Japanese poet Matsuo Bash-o usually wrote haiku. But sometimes he experimented with haibun, a form that combines observational prose blocks with haiku’s three lines. “Cooling off by the river at Shijo ...
The San Bernardino Sun: The haibun form of writing can help memories become richer
A few weeks ago, during the peak of a heat wave, I took my kids to the San Diego Zoo’s Safari Park. Despite the weather, we had a great time, and I decided to capture one of the moments in a haibun.
Goethe: Haibun, or How I Learnt to Limp from Book Learning about Japan
Haibun, or How I Learnt to Limp from Book Learning about Japan