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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)?
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
Portal - part 1
Today, this black oak forest will become my grave.
A crow caws in the distance, but I swear it is calling my name. I have never believed in omens or curses but perhaps there are...
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Categories:
fantasy, suicide,
Form: Haibun
A Poet in Disguise
I am turning half of my garage into an office space so I will have more room to scatter my unorganized thoughts into even bigger piles. Of course, my neighbor had to mosey on over...
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Categories:
poetry,
Form: Haibun
Stars in Her Eyes Mirror
The beauty you see in me is a reflection of you ~ Rumi
Pouring forth from the light in her eyes, I see my heart spilling salty tears – they glisten, then subside. Where she’s been,...
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Categories:
beautiful, blessing, dance, encouraging,
Form: Haibun
Oldest ToyThe world's oldest surviving toy, dating back to the Chalcolithic Period, approximately 7500 years old, is exhibited at the Mardin Museum in Turkey.
the world oldest toy
about seven thousands years
car made of good wood...
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Categories:
old,
Form: Haibun
The Kissing Tree - Human Nature
Spring is the best time of the year for this old crabapple tree. Winters are too lonely and summers too hot. Autumn is nice but people prefer the lake or forest trails. But spring always...
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Categories:
poetry,
Form: Haibun
Honor thy Father and thy Mother - When Did We Forget
I saw a commercial on TV about some guy teaching younger people how not to be their parents. I started thinking, maybe this is what’s wrong with America. We no longer act like our parents...
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Categories:
poetry,
Form: Haibun
Zinnia____________________________________________________________
It
is the
persona
naught
beseech
favors from
those four
elements
Earth, Wind,
Water, and Fire
for the restoration
of life or to maintain
said life through merely
to being Native American
tribes symbolize Zinnias as
patience and resilience,
linking nature with
human
perseverance.
time to hunt ... to fish
survive...
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Categories:
analogy, appreciation, beautiful, color,
Form: Haibun
The Universe Speaks~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Somewhere above the sky, born of the color of summer Iris, swirl galaxies of brilliant stars. On fine nights such as this I feel their energy the same way the smile of the one I...
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Categories:
night, universe,
Form: Haibun
Broke knee, ankleBlindes is folded into remindness, cause.. .. Do we not live in the world we know nothing abt? We are blinders Indeed Blinders, are timeless. We are they. And they are we. ...
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Categories:
class,
Form: Haibun
Yet
One never knows whether indecisive and hypocritical folks are coming or going, whether the face they wear is true or false. They say one thing yet do another. They swear up and down its all...
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Categories:
confusion, people, perspective,
Form: Haibun
Psychological Warfare
Random moments drip liquid chronicles through my mind. In still moments, there are quiet images, bold and brilliant, baking their shadows into my dreams. I’m in a sea of brokenness, feeding on sins I once...
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Categories:
angst, anxiety, christian,
Form: Haibun
The Obsidian Plague of MidnightsIn Spring there’s friendship that’s lasted through the Winter,
all those cold nights of salted drops and quilts of snow.
The obsidian plague of midnights, melancholic drapes,
but all the while the candlelight of friendship did glow.
you’d think...
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Categories:
friend, grief,
Form: Haibun
I saw God But Now What
Line Of Inquiry : "I saw God but now what"
It was Easter and I was kneading bread on my kitchen counter. A nanosecond flash and God's face appeared on my backsplash, by...
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Categories:
appreciation, faith, god,
Form: Haibun
Ouchiesmy neck hurts
often
somewhere
in the complexity
of my moving parts
is the problem
unidentified
I am likely the cause
...
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Categories:
pain,
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?