My Haibun in Issue 57 of Failed Haiku

by

John J. Dunphy

This issue of Failed Haiku features haibun that consist of prose of just 50 words or less before presenting the concluding haiku. I made my haibun even leaner by omitting a title.

Pioneer festivals typically depict long-ago practices such as making cornshuck dolls and firing flintlock muskets. I attended one last year, however, that managed to make this Baby Boomer feel really old.

blackboard

a costumed reenactor demonstrates

cursive writing

John J. Dunphy’s poetry collections include Touching Each Tree, Zen Koanhead, Old Soldiers Fading Away, pagan rites, Stellar Possibilities and Dark Nebulae.