May 22, 2025:

What is a "haibun"?

A haibun (俳文) is a short piece that combines prose and poetry (a haiku), with a subtle or direct link between the prose and the haiku.

Here's my first one, "My brother's fall" on Medium.

Haibun, "My brother's fall"
https://medium.com/@romanalanwrites/my-brothers-fall-134a0a8a6830

My Medium stuff should be open and accessible to all – let me know if it's not.

To say
To see
To understand
To go forever

The unknown
unexplored
tragic
sad

Fades then
later
perhaps
and yet never healed

A pain
that remains
lingers
until you leave yourself

si_irini

A good, restful and peaceful night to you all
Much love from the night shift

Wildly Beautiful Boundless

Thoughts linger in the wild storm
of soul-penetrating feelings,
of passion that knows no bounds

Only respect pays tribute to the great feelings
that are there and always will be

Storm that brings love
Storm that sings songs

Passion lives
Lingers here
Loves here
Lives here

Where boundaries disappear and love
sets no limits to passion

si_irini

From the depths
of hidden memories
both emerged again
crawled up
and hoped to win

What was once forgotten
and hidden
so as not to hurt
and steal hopes
wanted to reach the light again

Who will win
I can't say
No longer
The hope for love
or
the darkness of pain?

si_irini

Wishes reaffirm themselves
manifest themselves in the eternity of time

Wishes we have so many
remaining in the storm of eternity

Wishing in hope
to find liberation

To find liberation
to what I was given
so long ago

si_irini

Pro writing tip:

Be careful not refer to bad people as "viscous."

While it's true that some villains may well resemble walking human syrup, I'm pretty sure that what you actually mean is "vicious."

Gentle diffused light,
Bringing down trickling rain drops,
Nature's fuel source.

If the cry
does not reach
who should

When the suffering
so ominous
knows no end

When life
Even so well lived it was
calls no mercy

When love
though it seemed so hopeful
never stayed long

Then the cry of hope only remained
This is the only thing
what can still help

si_irini

When love goes
only hope remains
for a life
with her again

If love goes
one now asks
when will she come again
Another form
with a different face
but there it shall be
again

For to think
now it's over forever
Heart then cuts itself
into a thousand parts

She must come
she must come again
for only life can live
when love again

si_irini

The beauty
it comes from everywhere

Beauty
can be found everywhere

We capture
and see it should

We should pass it on
and feel the beauty

So that all the ugliness of this world
does not gain the upper hand

si_irini

Innocent times there once were
Untaken by the evil forces

When smiles were not yet put on
When laughter was still so loud

When hearts were not yet heavy
When joy was still unclouded

Innocent times there once were
Back you want them
Nothing else

Wenn Geschichte sich wiederholt
und diejenigen,
die sich der Vergangenheit
sehr wohl bewusst,
die falsche Wahl treffen,
dann haben alle Opfer
der Vergangenheit,
die für das Richtige
ihr Leben ließen
ein nie endendes Martyrium zu ertragen

Da sie ein zweites Mal
einen Kampf verlieren,
der doch schon
vor so langer Zeit gemacht

si_irini

Rhyme Time: King & Guillotine.

A look in the mirror reveals
what is otherwise so artfully
hidden from all

People should not see
what looking into the truth
so ruthlessly reveals

It wants to come to the surface
But you must prevent it
to appear

All this hatred that is deeply rooted
within you must not reach the light
of beauty

Not give up the fight
that you have fought for so long
with what was once done to you

si_irini

for all fighters

I found no hold
in this world
None

Never could I see
the light of hope
Never

Not given
I was not given the strength to live
Not given

I could not find
The love I sought for so long
I could not find

si_irini

For all those who ask themselves these questions, doubt but continue to fight

Now the dance leads
to a new one
Other steps
must be danced

My look back
to the old dance
One look reveals
What only the heart can see

Changed the dance now
The steps so different
But heart reveals
That change brings no help

Dreams find a harbor,
let go of the dark self

Feel how the soul dangles
Letting go of everything it encounters

Then find the warmth,
Love holds hope

Deep sleep catches the soul
When love surpasses all darkness

Since only love holds this hope
everything then wraps in warmth

Sleep then comes
and brings infinite light

si_irini

Nothing more

Cigarettes ignited
One after the other
Nothing brings healing
Nothing more

Never-ending tears
Shed in vain

The past
What should not be the past
Finished
what should never end

Nothing more
Nothing helps anymore

Nothing more
as it should be
Nothing more

si_irini

For everyone who has lost a loved one

Have a nice day everyone

When the cry
reaches the sky

Birds lament humanity
carry far away

Love finds the right harbor
Love needs no crutches

People find each other
Peace finds a way

Then is overcome
what we all tried to overcome
for so long

si_irini

Love
the dance of eternity
so quiet and yet sometimes
so infinitely loud

Shouts of joy
that end ecstatically
Cries of pain
that never want to end

Whispers of devotion
that reach the heart
Glances that unite everything
without saying a word

For some
eternity
and walking in the brightness
even where there was none

For some others
pain
that never
finds an end

si_irini