Wednesday, December 24, 2025

A Senryu by Randy Brooks

 

almost Christmas
a beady-eyed clown
stitched up by nuns

~

Randy Brooks is Professor of English Emeritus at Milliken 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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