Category Archives: Haiku

contemporary haiku poetry

The Heirloom Bowl

The Heirloom Bowl
hard winter rain–– / with every drip  / the heirloom bowl rings Hermitage A Haiku Journal Volume II 2005 Fueki ryuko --changing and unchanging.  An old house whose aging roof leaks, now so badly that every rice bowl is in use catching drips, until a treasured bowl is all that is left. The world intrudes-…
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The Same Dream

The Same Dream
As the eyes in the room were watching for chicanery on my part, the pendulum slowly began to stir. My hands were still. To everyone’s delight the pendulum seemed to move with a determination of its own, back and forth- just across the poem at first, in the small space of the letters, and then beyond…
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Seeing, Perceiving, Knowing

Seeing, Perceiving, Knowing
Seeing An axe lays on a table beneath a tree. You can recognize the object as made of steel and wood, has a particular shape for cutting. You may even experience it by holding it and carving on the table with it. You can see past the object’s immediate purpose, its functionality, and enjoy the…
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Persimmon

summer's last moonlight–– / a persimmon half-naked / beneath a leaf Hermitage A Haiku Journal Volume III 2006 The Equinox and Solstice dates were favorite times for writing. On a favorite trail in Tennessee there was a lone persimmon tree near a mountain top. On the equinox night and day length are the same, now the turning…
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