Haiku of Patricia J. Machmiller

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

Yuki Teikei Haiku Society: Join. GEPPO magazine and Haijin commented in GEPPO. Annual anthologies. The Yuki Teikei Haiku Society Retreat at Asilomar: 2007. 2008 (a haibun). 2010.

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

How to write specific forms: Haibun. Haiku. Hay(na)ku. Rengay. Renku. 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. Marianna Monaco. Ouzel (James Arnold). Patricia Donegan. Patricia J. Machmiller. Shiki.

Order from the author's site: Blush of Winter Moon Haiku by Patricia J. Machmiller. With sumi-e by Mary Hill and translations (into Japanese) and Calligraphy by Kiyoko Tokutomi

Blush of Winter Moon

A beautiful book by Ms. Machmiller, acknowledged and respected poet in the traditional haiku form in English, includes:

• The tradition of a single season word (or phrase), which the Japanese call the kigo, in each haiku. [See 2008 YTHS Retreat at Asilomar for her additional comments on the kigo.]
• The poem to be presented in three lines with a syllable count of 5, 7, and 5 syllables in the first, second, and third lines respectively.

Particularly wonderful aspects of the book are:

• Beautiful sumi-e on a quarter or more of the pages. My favorite sumi-e is a running fence edging a snowy field, with this unusually laid-out haiku:

  the remaining snow in isolated patches: our separate lives

  Order from the author's site: Blush of Winter Moon Haiku by Patricia J. Machmiller. With sumi-e by Mary Hill and translations (into Japanese) and Calligraphy by Kiyoko Tokutomi

Sweet Reverence of Little Birds

Order from the author's site: Sweet Reverence of Little Birds Haiku by Patricia J. Machmiller (written in the calligraphy of Martha Dahlen) accompany paintings by Floy Zittin

A beautiful book by of haiku by Patricia J. Machmiller, paintings by Floy Zittin, and calligraphy by Martha Dahlen

A compilation of watercolor paintings by Floy Zittin depicting native California birds, paired with haiku by Patricia J. Machmiller presented in calligraphy (scribed by Martha Dahlen).

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, except for the quoted poems, which are Copyright © 2001-2016 by Patricia J. Machmiller. All rights reserved.

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