Advanced Studies in Poetry: Global Haiku Tradition
HN202-03 Creative Arts Honors Seminar - Fall 2023
Dr. Randy Brooks

<http://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/MillikinHaiku/courses/globalFall2023/assignments.html>

Classroom: SH422

Informal Reader Response Writing & Haiku Writing (20 days) (10 each) • 200 total points
Contemporary Haiku Essay (post mid-term) • 100 points
Haiku Project • 100 points
Haiku Collection (paper booklet & by email) • 100 points
Haiku Collection Poetics Preface on YOUR Art of Writing Haiku • 20 points
Signature Haiku Haiga • 20 points
Final Reading • 20 points

ALL ASSIGNMENTS are to be submitted by email (1 attachement per day is best).
Send them to: rbrooks@millikin.edu

Do NOT send me PDF file versions of your homework.

Attach files to your email to me
or
copy and paste your work into the body of the email.

Handouts are available from MOODLE (most are PDF files).

Final Exam Reading: December 11, 2023
1:00 - 3:00 pm
Kirkland 128

Haiku Society of America • http://www.hsa-haiku.org/
American Haiku Archives • http://www.americanhaikuarchives.org/
Haiku Chronicles • http://www.haikuchronicles.com/
The Haiku Foundation • http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/
Simply Haiku • http://www.simplyhaiku.com
Heron's Nest • http://www.theheronsnest.com/
Modern Haiku • http://www.modernhaiku.org/
A Hundred Gourds • http://ahundredgourds.com
World Kigo Database • http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/
Haibun Today • http://haibuntoday.com/
FemKu • https://femkumag.wixsite.com/home

Extra Credit Opportunities:

10 points - listen to a HAIKU TALK podcast by Ben Gaa - write a response paragraph and haiku in response

https://www.youtube.com/@HaikuTalk

You may earn up to 30 extra credit points (10 for each podcast response)

or 8/22 - haiku of the day --> Dr. Brooks

reading: Mayfly magazine sample

for 8/24 - haiku of the day -->Dr. Brooks

(1) writing response: send me an email copy of your in-class response to a favorite haiku in MAYFLY

(2) haiku writing: write your first 4-6 haiku attempts on transition times—lulls of dawn, of dusk, of relationships, of states of consciousness, summer's end, end of the pandemic, back to school).

reading: Tea's Aftertaste by Aubrie Cox, (PDF handout on MOODLE = 01-AubrieCox-TeasAftertaste)

(3) writing response: find 2 favorite Aubrie haiku—write your imagined felt responses to them (one paragraph each)

REMEMBER to cite each haiku fully (do not add capital letters or punctuation) like this:

father-daughter talk
my fishing lure
caught in the moon

Aubrie Cox, Tea's Aftertaste, 27

(email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) your 1 Mayfly response, your 2 Cox response & 4-6 new haiku by midnight Wednesday, August 23)

for 8/29 - haiku of the day --> Daniel

in class: Kukai 1?

reading: RED LEAVES by Peggy Lyles (clothbound book)

(4) writing responses: find 3 favorite Lyles haiku—write your imagined felt responses to them (one paragraph each) and briefly write your imagined, felt response to them. Be ready to discuss why you like them.

(5) writing extended memory & memory haiku: choose a fourth favorite haiku by Peggy Lyles or Aubrie Cox that especially triggered memories from your childhood or past. This time write a one page memory describing a moment from your own life. THEN write 3 haiku which capture different instances or feelings from within that longer memory from your experience.

(6) haiku write: 4-6 new haiku on about the end of summer perceptions or start of school year events at Millikin.

(email your 3 short responses & one 1-page sensory memory writing & 4-6 new haiku by midnight Sunday, 8/27)

for 8/31

(7) reading response: write your imagined felt response to three favorite haiku from Kukai 1 Favorites (three paragraphs)

(8) Read Chapters 1 and 2 - The Art of Reading & Writing Haiku (pages 15-34) and write a short imagined responses to 2 favorite haiku from these chapters. (PDF handout on MOODLE = 03-Art Of Reading & Writing Haiku)

(9) haiku write: 4-6 new haiku on OPEN topic

(email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) your favorites from kukai 1 & 4-6 new haiku by midnight Wednesday, 8/30)

for 9/5

in class: kukai 2

reading: The Silence Between Us by Wally Swist (paperback book)

(10) writing response: find three favorite haiku from Wally Swist and write a short response paragrapsh about them.

