“to accept the things” is 8x10, made with washi paper, acrylic paint and glue on cradled wood. © Annette Makino 2020

Annette Makino was the featured poet for March 2025 on Mann Library’s Daily Haiku site at Cornell University, edited by Tom Clausen.

alone at the beach
someone else’s dog
brings me a stick

breeze through the oaks
some things still right
with the world

to lead a life
of such purpose . . .
ants in a line

for better or for worse
our lights and darks
tumbling together

home from errands—
a hero’s welcome
from the dog

our easy silence
every puddle
sky-deep

semester abroad
she waves from the far side
of security

fog-shrouded coast
we listen
to the view

beach umbrella
all day the orbit
of its shadow

art studio
a full day’s work
under my nails

news barrage
I lose my husband
to the war

waiting for whales
we settle for
the ocean

meditation
a housefly bumps and bumps
against the window

“hunger moon” is 11x14, made with paper, acrylic paint, crayon and glue on cradled wood. © Annette Makino 2022

hunger moon
a descendent of wolves
licks our plates

lights out—
we discuss
our extinction

redwood duff
yesterday’s rain
still falling

wild geese
kvetching across the sky
March bluster

maybe I too
have softened with age
moss-covered stones

empty nest
our son’s old sweater
on the dog

“parallel worlds” is 8x10, made with paper, acrylic paint, ink, metallic thread and glue on cradled wood. © Annette Makino 2022

parallel
worlds
the
stack
by
my
bed

hand-hewn boards
beams of sunlight
fill the barn

long before language the S of the river

driving lesson
he practices
leaving home

plain brown bulb
the mystery
of becoming

edge of the woods
some things I may not
want to know

gentle rain
I remind my mother
to buckle up

cowlick
some part of me
still wild

"redwood time” is 11×14, paper, acrylic paint and glue on cradled wood. @ Annette Makino 2024

what remains
of the mountain
sand between my toes

October sun
the sky the color
of forever

redwood time
the steady journey
from earth to sky

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These haiku previously appeared in the following journals and anthologies:

A New Resonance 13: Emerging Voices in English-Language Haiku, Red Moon Press, 2023
Acorn
Big Data: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language 2014, Red Moon Press
Calendar of Art and Haiku, Annette Makino, Makino Studios (multiple years)
Contemporary Haibun (print journal)
Contemporary Haibun Online
Dust Devils: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2016, Red Moon Press
Every Day Poetry, TS Poetry Press, Nov. 18, 2014
Fear of Dancing: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2013, Red Moon Press
Four Hundred and Two Snails: Haiku Society of America Members' Anthology 2018
Frogpond
Gratitude in the Time of COVID-19: The Haiku Hecameron, Girasole Press, 2020
Haigaonline
Kingfisher
Mariposa
Modern Haiku
The Helping Hand Haiku Anthology, Middle Island Press, 2020
The Heron’s Nest
The Signature Haiku Anthology: Including Senryu and Tanka, Middle Island Press, 2020
The Wonder Code: Discover the Way of Haiku and See the World with New Eyes, Scott Mason, Girasole Press, 2017
This World: Haiku Society of America Members' Anthology 2013
tinywords
Water and Stone: Ten Years of Art and Haiku, Annette Makino, Makino Studios, 2021
Wishbone Moon: An Anthology of Haiku by Women, Jacar Press, 2018
With Cherries on Top, Press Here (2012)

Some of these poems were honored in the following contests:

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Contest, Haiku Society of America
Museum of Haiku Literature Award, Haiku Society of America Executive Committee
Porad Haiku Award, Haiku Northwest
Touchstone Individual Poem Award, The Haiku Foundation

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