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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"
medium.com/@romanalanwrites/my

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

Medium · My brother’s fall - Roman ALAN - MediumBy Roman ALAN
#Poetry#Prose#Haiku

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

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

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

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 🫂♥️