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Haibun

A haibun is a prosimetric Japanese literary format that is a combination of prose and poetry. Matsuo Basho, a 17th-century Japanese poet, was the first to use the term haibun. The haibun generally has a couple of paragraphs of prose writing with poetic imagery, then a Haiku at the end to either intensify or juxtapose the message of the prose. The prose is descriptive and commonly expands on a single moment, memory, or idea. The haibun covers a broad range of genres, such as prose poems, short stories, diaries, autobiographies, travel journals, and essays.

Two snow covered swings on a snowy day.
Poetry

Are/Were, Is/Isn’t

By Susan Haberlandt | July 31, 2024

This is (isn’t) real.

a black and white photograph of Jackie Kennedy in profile, with her arms crossed. There are people and trees in the background. She is wearing a short sleeved floral top and pearl earrings.
Poetry

Camelot

By Aanum Khan | July 31, 2024

She was not a happy resident of Camelot.

watercolor painting of hills with red and orange autumn trees
Poetry

Tastes of Freedom and Apple Pie (Save me from your Wrath)

By Madi Maiolo | July 31, 2024

You had stars in your eyes and stripes on your button up

Fragrant yellow and white honeysuckle flower.
Poetry

Honeysuckle

By Jamie Pisacane | August 2, 2023

Letting its petals unravel to the tales of the breeze…

Lavender Flower Field
Poetry

A Walk in a Park: A Haibun

By Cassie Goundrey | August 2, 2023

Two companions side by side, step by step–

Haibun
A photograph of a snow-covered, soft sage green pine bough against a blurred background of a coniferous forest blanketed in a layer of new-fallen snow.

Snow and Ash

By Felix Everett | August 1, 2022

In the end, both ash and snow have their burdens.

Ekphrastic

Space and Time

By Lauren Tedford | July 29, 2022

time is warped & confused

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