Haibun Poems | Haibun Examples

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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)?

Silent December Night

Early December evening. From my office window, I watch the nighttime slowly arrive. I step outside marveling at the delicate blooms of crystal white with the conjuring of steel-gray clouds. The Christmas season comes as...Read More

Winter Pirouettes

The winter season comes as a ballerina, one so at home upon the ice. Her chilled winds twist in pirouettes, her earthen branches in pure-white dress. The winter chill invites us inward, toward the calling...Read More

Magical Swish

All day the sun hibernated in the gray clouds. In its absence, a winter wind had woven the corners of the kitchen window with tiny patterns of ice—four small frost spider webs. I stared...Read More

December Hike

The day grows old. The sun slowly sinks down beneath the tops of the trees. The fog casts beams of moonlight into sepia tones. The path before my feet feels like an invitation to my...Read More

Sunjoy

Early morning. I stood on my porch slowly sipping a cup of tea while watching the sun rise over my neighborhood. The sunshine brings a glow to the foliage, to the grass, and to the...Read More

Along the Water's Edge

The pond is the finest of mirrors, never showing exactly what is above, but converting it to a image so beautifully smudged and broken. The weeping willow, the soft clouds above, all become a Monet...Read More

To Be Where She Is

Ghosts have all but abandoned this lonely place. It's just me here. The cold, drizzling rain is relentless, yet calming somehow. Marble stones lodged in leafy pastures keep taunting me. Autumn was her favorite season;...Read More

Winter Solstice

The winter solstice time is no longer celebrated as it once was, with the understanding that this is a period of descent and rest, of going within our homes, within ourselves and taking in all...Read More

Luminous Orb

The moon in eternal stoic grace takes her place amid the starlight, the glowing mother of the sky who watches over every beating heart, steady and true. Like a mother, she comes to the sky,...Read More

Journey of a Contemporary Joseph

Author’s note: The following is in haibun form—poetic prose (microfiction with less than 200 words in this case) coupled with a haiku. It was written in response to a writing prompt to (re)tell a Christmas...Read More

Nightmare

It was my first journey by train all alone. When dropped at the station by my cousin, I saw a huge crowd waiting at the station. Like a drop in the ocean, I quickly merged...Read More

The Final Dance Macabre

* for maximum effect cue audio at stanza break "For as they were in those days before the flood... so the presence of the Son of man will be." - Matthew 24:38-40 I see them, though they...Read More

Dawn

The sun rises as a canopy of gold, bright amid the blue, bidding the stars to take their nightly rest. She comes in the way that natural forces do, needing no invitation yet feeling her...Read More

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Definition | What is Haibun in Poetry?

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