7 Senryu & 1 Haiku Sequence by Randy Brooks
barn doors shut
the milk cow warms up
my meditation
•
fallen white oak
honeysuckle worships
the open sky
•
detasseling crew
goosebumps of coolness
before the storm
•
crawfish landing port
a high rise
mud pie
•
all clear
the roly-poly bug
legs back out
•
ghost town railroad tracks
the weeds
at home
•
junk drawer of odds & ends
a World War II calendar girl
under it all
spring showers
a couple noses
through the ivy
nesting ground
two daddies joust
for the inlet
speaking in tongues
the urgency of flapping
back to the lake
home school
baby geese between
mom &&& dad
circle of stones
two goose feathers stand
as a watch tower
migrating pelicans
the geese no longer
big shots
autumn chill
the geese try another
flight alignment
longest night
sitting on the puffed up
downy butts
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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