Haiku Kukai 10
Global Haiku • Millikin University • Fall 2023
1 community garden |
2 two father ducks |
3 ups and downs |
4 in the studio |
5 addressed and stamped |
6 rehearsal tracks echo |
7 a practicing soprano |
8 the pedal tone |
9 bristles humming |
10 I live right next to the road |
11 seeing a lake . . . |
12 halloween |
13 “congratulations!” |
14 last pill |
15 health nut |
16 everywhere I look |
17 mom's arms around |
18 in the mirror |
19 savory bagel order |
20 charcoal clouds |
21 squirrels playing freeze tag |
22 valedictorian achieved |
23 a roadmap of ingredients |
24 setting up |
25 long blonde hair — |
26 coffee or tea? |
27 half empty or |
28 can’t sleep |
29 dance when no one |
30 empty evening |
31 orange aural spread |
32 third row of your funeral |
33 last beams of evening |
34 bottom of the laundry basket
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35 honeymoon phase |
36 middle of rehearsal |
37 simple clothes |
38 knee-deep |
39 canopy of leaves |
40 spot light in a dark room |
41 smile lines |
42 four best friends |
43 my bones broke |
44 lavender |
45 dropped feathers |
46 dark night |
47 winter snow |
48 breeze blowing |
49 falling leaves |
50 seeing you grow up |
51 familiar dark hallway |
52 a plethora of triangles |
53 Costco meat locker |
54 worn soles |
55 worming inside |
56 gnarled tree limb |
57 peppering necrotic skin |
58 before bedtime |
59 rain pouring down |
60 1+1 |
61 laughter echos |
62 have to make |
63 confetti under a couch cushion |
64 no mushrooms yet— |
65 fingernail snags |
66 at odds with nature, |
67 boring lecture
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68 cartoon adult |
69 unmade bed |
70 teeth chattering |
71 someone's cat |
72 mushrooms on |
73 from across the room |
74 wilted in the trash |
75 maybe her poetry would be better |
76 almond cinnamon rolls |
77 late night hike |
78 American Girl Doll lookalike |
79 smart guy |
80 her shoulders |
81 farting |
82 chopping off my hair |
83 rose colored glasses |
84 silent roommates |
85 21st birthday |
86 day break |
87 video call with mom |
88 laughter echos |
89 put down last night |
90 first fall of snow |
91 what the hell |
92 stuck in a silent scream |
93 lifeless eyes drift |
94 Thursday mirror |
95 fishing line |
96 I left every door open |
97 fresh cut lawn |
98 shallow sigh the closeness of a rising moon |
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