Haibun of J. Zimmerman
(first published in Frogpond, etc.)

Modern Haiku. The Heron's Nest. Roadrunner e-magazine.

Yuki Teikei Haiku Society: Join. GEPPO magazine. Annual anthologies.

Toward an Aesthetic for English-Language Haiku by Lee Gurga. 2004 Pescadero Haiku Weekend Workshop (including exercises) with Christopher Herold.

Highlights of Poetry. Index of poetry. How to Write Poetry. Books read.

How to write specific forms: Haibun. Haiku. Hay(na)ku. Rengay. Tanka. Ballade. Concrete. Fib. Ghazal. Lai. Pantoum. Prose poem. Rondeau. Rubáiyát. Sestina. Skaldic verse. Sonnet. Terza rima. Triolet. Tritina. Villanelle.

Poets: Bashō. Beverly Acuff Momoi. Claire Gallagher. Hosai Ozaki. J. Zimmerman. J. Zimmerman (haibun). J. Zimmerman (haiku). J. Zimmerman (tanka). Jane Hirshfield. Kay Ryan. Kay Ryan's style. Kay Ryan The Best Of It: New and Selected Poems. Marianna Monaco. Ouzel (James Arnold). Patricia Donegan. Patricia J. Machmiller. Shiki.

The Haiku Seasons: Poetry of the Natural World by William J. Higginson. A classic. Writing and Enjoying Haiku: A Hands-On Guide (2003) by Jane Reichhold, whose many skills include a keen sense for the writing and appreciation of haiku. Guidelines on writing haiku and related forms.

• bottle rockets: Haibun of J. Zimmerman first published in bottle rockets
• CHO: Haibun of J. Zimmerman first published in CHO.
• Chrysanthemum: Haibun of J. Zimmerman first published in Chrysanthemum.
• Frogpond: Haibun of J. Zimmerman first published in Frogpond
• Presence: Haibun of J. Zimmerman first published in Presence.
• Other poems of J. Zimmerman.

Haibun of J. Zimmerman first published in bottle rockets

Living History
 
A woman doing experimental archeology boasts of her week 
without bath or shower, cleaning herself daily in washcloth 
segments at a kitchen bowl. I'm unimpressed. For a month 
my left foot and calf are in a cast I must keep dry. So, 
dawn and dusk, I've washed my body over my bathroom sink — 
limbs and torso, armpits and crotch, and the one admirable 
foot that has borne my weight alone.
    
            the star pine 
            I thought I'd killed
            adds its next star

Haibun of J. Zimmerman first published in CHO

Haibun of J. Zimmerman first published in Chrysanthemum

Haibun of J. Zimmerman first published in Frogpond

	First published in Frogpond
Frogpond 34:1 (Winter, 2011)	Missing Man Mid-November after I rake the leaves I stand at Central and First, holding the Stars and Bars. All of them died in Nam — my brother Joe, my cousin Freddy, mom's youngest brother Jack. Sometimes I just have to come out on the streets and stand with my flag. There's no parade. The smell of burning could be diesel could be napalm	1

Haibun of J. Zimmerman first published in Presence

J. Zimmerman's Essays on haibun

• 2015: A review of Genjuan Haibun Contest Decorated Works 2012-2014.
  first published in Frogpond, 38: 3, Autumn 2015.
• 2014: What English-Language Haibun Poets Can Learn From Japanese Practices;
  first published at CHO (Contemporary Haibun On-Line) January 2014.
• 2013: What Haibun Poets Can Learn From Non-haikai Western Poetry Practices;
  first published at CHO (Contemporary Haibun On-Line) October 2013.

Links and Books.

Links and Books.

• Best American Poetry series.
• Best Poems by the Best Poets - Some Lists of Winners.
• Laureate: the Poets Laureate of Britain
• Laureate: the Poets Laureate of the U.S.A.
• Other Books of Poetry Form.

Related pages: Poetry index. How to Write Poetry. How to write specific forms: Haibun. Haiku. Hay(na)ku. Rengay. Tanka.

Books of Poetry Form.

Copyright © 2010-2016 by Ariadne Unst The quoted poems are © 2010-2016 by J. Zimmerman

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