Jumble Box Poem Selections

Jumble Box Poem Selections Jumble Box: Haiku and Senryu from National Haiku Writing Month, published in 2017 by Press Here and edited by Michael Dylan Welch, features 328 haiku and senryu by 100 poets, with artwork by Ron C. Moss. Order the book from Amazon. The following are twenty-eight selections from the book, one from each day of the month of February, which has been the official month for NaHaiWriMo every year since National Haiku Writing Month was first observed in 2011. See also “Jumble Box Haiga Selections.” Also read the book’s introduction, “Opening the Jumble Box,” and afterword, “Next Steps with Haiku.”       +       + February 1 jumble box all my unfinished haiku                 Greg Longenecker February 2 wind in the branches weather forecast with sign language                 Viktoriya Marinova February 3 winter moon the A-bomb dome casting a shadow                 Johnny Baranski February 4 potter’s wheel the way the clay shapes her hands                 Terri L. French February 5 ladies of the evening waving as if they knew me                 Michael Henry Lee February 6 hospital doors the comings and goings of a winter’s day                 Robert Kingston February 7 suggested edits cut my enjoyment by half —acceptance letter                 Eric Lohman February 8 old barn door open just enough for time to pass                 Sandi Pray February 9 cataract surgery— the wrinkles I never knew I had                 Pamela Cooper February 10 traffic jam— the unchanging rhythm of windshield wipers                 Ida Freilinger February 11 clean as a whistle— and then I see the whistle                 Paul David Mena February 12 nice, but what is it? a viewer’s head tilts sideways at the spring art fair                 Linda Papanicolaou February 13 scarlet begonias . . . my mother is still in the garden                 Devin Harrison February 14 sunlight the way a mother smiles at her newborn                 Barbara Kaufmann February 15 old neighborhood— the climbing tree beyond my reach                 Carole MacRury February 16 sunbirds flit in and out of sun beams porch swing                 Anitha Varma February 17 hunger moon . . . the old hippie tunes his guitar                 Robert T. Franson February 18 a bumblebee drones from flower to flower slow news day                 Alison Williams February 19 walking among cherry blossoms the blind couple                 John Hawk February 20 quake anniversary a lone spoonbill stalks the mudflats                 Barbara Strang February 21 falling apart the construction worker’s packed lunch                 Stella Pierides February 22 leafing out . . . baby’s first step becomes his second                 Michele L. Harvey February 23 peacock feathers one selfie after another                 Christine L. Villa February 24 s NO w                 Sara Winteridge February 25 level crossing . . . roadside daisies nodding to the wind                 Jayashree Maniyil February 26 in the living room dancing with our mother father                 Joseph Connolly February 27 Buddha under snow— for him too seasons move on                 Iocasta Huppen February 28 shallow pond . . . blue heron in deep focus                 Corine Timmer