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.” See also the Press Here page for this book. + +
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
