“narrative of epiphany”
Haibun is a combination of prose and haiku poetry, sometimes described as ‘a narrative of epiphany’.
from Haibun journal
Recognizing haibun. I was categorizing my entries in this log and found several that I labeled as “poems” even though they were only “poem” at the end, the beginnings being prose meanderings. The meanderings led to the poem, in a sensation of gathering or sudden opening to light or a warmth or a blossom.
I am enthusiastic about the way the poetic language appears and is distinctively different, but related, to the everyday lingo or “journal entry” that went before.
Can’t find John Ashbery’s six haibun online.