6 Haiku
cherry picking
a plastic beach bucket
under her belt
Battleground museum
arrows point out musket holes
in a Ghost Dance shirt
at the foot
of a roadside cross
glitter litter
after the argument
the teddy bear asks her
to marry him
name embroidered
on the Christmas stocking
new daughter-in-law
clearance rack dress
her husband likes
the price tag
1 Haiku Sequence
Fairy Ring
the shadows
of an untamed forest
mosquitos lair
mushroom safari
little brother
scouts ahead
stepping over
the fallen branches
a hunter’s song
deer tracks in mud
a congregation of morels
within reach
headed home
a future generation
left behind
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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