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