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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)?
Pine Cones HaibunRiding the Amtrak rails south
she is in search of something afield,
but not so much bales of cotton.
These bales, covered in blue tarp
are not the country view of her
Northern California. Is there
something familiar along the...
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Categories:
journey, tree,
Form: Haibun
Youth is Wasted
It seems like people can never be happy with what they have. When I was young and had to eat at the little table, I wished that I was old enough to run away and...
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Categories:
poetry,
Form: Haibun
Good Morning
The radio’s news pounds out yet another song of doom and gloom this morning. Same old lyrics. Someone lied to a liar, someone cheated a cheater, someone stole from a thief, and everyone hates. But...
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Categories:
poetry,
Form: Haibun
EagernessEagerness
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The harness digs into tender, wounded flesh.
Growth has exceeded our bonds and makes them uncomfortable…painful.
Only then do we notice, realize, the...
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Categories:
animal, bible, character, christian,
Form: Haibun
Iron Man
"Now the time is here
For Iron Man to spread fear
Vengeance from the grave
Kills the people he once saved" - Iron Man (Black Sabbath)
running through the forest of sorrows
running from myself
running from them
created
created in their image
in...
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Categories:
fear,
Form: Haibun
Rice TerracesMu Cang Chai's rice terraces in Northern Vietnam.
a stunning beauty,
a breathtaking masterpiece
so nice rice terraces
...
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Categories:
beautiful, nature,
Form: Haibun
Nova wears Heaven's crownmorning meets a nurse of caring
for many years,
an aide who's burying
some unknown fears,
a neighbor's kitten
Nova left strewn
said--bury in--garden
where Pansy's grew-in.
life's roads all lives got
when life forgot and ought not
life's care for lives share
...
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Categories:
abuse, best friend, cat,
Form: Haibun
Too Close to the EdgeMemories of a bleak childhood haunted him ever and anon.
Whenever he thinks of that dark day, a thousand blades cut through him.
Shocked by the ferocity of that memory, his mind still goes insane.
Old wounds are...
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Categories:
angst, death, depression,
Form: Haibun
Cookies and Milk
“Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o’clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.” Barbara Jordan
There’s...
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Categories:
poetry,
Form: Haibun
Big Mind And Heart"Many people suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don't suffer anymore."
~Thich Nhat Hanh.
people should enlarge
their minds and hearts to be free
knowledge...
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Categories:
heart, people,
Form: Haibun
How About A Hug
I’ve said this a thousand times and still I can never say it enough. Being a mother is the hardest and most thankless job there is and yet they do it for free. In my...
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Categories:
mother, mothers day,
Form: Haibun
Circle of Life
When I was a lad growing up in the small village of Wakenda, I would sometimes sit on the back porch and watch the stars move across the night sky. I would listen to the...
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Categories:
poetry,
Form: Haibun
Rules for Social Media
I’ve been thinking about an old saying that my mother was so fond of. “You’ll reap what you sow.” Now back when I was an itty-bitty tyke, I always wondered why she would say such...
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Categories:
poetry,
Form: Haibun
Chasing Sandpipers and GullsI set up an easel in the shade of my beach umbrella. Wanting to paint by the morning light, I dabbed colors onto the palette...sea foam green, azure, titanium white, and ochre.
...
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Categories:
child,
Form: Haibun
Portal - part 2
NOTE: Please read part 1 so this makes more sense
As soon as her words enter my brain I feel the force of a million gees pressing against my body, but only for a nanosecond, then...
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Categories:
fantasy, suicide,
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?