Haiku of Marianna Monaco
(first published in Modern Haiku, Mariposa, Frogpond, Woodnotes, Acorn, Geppo, etc.)

All poems on this page Copyright © 1991-2015 by Marianna Monaco.

Haiku in English: The First Hundred Years Edited by Jim Kacian, Philip Rowland, and Allan Burns Introduction by Billy Collins. Modern Haiku. The Heron's Nest. Roadrunner e-magazine. GEPPO magazine. 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. 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 (1996) 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.

A selection of Haiku by Marianna Monaco:
best of the best from her 26 October 2008 reading to
HPNC (Haiku Poets of Northern California)

bifocals — the double pleasure of seeing you again

San Francisco International Haiku, Senryu, and Tanka Contest: 1996 First Place Senryu

what to hold on to what to let go — moving day	yesterday's words dark along the edges of my eraser
HSA Anthology 2007	Modern Haiku, Autumn 2007

spring cleaning — as I empty the brass bowl it fills with sound

HSA Anthology 1995

autumn sunset . . . upended by the tide the crab's hollow shell	stalled at the crossroad — shadows deepen the dents on the old Volkswagen
Woodnotes 17, Summer 1993	Woodnotes 22, Autumn 1994.

windmill unmoved by the wind in the tulips

Woodnotes 9, Summer 1991 First Dream Two Autumns Press 1998

executive meeting — erotic doodles on her notepad	moonrise home from the office shoulder pads drooping	after calling in sick I suddenly feel so much better
Woodnotes 21, Summer 1994	Woodnotes 13, Summer 1992 First Dream Two Autumns Press 1998	Frogpond, Fall 2007

amid such order lost in the cornfield	acorn woodpeckers: how to explain my filing system
Modern Haiku, Winter-Spring 1992 First Dream Two Autumns Press 1998	Acorn No. 20, Spring, 2008

the table set with heirloom china — winter moon

Frogpond, Spring 2007

mystery story marking my place with wildflowers

Woodnotes 18, Autumn 1993

all night long the porch light warming the swallow's nest

Modern Haiku, Fall 1995 Red Moon Anthology, 1996

seaside motel room — a list of hurricane names tucked into the bible	spaghetti steaming in the shattered bowl earthquake
Geppo XXXII:5, Sept-Oct 2007	Haiku North America Anthology, 1991

street by street the streetsweeper sweeping rain	a city parking space appears and disappears in fog
Mariposa 15. Fall/Winter 2006 The Haiku Calendar 2008 (Snapshot Press, 2007)	Woodnotes 8, Spring 1991

leave-taking light from the doorway spills into the night

Mariposa 17, Autumn/Winter 2007

wild geese: beat of my heart in its cage

Mariposa 24, Spring/Summer 2011

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 © 2008-2016 by J. Zimmerman The quoted poems are Copyright © 1991-2015 by Marianna Monaco.

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