Poetry > Haiku

A haibun based on a month spent riding city buses in Wichita, Kansas.

A brief book with 100 haiku- 50 from the great Japanese haiku masters and 50 from 22 year old American Trevor Funseth. Accompanied by 10 pages of history on haiku and the masters. The entire book can be read quickly, but I encourage you to take your time with each poem, visualize and make your own interpretations. I do not desire to rake in profits off of this book, which is why we are only charging a penny per poem.

Haiku began in thirteenth-century Japan as the opening phrase of renga, an oral poem, generally a hundred stanzas long, which was also composed syllabically. The much shorter haiku broke away from renga in the sixteenth century and was mastered a century later by Matsuo Basho. As the form has evolved, many of its regular traits—including its famous syllabic pattern—have been routinely broken. However, the philosophy of haiku has been preserved: the focus on a brief moment in time; a use of provocative, colorful images; an ability to be read in one breath; and a sense of sudden enlightenment.

A selection of haiku and senryu.

What color is love? What shade of unhappiness do you wear? In your palette, how vibrant is joy? Dwayne Lawson-Brown tackles these questions and more with "One Color Kaleidoscope" - The first bound collection of poetry from the Busboys and Poets host captain and Spit Dat co-host. Dwayne tackles love, loneliness, artistry, and the human condition with equal parts mystique and transparency. Poetry/African-American Literature - 173 Pages

A book of astrological haiku based on the teachings of world-renowned astrologer Steven Forrest. Authored by one of his long-time apprentices, you will find haiku for each of the astrological signs ( both high and low expressions) , the planets ( both high and low expressions), the houses, the nodes, and the axes. The book includes a foreword by Steven Forrest.

The Moon Family is delighted to release “The Kiss of a Flutter’s Eye,” a collection that will positively open the reader’s eye to the sights and culture of Pike county, Ga. in the springtime. “All of my writings for this book were based on the hummingbird whispers of a dirt road mystic." - Boxer

Erotic Poetry Filled with intoxicated sexual thoughts