Haiku of Patricia J. Machmiller

New books on writing poetry. 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).

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. Claire Gallagher. J. Zimmerman. J. Zimmerman (haiku). J. Zimmerman (tanka). Jane Hirshfield. Marianna Monaco. Ouzel (James Arnold). 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 New books on writing poetry.

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

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.

New books on writing poetry. Books of Poetry Form.

Copyright © 2008 by J. Zimmerman, except for the quoted poems, which are Copyright © 2001-2008 by Patricia J. Machmiller. All rights reserved.

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