(11) reading response: find an interesting "matched pair" of haiku (one from Wally Swist and one from Peggy Lyles or MAYFLY) to read side by side. write a short analysis of the writing strategies and techniquse used in these haiku. (not reader response but analysis of writing techniques such as line break, word choice, arrangement, rhythm, sounds, emphasis, break, voice, tone, attitude, etc.). one page maximum for your analysis (half a page is fine).

(12) haiku write: go for a walk (by yourself or with friends) and write haiku that come to you from just being out there. (4-6 haiku from the outdoors)

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> send your responses and haiku by by midnight Sunday, 9/3)

for 9/7

(13) reading response: write your imagined felt response to three favorite haiku from Kukai 2 favorites (three paragraphs)

(14) writing haiku: open topic 4-6 haiku - write at least 1 haiku from Hannah's prompt: catalyst

(15) write 1-2 haiga: (photograph or drawing with a haiku placed on the artwork)

Due by email midnight Wednesday, September 8. (email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> send your responses and haiku by midnight Wednesday, 9/6)

for 9/12

1 Haiga Favorites

(16) listen to the Aubrie Cox interview (audio file MOODLE = 02-AubrieCoxInterview.mp3) and write a short reponse about 2 things you realized about haiku from this interview.

reading: handout of haiku from Almost Unseen by George Swede
(PDF handout on MOODLE = 06-GeorgeSwedeHaikuHandout)

(17) writing response: find three favorite haiku from the George Swede handout and write a short response paragrapsh about them.

(18) haiku write: write 4-6 new haiku on college life or the angst of being human.

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> send your responses and haiku by midnight Sunday, 9/10)

for 9/14

reading: Gail Sher - Guide for Beginning Haiku Writers (PDF handout on MOODLE = 07-Sher-GuideForBeginningHaiku)

(19) reading response: compare Gail Sher's suggestions for writing haiku with the introduction in Peggy Lyles' book (one page max)

(20) reading response: write your imagined felt response to two favorite haiga from 1 Haiga Favorites (two paragraphs)

(21) write 4-6 haiku on on heavenly bodies AND/OR working out, exercise, getting healthy, yoga, etc

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> comparison of Sher and Lyles, send your responses and haiku by midnight Wednesday, 9/13)

for 9/19

reading: My Red: The Selected Haiku of John Stevenson (clothbound book)

(22) writing response: find three favorite haiku from John Stevenson and write a short response paragraphs about them.

(23) reading response: compare the genesis of discourse for two authors (John Stevenson or Wally Swist and Peggy Lyles). why do they choose to write haiku about these moments? what is the source of significance worth turning into a literary artwork for them?

(24) writing haiku: open topic 4-6 haiku and Bella's prompt — growing pains

(25) reading response: write your imagined felt responses to three favorite haiku from Kukai 3 Favorites

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> send your responses and haiku by by midnight Sunday, 9/17)

for 9/21

04 Kukai & 01 haiku to edit workshop

(26) Read Chapter 3 - The Art of Reading & Writing Haiku and write about three favorite haiku from this portion of the book. (PDF handout on MOODLE = 03-Art Of Reading & Writing Haiku)

(27) Send me your discussion of 2 either-or haiku from class discussion. Submit 3 of your own haiku for workshop (2 either or versions of each) for haiku editing workshop.

(28) during or at a different time and place from your quiet contemplation space writing, slowly read your new issue of MAYFLY closing your eyes after reading each haiku to fully imagine each one. Let your imagination/memory go and write 2-3 haiku from where one of your favorite haiku took you.

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> send your responses and haiku by midnight Wednesday, 9/20)

for 9/26

reading: handout of haiku from School's Out by Randy Brooks
(PDF handout on MOODLE = 08-RandyBrooksHaikuHandout)

(29) writing response: find two favorite haiku from Randy Brooks and write a short response paragraphs about them.

(30) send me your final edited versions for at least 2 pairs of EITHER/OR haiku. Or write why you like one version better than the other.

