Friday, December 19, 2025

A Senryu by Randy Brooks

 

faculty Christmas party
whose baby is she
carrying now?

~

Randy Brooks is Professor of English Emeritus at Millikin University, where he teaches a haiku course. Randy and 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.

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