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A haibun is a form of Japanese poetry pioneered by the poet Basho, and comprising a section of prose followed by haiku, but there is more to a haibun. What is haibun in poetry (complete definition)?
LOOK AROUND YOUThere is new life everyway in the skies, trees and both in the earth and under it
Lambs skipping chasing each other then running to their mothers to suckle
Eggs cracking open in the nest chicks fighting...
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Categories:
animal, bird, insect,
Form: Haibun
Goodnight DadGoodnight Dad
I was sitting in the backyard earlier, just gazing at the stars. The sky was clear, and the moon was still asleep somewhere back east. My mind, as it usually does, started to...
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Categories:
poetry,
Form: Haibun
Fledging Spring~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
At long last, hibernal's fury begrudgingly concedes to spring tide. The fields, once blanketed by a mantle of white, now resemble no man's land, muddied and bare. A single robin sets in a state of...
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Categories:
inspirational, spring,
Form: Haibun
Spring's Red Popcorn~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Spring comes with a gentle spirit, one who realizes that warming up softly often brings the best results to the heart and soul. She sends her gentle rain and warm wind to kiss the rich...
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Categories:
march, nature, spring,
Form: Haibun
Starry, Starry Night
Driving down those dark and dusty country roads. The rocks and rubber are singing in harmony as rows of brown corn flash and disappear. You turn on the radio and we let its melodies form...
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Categories:
poetry,
Form: Haibun
Kensington Avenue
"Sweet child in time,
you'll see the line
the line that's drawn between
good and bad"
Cold sweats again in this godforsaken ninety-degree heat. Shivering uncontrollably. God, what I'd do for a warm comforter right now. Zombies all around...
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Categories:
emotions,
Form: Haibun
Take Root~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You are a tree, and each leaf is a thought, a word to describe how you are feeling. But there are too many leaves and fall has come and gone. So you stand...
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Categories:
nature, tree,
Form: Haibun
Life in the Country
My wife and I have spent a good deal of our lives living between the city limit signs of one metropolis or another. As urban dwellers, we were constantly bombarded with the rumble of noises...
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Categories:
poetry,
Form: Haibun
Wide Eyed Saunter Part TwoThere’s a burning yen nomadic deep within entrenched,
to absorb fresh environments ambrosial on foot,
where incidental hue or august colour wash abound,
or that March bloom tantalising shady patch,
with its dreamlike mystic wide-flung allure,
some blue pigment dawn...
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Categories:
celebration, character, color, deep,
Form: Haibun
The First Day of School
At the beginning of every school year, it would be up to me to stand in front of the rest of the classroom and name every sibling and their history. Like some sort of freak...
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Categories:
poetry,
Form: Haibun
Come Rainbow~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Come rainbow. Make your colorful arch upon the sky. Make your picture where there is no canvas. Bring joy without a single word. Come rainbow into the bold blue air. Stretch through those shadowy clouds....
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Categories:
hope, rainbow,
Form: Haibun
Little Red Riding Hood
She sewed all day and she sewed all night then gave her daughter a red cape, some bread and a brave warning, "Grandma needs you so remember, don't dilly dally in the forest Ruby....
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Categories:
funny, smart,
Form: Haibun
Ides of March
Named for the God of War but trickster is your nature. Each year you bring the prospect of spring. Yet your deceit hides that promise under your cloak of white. I should know better, but...
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Categories:
poetry,
Form: Haibun
Wide Eyed SaunterThere is an urge within me to wander randomly,
to explore in vivid detail each kaleidoscope,
incidental hue or pristine colour I encounter,
or just as likely that tantalising shady patch,
with its dreamlike mystical allure so faraway,
this blue...
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Categories:
appreciation, august, beautiful, beauty,
Form: Haibun
The Holy Flower Bud
A Mother Theresa Quote:
“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”
She, a Loreto sister of great value a Saint in old Calcutta
took a train ride in 1946, and found her...
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Categories:
appreciation, care, thanksgiving,
Form: Haibun
Specific Types of Haibun Poems
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autobiography, diary, essay, prose, story
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Definition | What is Haibun in Poetry?