Haibun Stories

[Published under 8Letters] ❝Are you doing well?❞ A very simple question, but hard to answer. Melancholia is a collection of haiku that echoes the sentiments of the young...

This is the beginning of my haiku, senyru, haibun collection that I will build over time by adding new piece, and placing older haiku style poem in it.

A series of "lune" poems and other adaptations of Japanese poetic forms _ © 2024 | billyfly

Twelve extremely personal senryu about my life and past. These works were handpicked because of their personal subject matter, provocative nature and representation of m...

A rogue works alone. A collection of different types of poems.

a collection of some of the haikus that I wrote - all rights reserved. this may not be reproduced or plagiarised.

What the Tornado Left Behind is Anant Dhavale's first volume of English poetry. Praise for "What the Tornado Left Behind" Starting with a name check of Willia...

A short collection of Japanese-style poems on seeing the unnoticed. Life moves fast and if we stop long enough, we will see life's moments surrounding through in snapsho...

Poetic reflections concerning life and its meaning.

Nine Senryu and Haiku about love, sex and relationships, these poems were selected specifically for this collection as they all share this theme but we're not written fo...

Genres: Poetry/Historical. Summary: This collection of haibun, inspired by the prints of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), delves into the Floating World of 19th century...

Nine Senryu and Haiku on the subject of life and our place in it. I have specifically selected these works for this collection and feel they all share this common theme...

The poetry of impermanence, the observation of birds.

Haiku about love, pain, life, nature and everything else. I write 3-5-3 and 5-7-5 structures. Occasionally, I might take a lenience with extra syllable count if I think...

A collection of verse, including a poem which is also a Drabble (100 words) with Mythic Greek influence, and followed by humour, horror and fantasy in varying doses as m...

Haibuns of obscure human emotions.

A haibun may record a scene, or a special moment, in a highly descriptive and objective manner or may occupy a wholly fictional or dream-like space. The accompanying hai...