(31) writing haiku: open topic 4-6 haiku. Our kukai 04 winner says our prompt is "intrusive thoughts"

(32) reading response to Kukai 4 Favorites: write your imagined felt response to three favorite haiku from Kukai 4 Favorites (three paragraphs).

email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) assignments due by midnight Sunday, 9/24

for 9/28

reading: The Millikin University Haiku Anthology (PDF handout on MOODLE = 15-Millikin University Haiku Anthology)

(33) reading responses:write about 3 favorite haiku from the MU Haiku Anthology

(34) write 4-6 haiku in the spirit of favorite MU Haiku Anthology haiku

email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) assignments due by midnight Wednesday, 9/27

for 10/3

have fun homecoming weekend!

(35) reading response to Kukai 5 Favorites: write your imagined felt response to three favorite haiku from Kukai 5. WRITE 1-2 haiku on our prompt from Bella -- goosebumps!

(36) write 4-6 homecoming haiku (literarly going home or high school or Millikin's homecoming weekend) (write some that actual feature elements of your home town area!)

email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) assignments by midnight Sunday, 10/1

for 10/5

Matching Contest 2 (goosebumps) AND Kukai 6 Favorites (homecoming)

(37) reading: Love Haiku by Masajo Suzuki (MOODLE handout = 09-Masajo-LoveHaiku) and find three favorite haiku by Masajo and write a short response paragraph to each one.

(38) reading responses to Matching Contest 2: write about a favorite match (any 2 haiku from our goosebumps!)

(39) writing love haiku or senryu: write 1-2 haiku with the promot of GHOSTS . . . and write 4-6 love or anti-love haiku. Not necessarily all lovey-dovey cliches, but love, crushes, first date, breaking up, unrequited love, good friends, bitterness about love, winter dance, sock hop, blind date, romance, vampire love, and so on . . .

email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) assignments due by midnight Wednesday, 10/4

for 10/10

(40) reading: The Haiku Anthology (PDF handout on MOODLE = 10-The Haiku Anthology)
and write response paragraphs for three favorite haiku from the The Haiku Anthology

(41) haiku writing: write 3-5 haiku in response to 2-3 favorite haiku from the The Haiku Anthology

(42) haiku writing: write 3-5 haiku on anything OPEN TOPIC - things that are important in your life

email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) assignments due by midnight Sunday, 10/8

for 10/12

(43) haiku writing: write 4-6 haiku on Autumn - outdoors, bon fire, apples, sweaters . . .

(44) reader response: write about 3 favorites from Kukai 7 Favorites

email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) assignments due by midnight Wednesday, 10/11

for 10/17

TEAM MEETING DAY

(44) haiku edit results - send me edited versions of 3 haiku and write a paragraph about 1 favorite edited haiku (could be your own) 2 haiku to edit • edited haiku

(45) Read Chapters Seven - The Art of Reading & Writing Haiku (pages 110-124) and write about two favorite haiku by former students from this portion of the book. (PDF handout on MOODLE = 03-Art Of Reading & Writing Haiku)

IN CLASS (do not do 45 & 46 ahead of time)

(46) - compare haiku with another art or thing in our lives (ONE TEAM MEMBER send me an informal writeup of your team's comparison) . . .

A - what makes for the BEST haiku (why are some haiku better than others?)
B - compare what the best haiku do with your other BEST of something else

(47) PARTNER WITH 1 or 2 OTHER STUDENTS FROM CLASS (or previous classes) FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT.

Discuss and compare haiku as a literary art genre to another art or activity. THEN create a comparison presentation on this comparison to share with the class. The presentation can be a PowerPoint, Prezi or video posted on YouTube.

Include some haiku writing activity for students in the class. PRESENTATION/ACTIVITIES will be given on 10/24.

