Randy Brooks
July Meditation
sitting upright
on a kid's inner tube
mostly underwater
not croaking
a frog on the bank
eyes me
across the mirror
an uprising in the center
of each raindrop
cottonwood fluff
settles down on the lake
snake stripes
bald eagle ensogram
what's above what's below
consciousness
Bio
Dr. Randy Brooks is Professor of English Emeritus at Millikin University where he teaches courses on haiku and tanka. He and his wife, Shirley Brooks, are publishers of Brooks Books and co-editors of MAYFLY haiku magazine. His recent collections include WALKING THE FENCE: Selected Tanka and HAIKU DECK playing cards.