Haiku Collection #1 – #7

Here are seven haikus I wrote. I wrote the first three during the pandemic in 2020. The rest are more recent, spread out over the years since 2021.

I learned about haikus years ago in…elementary school (?) but did not learn how to truly appreciate the process of writing one until I took a course in Philosophy at San Diego State University. I am thankful for the tutelage of Prof. Wawrytko in Non-Western Aesthetics. I have found that the creative process of writing a haiku, for me, is a type of meditation that calms and heals me.

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Haiku #1

Waves attack the shore
The next morning’s sun will also
Shine on the same sand

Haiku #2

She rests while I write
A moment shared like flowers
Sharing the sunshine

Haiku #3

A photograph
The memory of kindness
Remains eternal

Haiku #4

Serenity floats
as a miniature blue dam
What are emotions?

Haiku #5

A life unchosen,

possibilities deterred;

Alive in my dreams

Haiku #6

Titan of knowledge

Pages become memories

I am a master

Haiku #7

A universe died.

Implosion; A Silent Scream.

Can stars be reborn?