Previous semester topics have included:

Haiku Charades - Haiku Pictionary - Haiga & Visual Arts - Haiku & Fishing - Food & Haiku - Haiclue - Jazz Haiku Impromtu-ku - Scifaiku - Star Trek Haiku - Harry Potter Haiku - Billboard Haiku - Senryu & Comic Strips

10-19 FALL BREAK! ENJOY!!!!!

for 10/24

team presentation on results of comparison activities

(48) write 4-6 haiku related to your comparison or upcoming activity.

email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) assignments due by midnight Sunday, 10/22)

for 10/26

(48) send me your haiku from the comparison prompts

Breakup Haiku - Kailyn Coates - Mary Grace Gallagher - Elly Hermanson

Bouquet Haiku - Eden Niebrugge - Maddie Alger - Kaia Garbacz

Send me your bouqet haiku (word prompts 1 - tree / cold / parent; and 2 - cozy / holiday / desire)

Hugs Haiku - Cami Jones - Hannah Smith - Leah Flint - Tanner Essex

Send me your hug haiku (movie scene prompts)

Winter/Snow - Bella Birdsley - Madelyn Letourneau - Grace Brixa

Send me your winter / snow haiku and the team will match them with photos for haiga.

RPG Haiku - Elijah Jamison - Ny Scott - Sean House

Send me your haiku from any RPG or video game (put us in that world)

Fanfiction Stance - Skylyr Choe

Send me your haiku from within context or characters of a novel, movie, play, fiction.

email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) assignments due by midnight Wednesday, 10/25

for 10/31

(49) Send me your proposal for your Reader Response Essay. (1 paragraph)

Post-midterm Reader Response Essay Preview - Author or Haiku topic Study:

Think about what or who you'd like to write about for your contemporary haiku reader response essay. These essays are due November 8. I need to know your intended topic or author by Sunday at midnight, October 25. See the PDF of the ONLINE HAIKU COLLECTIONS by many authors.

I may have books to loan you from the DECATUR HAIKU COLLECTION available from my office, SH209.

Here's guidelines for this assignment:

haiku author or topic study: A formal essay introducing a particular contemporary author, topic or technical approach to contemporary haiku readers. This is a reader-response essay, so the primary source for your essay will be your own readings and analyses of 6-10 haiku. If you are doing an author focus, discuss your author's approach to writing haiku. You may choose to write about a haiku topic instead of an author, with reader responses to 6-10 haiku related to that topic. Matching comparisons with haiku by other authors are always valued in all approaches to this essay. This can focus on one book by the author in the form of a book review essay or on a particular theme or technical approach to haiku by the author.

o focus on a point of insight or question about that author's unique contribution
o include response discussions of 6-10 haiku by the author
o optional to include at a matching comparison to a haiku by another author (or more)
o may include email or in-person interview questions to help address the haiku writer's poetics

The Haiku Foundation has a Haiku Poets Registry that may be helpful in getting a preview of cerntain authors: <https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-registry/>

Length? 5-10 pages single-spaced. Citations? Full citation of each source within text first time mentioned (followed by haiku citation convention of author, publication title abbreviated, page number) for subsequent mentions. Yes, do include a works-cited page.

A Bibliography of Online Books, Journals and Exhibitions on Haiku, Senryu and Tanka in English
http://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/MillikinHaiku/bibliographies/OnlineHaikuBooks.pdf

See guidelines for this assignment (handout page of 15-Haiku-ReaderREsponseEssay & 16-Sample-ReaderResponseHaikuEssay).

(50 )Kukai 8 Favorites - write about 2-3 favorite haiku from Kukai 8 Favorites

(51) reading response: Old Pond Comics about the Japanese masters at <http://www.oldpondcomics.com/masters.html> and write a reader response about 1 favorite Old Pond Comic

OR TRY TO DRAW YOUR OWN HAIKU COMIC! (extra credit)

(52) write 4-6 Halloween haiku (OR All Saint's Day or Day of the Dead) (try some SPOOKY & some FUN)

Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) assignments due by midnight Sunday, 10/29)

for 11/2

reading: Haiku Guy, (MOODLE handout = 13-HaikuGuy pages 1-19 and 43-53)

(57) Halloween kukai 9 Favorites - write about 2 of your favorites

(58) writing response: Practice the exercise of stop, look, and listen as described in the book, HAIKU GUY. Find something, whether it be in your dorm, on campus, or somewhere where you can sit quietly without distraction and observe a particular thing, area, or person. Then, write about what you observed, describing what stuck out to you. Write 3-5 haiku from this exercise.

(59) writing response: Compare the advice given to Buck-Teeth of poets Mido and Kuro and write 3-5 haiku following Kuro's advice, and 3-5 haiku following Mido's approach.

email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) assignments due by midnight Wednesday, 11/1

for 11/7 - scheduling day (no class)?

