The Plenitude of Emptiness

A Collection of the Asian Poetic Form Known as Haibun

Monday, March 19, 2012

Haibun - As A Wave

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As A Wave Sitting on the jetty, I can feel the stillness as a wave, having risen, crests - then, falling, is silent, rolled back into itsel...
Sunday, September 12, 2010

Haibun - The Moon Jar

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The Moon Jar Sitting on a shelf behind glass, the moon jar from the Joseon Dynasty in Korea was created by join- ing two bowl-shaped halves....
Wednesday, July 07, 2010

Haibun - Close to a Distant Shore

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Close to a Distant Shore Glazed on the drum-shaped vessel, a crane swoops from the lotus pond with a fish in his bill. As we finish the plum...
Wednesday, June 02, 2010

Haibun - The Stone Well

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The Stone Well I follow the moonlit path to the mossy stone well. A tossed pebble echoes in circles. Lowering the bucket into depths of dark...
Sunday, February 28, 2010

Haibun - How Light Carves Shadows

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How Light Carves Shadows By pale dawn, from the west, she appears - a haloed silhouette. Then, golden sun reveals each chiselled fold releas...
Sunday, January 03, 2010

Haibun - Tsukubai

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Tsukubai By dusk, the sodalite he bought as a dusty slab of stone from the quarry at dawn has been carved by his sculptor's hand into a ...
Friday, December 04, 2009

Haibun - Country Church with Rose Window

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Country Church with Rose Window Breathless on the path, she holds onto the gate around the church. The statue of the Madonna beckons her. Ac...
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