Summer term

A haiku

Public domain image created by ChatGPT

end of summer term — on my left hand a rorschach test

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The term has ended, but its traces remain in the most ordinary places. What began as a practical stain becomes something more ambiguous in the pause that follows achievement — a small, accidental pattern inviting interpretation, as though the season’s work is reluctant to leave without one final question.

First published on NaHaiWriMo.

Curious how these small moments become haiku? I’ve written a short guide called *The Three-Minute Haiku System*, which shows a simple way to turn an observation into a draft haiku in just a few minutes.