she orders
decaf

moving boxes
still unsure of
home