Kim B. Miller

Haiku Poems

Broken

Look your mirror is

not broken, you are. Pieces

of truth can’t fix lies.

Well

Why don’t you sit with

your victories like you sit

with your failures? Well!

Joy

Your joy isn’t their job.

Your crutch won’t fit under their

arm. Joy ain’t plural.

Job

Companionship is

not a solution to pain.

Don’t give love a job.

Love/Lust

Love or lust, lust is

rent with an option to buy.

Are you a renter?

Okay

It’s okay to be

scared do it anyway. Scared

people succeed too.

Kim B. Miller was crowned the First African American Prince William County Poet Laureate in 2020. She serves as a Motivational Speaker for Bard High School and Early College DC, a Teaching Artist at DC Commussion on the Arts and Himanities, and a Workshop Facilitator for University of California, Berkeley. She is the 2021 DMV Renaissance Award Winner “Haikuist” of the year. She also won 4th place in the Annual Writer’s Digest Contest for Non-rhyming poetry in 2021 and is the 2019 Southern Fried Haiku Champion.

Website: kimbmiller.com
Twitter: @pwcpoetlaur2020

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