Haiku Kukai 01

Global Haiku • Millikin University • July 2026

1

the dim porch light
moths keep finding
their way home

 

2

a quiet river
briefly divided
by a speeding wake

3

sitting on the porch
chairs rocking
the world slows

4

a Fairy Tale castle 
a couple sits on the ramparts
overlooking the town

 

5

warm park bench 
Mother's Day spent
with my favorite person

6

iron bird from the war
now black and white 
framed by the dresser

7

bike ride
home before dark
a drink of hose water

 

8

the hunchback swaying
smoking blades of grass
as he oversees his old domain

9

cobblestone pavement
a cat on the streetcorner
invites me in for tea

10

ball and foot
gratefully happy
we can play

 

11

on the front yard field
coach builds us a soccer goal
obsession begins

12

my grandpa's home
a spider claims its corner
weaving a web

13

first Elizabethan age
an oak beam
now holds up my roof

 

14

a stranger
comes alive 
on her old phone number

15

cooped up night
can finally go slither
up the tree

16

fishing line tangled
dad loosening the knot
both ways

 

17

edge of the city
a distant wilderness half lost
in the fog of rain

18

windows down, music up
two fun drinks
we are so back


© 2026, Randy Brooks • Millikin University
All rights returned to authors upon publication.