Dr. Randy Brooks
Dean of the College
of Arts & Sciences

Keynote Speech
2007 MU Opening Convocation

 
Randy M. Brooks, Ph.D.
Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences
Millikin University

Office Address:


 

Shilling 209
1184 West Main Street        
Decatur, Illinois 62522

Dean's Office: (217) 424-6205
Telephone: (217) 424-6264
Campus e-mail: rbrooks@millikin.edu
Home e-mail: brooksbooks@sbcglobal.net

Bronze Man Books

Brooks Books Haiku

Millikin University Haiku

Performance Learning Web Site


Dr. B's Links

Recent Courses

Administrative Vita

 Brooks Books

Sample Poem

my favorite car

Scholarship Vita

Bronze Man Books

Sample Haiku

Randy M. Brooks, Professor of English, received his Ph.D. from Purdue University with a concentration in rhetoric and professional writing. His areas of academic research include professional writing curriculum, rhetorical theory, hypermedia, web publishing, technical writing and computer aided publishing.

Dr. Brooks is the Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences and has been an active proponent of experiential learning as a means of integrating theory and practice in the curriculum. He encourages Millikin students to perform their knowledge and expertise in order to make a contribution beyond themselves. He has been an editor and publisher of Brooks Books since 1976, and often invites students to participate in press activities.


Spring 2012 Courses

EN310 Applying Writing Theory (Moodle)

IN203 Honors Global Haiku Tradition

EN382 Art of Publishing (Bronze Man Books)

 


Fall 2011 Courses

EN170 Tanka Writing Roundtable

EN340 Global Haiku July PACE

EN382 The Art of Publishing

 


Summer 2011 Courses

EN340 Global Haiku Tradition PACE

EN305 Web Publishing


Spring 2011 Courses

EN382 The Art of Publishing

EN170 Renga Writing Roundtable


Fall 2010 Courses

IN203 Global Haiku Traditions

EN340-IN350 Global Haiku September PACE

EN382 The Art of Publishing

EN170 Haiku Writing Roundtable


Summer 2010 Courses

EN382 / AR380 Web Graphics PACE

EN305 Web Publishing


Spring 2010 Courses

EN382 The Art of Publishing

EN340-IN350 Global Haiku Traditions

 

EN340-IN350 Global Haiku February PACE


Fall 2009 Courses

EN382 The Art of Publishing

EN170 Tanka Writing Roundtable


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Haiku by Randy Brooks

dirt farmer's wife
at the screen door...
no tractor sound

Midwest Haiku Anthology

 

school's out—
a boy follows his dog
into the woods

Midwest Haiku Anthology

 

the mailman's dust
passes him
at the mailbox

Haiku World Anthology

 

her red curls
caught on a thorn--
she reaches the morel

Haiku World Anthology

 

new grave
a graduation tassle
hangs from the stone

Modern Haiku

An online collection of my tanka was published in 1998 which you may wish to read at:

Black Ant's Journey to Japan (AHA Online Books: Gualala, CA, 1998)

 

Dr. Brooks participates in a translation workshop at the Shiki Museum in Matsuyama, Japan. Conducted in a large tatami-mat room, this was the first time that he has presented a conference presentation on his knees.

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Life Cycle

underwater skin
tight
too tight
to slip out of
with grace


veins pump
the gossamer
wings rise,
eyes fill with double skies

mouthless the mayflies
flutter to
make love
in midair

pressing rings
into the water
where
fish and other
devils
feed

the fertile
eggs float free

 

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See a student web site anthology:
Harristown Elementary Haiku

Randy's Car

Current Weather Conditions
Click for Decatur, Illinois Forecast

 

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This site is maintained by Dr. Randy Brooks, Acting Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, Millikin University.
Contact: rbrooks@millikin.edu • © last updated: January 27, 2012