Love.
Even When It's Hard

April 18, 2013

by

Spring 2013 Global Haiku Class

Authors include:

ab - Alex Buchko
al - Amanda Lee
cb - Courtney Burress
cd - Charlie Decker
ec - Emily Crutchfield
eed - Emily D'Ambrose
hz - Heidi A. Zapp
jc - Jordan Caulk
jr - Jonathan Robertson
ka - Kenneth Albin
km - Kelsey Meredith
rm - Randi Mehrmann
rmb - Randy Brooks
sek - Sarah E. Kisly
to - Therese O'Shaughnessy

Love.
Even when it's hard

chicken pox
on the sidewalk
rain leaves its mark

EED

she invites me
under her umbrella

RMB

standing close
as the rain falls down
a quick glance

AC

two hands brush—
a thrill of adrenaline

TC

falling stars
take my dreams
with them

RM

sidewalk puddles
rainboots paint ripples

CB

•

dancing in the rain
barefoot
and in love

JC

rose corsage
crumbling in the fridge

AB

memories flood
every corner
that night

HZ

rain fell
and ruined my dress

KM

you spilled your soda
over my $300 dress
we laughed

EC

charming date
we pay for ourselves

CD

•

we sit
on a grassy hill
harvest moon

KA

I see a spider perched
on her leg

JR

a furtive glance
of unbridled heat
blue stars

SEK

passion
like the heat from the sun

EED

magnolia blossoms
litter the sidewalk
more rain

RMB

it pours
like my tears

AL

•

all the candles
lit around
the bathtub

RMB

my eyes close
warm from the water

EED

open window
I remember an adventure
from long ago

SEK

my grandpa's loving eyes
we sit on the tractor

JK

cow grazes
and puffy clouds pass
treasured summer

KA

child petting the cow's nose
cud on his head

CD

•

at the Dairy Queen
a bird poops
on my head

EC

I cry harder
when mom laughs

KM

fifteen
I really thought
he broke my heart

HZ

false hopes
from disney movies

AB

cherry blossom rain
holding hands
with my prince charming

JC

seven months later . . .
let's stay in

CB

•

sweatpants, hair tied
chilling with no make-up on
get over it

RM

old acne scars
trace her forehead

TO

he doesn't notice
he calls her
beautiful

AZ

a porcelain doll
both eyes shut

RMB

he tucks
a cherry blossom
behind her ear

EED

at home
in a vase of water

SEK

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