Work on your contemporary reader response haiku essays!

(59) writing haiku: 4-6 haiku in response to haiku being discussed in your essay

email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) assignments due by midnight Sunday, 11/5

for 11/9

(60) Contemporary Haiku Reader Response Essays due by midnight Wednesday, 11/8

Length? 5-10 pages single-spaced. Citations? Full citation of each source within text first time mentioned (followed by haiku citation convention of author, publication title abbreviated, page number) for subsequent mentions. Yes, do include a works-cited page. Yes, give your essay a title.

(61) On a separate page, please type all of the haiku used in your essay. I will make copies and share these with the class as a PDF file while you discuss your author.

Anna Quick - family haiku
Bella Birdsley - rain and snow haiku
Cami Jones - music haiku
Eden Niebrugge - feminine rage haiku
Elijah Jamison - Masajo Suzuki
Elly Hermanson - John Stevenson
Grace Brixa - Joshua Eric Williams
Hannah Smith - light-hearted haiku
Kaia Garbacz - formatting arrangement in haiku
Kailyn Coates - Aubrie Cox
Leah Flint - tanka & haiku
Maddie Alger - Scent of Music
Madelyn Letourneau - love haiku
Mary Grace Gallagher - Aubrie Cox
Ny Scott - Sonia Sanchez
Sean House - mathematic haiku
Skylyr Choe - horror haiku
Tanner Essex - Peggy Lyles

email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) assignments due by midnight Wednesday, 11/8

for 11/14 - More Reader Response Essays

(62) reading response: write about 3 favorite haiku from other student essays of your choice (see MOODLE)

(63) writing haiku: write 4-6 haiku in response to or related to topics discussed in other student essays

email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) assignments due by midnight Sunday, 11/12

for 11/16 - Kukai 10 • Kukai 10 Favorites

(64) Read Walking Uneven Ground: Selected Haiku of Bill Pauly (clothbound book)

(65) writing response: find three favorite haiku by Bill Pauly and write a short response paragraphs about them.

(66) writing haiku: 4-6 haiku OPEN TOPIC (you want to explore a topic for your haiku project?)

email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) assignments due by midnight Wednesday, 11/15

for 11/21 - More Reader Response Essays

(67) reading response: read/review the essays by others in our class. Write a paragraph response about what you especially liked or realized from at least one essay. These are PDF documents on our class MOODLE.

(68) reading response: write about 3 favorite haiku from Kukai 10 Favorites

(69) writing haiku: 4-6 haiku OPEN TOPIC (you want to explore a topic for your haiku project?)

email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) assignments due by midnight Sunday, 11/19 email Dr. Brooks

for 11/23 no class - Thanksgiving

Take a break and enjoy being with friends, family and quiet time with yourself.

for 11/28

Thanksgiving break kukai!

(70) reading response writing: Share 10-20 of your best haiku with family and friends over Thanksgiving break, and see which ones they like the best. Write an email to me about favorites selected by your family and friends. Which ones did they like best and why?

(71) haiku writing: write 4-6 haiku or a haiku sequence over Thanksgiving Break about your life's reality during Thanksgiving break or about special locations and places of significance to you in your home town or travel. Don't write a bunch of cliches or stereotypical spring break stuff. Write from the reality of YOUR actual Thanksgiving break.

(72) haiku writing: 4-6 haiku from kukai 9 winner's prompt: xxxxx?

email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) assignments due by midnight Sunday, 11/26 email Dr. Brooks

for 11/30

(73) reading response writing: Chapter 2 of Matsuo Bashô by Ueda (MOODLE handout = 14-Basho-Chapter2-byUeda). Select two favorite haiku from Bashô. Write a paragraph response to these two haiku.

