10 Haiku by Randy Brooks
onion soup
the longest stretch
of Swiss cheese
•
nudging the kayak
ashore
the glistening berries
•
Mother’s grave
under blooming forsythia
jenny wren
•
mountain run-off
a bear stands up for
a whiff of us
•
old-fashioned names
inside a covered bridge
Amish lovers
•
no see-ums
the surround-sound
tree frogs
•
newborn's bath
the red-faced cry softens
to a quiver
•
new tattoo
her way of fitting in
a snakeskin
•
play house
the mom gives me
a middle name
•
lucky rabbit foot
his boy asks where’s
the rest of it?
Dr Randy Brooks is Professor of English Emeritus at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, where he teaches courses on haiku, tanka, and Japanese poetics. He and his wife, Shirley Brooks, are publishers of Brooks Books and co-editors of Mayfly haiku magazine. His most recent books include Walking the Fence: Selected Tanka and The Art of Reading and Writing Haiku: A Reader Response Approach.
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