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)?

September Rhapsody

"Every leaf speaks bliss to me fluttering from the autumn tree." ...Read the rest...

Raw Madness

I lay cold all night Until my head ached with it A feverish dream existed in the chill Deregulated extremes occupy the same spaces Only in raw madness are glimmers of truth Settled crowd types watching reruns aren't noticing Let us...Read the rest...

Witcher County Road

There's a gonna be a crimson moon tomorrow night... Me and Delroy, heading down Witcher at half past midnight. Our destination: Witcher Redemption Church of Christ. It's been pouring like crazy since ten. Lightning streaks are...Read the rest...

choosing jakes lunch

Sheila was careful about choosing lunch for his pet. It had to be colorful and lively. He liked chasing them around his cage a few laps and feeling their fear, before he gulped them down in one...Read the rest...

we call them babies

their skin is a different color than anyone else’s in the room; a color reserved for babies. Even toddlers do not have this kind of hue. they are rotund; they have the fullest tummies. They are unbelievably stinky...Read the rest...

Walk from the car park 2

I pull you in/or did that happen to me? Hush the secret of me into your brain/or maybe mine Then leave - it there We will always hurt the most from a weapon of choice...Read the rest...

My Favorite Teacher

Without frills or frame, a black and white portrait of a teacher. I loved Amid a haphazard heap of faded memories, an image sticks out, the image of my favorite teacher. It was in my degree...Read the rest...

art of wanting

unstable equilibrium meets dowsing rod laid precariously on tectonic plates to predict fate one needs to be aware and stare dreamily into middle distance readiness meets waiting inbetween the here and now and neverland...Read the rest...

How Wishes Work

fishing with a fallen star angling using wishing bait do dark thoughts on arced nights unravel fate or gavel bang flights sit temptingly on the surface disguised as joy, distorted lies...Read the rest...

The Last 39 Minutes of my Life

Over the edge, into s p a c e, 39, I've passed it—I'm counting back. Discovering, collecting what I missed or lack, Permit me somewhere to land. Let me see it, feel it, place it...Read the rest...

Poems from the walk from the car park to work

Excuse me, but I'd really like a wall One I sit in front of I'll put crazy wallpaper on it Scribble in the corners Put my chair real close and rest my head Maybe one day place a...Read the rest...

First Date at the Melodee Drive-In

"I am no more witch than you are; and if you take away my life, God will give you blood to drink." —Sarah Good, July 19, 1692, before her execution during the Salem witch trials I...Read the rest...

Specific Types of Haibun Poems

Definition | What is Haibun in Poetry?

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