dVerse Poets Haibun Monday

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This Memorial Day, let us live the ancient Romans’ “Momemto more” by remembering our beloved dead. Write a haibun in which you offer your remembrance for anyone who has died, whom you love, or with whom you have a connection.

New to haibun? The form consists of one to a few paragraphs of prose—usually written in the present tense—that evoke an experience and are often non-fictional/autobiographical. They may be preceded or followed by one or more haiku—nature-based, using a seasonal image—that complement without directly repeating what the prose stated.

New to dVerse? Here’s what you do:

  • Write a haibun that memorializes a loved one, or one with whom you have a connection, as described above.
  • Post it on your personal site/blog
  • Copy your link onto the Mr. Linky
  • Remember to click the small checkbox about data protection.
  • Read and comment on some of your fellow poets’ work
  • Like and leave a comment below if you choose to do so
  • Have fun!

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Remembering someone close to you that has “passed on” as they say, is very emotional for me. I often grab my phone to call them, as if they were still alive. I realize also, that I could have said more to them, done more with and for them, but it stays a regret.

spring recalls absence

two sisters

heavy heart mem’ries

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Haibun Monday 5/26/25: Momento Mori

23 thoughts on “dVerse Poets Haibun Monday”

  5. I still talk to my mum and my grandmother sometimes, and they’ve been dead a while now. We didn’t have telephones when I was younger, so I wouldn’t think to phone them.

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