REMEMBERED
Her porcelain skin glowed with not a blemish in
sight; not even a tattoo. Her long flowing hair
dusted her shoulders and gently bounced as
she laughed. Her darkest eyes danced in the light
and her joyful spirit shone through. She walked
with a grace bringing joy wherever she went
and she sprinkled our lives with stardust.
In despondancy
Declaration of death sought
A need to move on.
Haibun is a poetry form that combines a haiku with a prose poem. Haibun prose is usually descriptive. It uses sparse, poetic imagery to evoke a sensory impression in the reader. The section of prose is then followed by a haiku that serves to deepen the meaning of the prose, either by intensifying its themes or serving as a juxtaposition to the prose’s content.