(74) reading response: write about 3 favorite haiku from Kukai 11 Favorites

(75) write 4-6 haiku - at least 2 or 3 on Hannah's prompt "a favorite song"

(76) haiku project proposal

The purpose of the haiku project is to apply haikai arts to something that means a lot to the student—usually something related to their major field of study. Bring your passion to this project and connect it to haiku (photography & haiku) (music & haiku) (history and haiku) (psychology & senryu) (a kasen renga) (baseball haiku) (a collage of haiku) (haiku web site) (anthology of love haiku) . . . have fun with this. make it your dream assignment. email me a paragraph explaining your project plan

You can see sample previous haiku projects at:

https://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/MillikinHaiku/studentprojects.html

Haiku projects are due by email midnight, Sunday, December 3
Project presentations are Tuesday, December 5

email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) assignments by midnight Wednesday, 11/29

for 12/05 - Project Presentations Day

(77) reading response: write about 2 favorite haiku from Kukai 12 Favorites

(77) Haiku Project

Anna Quick - playlist haiku
Bella Birdsley - haiku from favorite movie scenes
Cami Jones - sky haiku
Eden Niebrugge - colors of life haiku
Elijah Jamison -
Elly Hermanson - soccer haiku
Grace Brixa - haiga (art & haiku combinations)
Hannah Smith - haiku collage
Kaia Garbacz - video game haiku
Kailyn Coates - haiku of empathy and caring for others
Leah Flint - relationships haiku
Maddie Alger - haiku on dreams
Madelyn Letourneau - favorite books haiku
Sean House - math haiku
Skylyr Choe - haiku on various kinds of grief
Tanner Essex - Taylor Swift lyrics found haiku

In class: Share your project with the class: (3-4 minutes max for each presentation). I will BUZZ you if you run over.

(email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) send a copy of your HAIKU PROJECT by midnight Sunday, 12/03)

for 12/07 - Last Day of Class

In class: Share your signature gift haiku & collection.

Signature Gift Exchange & Sharing Haiku Collections

(78) Signature haiku gift exchange (digital photo sent to me) and haiku chapbook collections (email to me) are due Wednesday Midnight, December 06.

The signature haiku process—a haiku to give to others when they ask about haiku that can be used to teach them about haiku and to share some of your work with them. A haiku you want to be known for or known by—one that works with a lot of readers. A gift of a haiku insight . . . often presented as a gift of some sort such as a bookmark, a small haiku stone, etc.

BRING 19 copies to class! (including 1 for yourself)

(79) Haiku Collection Booklets due: Select and organize your best haiku & senryu & haibun & renga into a collection. Make a little booklet, or print them in a binder, or write them in a blank book.

Select and organize your best haiku & senryu & haibun & renga into a small booklet or collection. Give your collection a title and a © 2023 page. (Often signature haiku are connected to the title.) Include a dedication page if you would like to.

Be sure to write an author's introduction to your collection which explains your title and expresses your approach or why these are the ones you have included in your collection (your poetics preface). Ask a reading partner to write a short introduction to your collection, maybe pointing out one or two favorites—or their observation about something unique about your haiku (the reader's introduction). The reader's introduction should help strangers appreciate and value your collection.

BRING 1 copy of your Haiku Collection to class Thursday, December 7!

(80) Don't forget to e-mail a copy of the contents of your collection including your introduction to Dr. Brooks by midnight, Wednesday, December 06!

(email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) send your responses and new haiku by midnight Wednesday, 12/06)

for 12/11 - FINAL Haiku Reading (time and location to be announced)

Final Exam Reading: Monday, December 11, 2023
1:00 - 3:00 pm
Kirkland 128

Our final is a Haiku poetry reading in Kirkland 128. You will read from your haiku collection. Please invite friends and family to our reading. It is open to the public. Bring a signature haiku to SIGN our signature haiku collection. You will receive your haiku collections back from me at the Final Reading.

Anyone want to help bring cookies, snacks, or help publicize the event? Yes, forextra credit, of course!

Post-class evaluation (SIRs & Reflections)

(81) Don't forget to e-mail your short bio statement to Dr. Brooks.

(82) Don't forget to do your SIR course evaluation!

(83) Review haiku you have written from the kukai, matching contest, and from your final haiku collection. Write about why 5 of your haiku are your favorites. (3 pages maximum)

(84) Write a short reflection essay on how your life has been enriched by learning more about the literary art of reading and writing haiku. What has the art of haiku taught you that will be of value in your professional, social and personal life? (3 pages maximum)

EMAIL assignments 81, 83 and 84 to me by midnight Sunday, December 10 at: rbrooks@millikin.edu

I will post final grades on Tuesday, December 19.