If you count syllables, you'll notice my haiku do not follow the 5-7-5 pattern. I view haiku as "minimalist" poems written across three lines, and sometimes one -- as do most modern English-language haijin or haiku poets. Haiku contains a juxtaposition that sets two images beside each other, and that often sparks for the reader the "aha" moment. Below is a collection of my published haiku. Some have been inspired by river journeys, and most by nature in some way or another.
~ Marianne
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first ice
the muskrat walks
on water
The Heron's Nest, Mar 2017
mama's lipstick
putting on
my public face
Modern Haiku, Issue 48.1 (2017)
sweetgrass
the meadowlark weaves
a home
The Heron's Nest, Sept 2016
beneath
the snail's shell
a heartbeat
The Heron's Nest, Sept 2016
bowl of cherry pits
my grandson tries to guess
my age
First Place, Canada, 2016 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, Haiku Invitational
gravel laneway
out of sync with the footsteps
behind me
Literary Review Canada, Nov 2016
ascension--
sunlight through the wings
of the shad-fly
Tiny Words, Fall 2016
deep breathing--
i drift by
the flower kiosk
Tiny Words, Fall 2016
now and again
around the trunk a flash
of woodpecker
Editor's Choice, cattails, May 2016
small acts
of non-violent resistance
long live the poem
Failed Haiku, Dec 2016
mammas, don't let
your babies grow up
to be journalists
Failed Haiku, Jan 2017
street musician
the woodwind note
of his inhaler
Modern Haiku, Issue 47:3, Fall 2016
fruit flies
circling the peach
soft bruises
brass bell online journal: small things, May issue 2016
black ice
taking the ghosts home
with me
A Hundred Gourds, 2016
sea kelp
the silent grace
of sharks
right hand pointing, Issue 95 haiku
un
googleable
the trail
dissolving
into
maple leaves
leaves
leaves
right hand pointing, Issue 107
disjointed thoughts
my Picasso-self staring
back at me
Under the Basho, Modern Haiku, 2015
swallowtail
in the tree fluttering
poplar
wings
cattails, Sept 2016
ticking clocks--
not allowed to speak
at meal time
brass bell, Sept 2016
urban walk
the tractor trailer's shadow
runs me over
brass bell, Oct 2016
birthday cake
she eats the word
happy
brass bell, Apr 2016
feeling guilty
pruning the houseplants
anyway
brass bell, Apr 2016
last breath
the otherness
of twilight
cattails, Jan 2016
light breeze
the desire of my skin
for touch
tempslibres.org, Summer 2016
beach party
the tern with a condom
in its beak
Acorn, Fall 2016
Blade Runner
thanking the automated teller
for her time
Failed Haiku, Aug 2016
Venn diagrams
those topics we don't dare
to touch
Failed Haiku, Aug 2016
dead relatives
nobody left to take
the blame
Failed Haiku, Aug 2016
purple prose
looking for the poem among
the # hashtags
Failed Haiku, Aug 2016
longstanding
the innate patience
of trees
A Hundred Gourds, 2016
drifting snow
the surgeon draws
his line
Failed Haiku, Mar 2016
night typo
he's in a good
moon
Failed Haiku, Jan 2016
his unmarked grave
a hundred grackles
turning wing
A Hundred Gourds, 4:4 Sept 2015
moonrise--
the kite flies
the boy
Modern Haiku, Issue 46:2
somewhere
in my bones--
a cricket
Daily Haiku Vol 9: Cycle 17, The Edited Journal of Contemporary Haiku: also Big Data, The Red Moon Anthology
winter leaf--
how she cups the pills
in her hand
Acorn, a journal of contemporary haiku, Issue #33, Fall 2014; also Neverending Story
winter winds
behind my back
the stars
Shambhala Times, Midwinter Haiku Contest, first place haiku
train travel--
the trees outside
gaining speed
Acorn, a journal of contemporary haiku, Issue #35, Fall 2015
passwords
the family pet
lives on
tiny words, Spring/Summer 2016
emotional IQ
the octopus unravels
in front of me
A Hundred Guords 5.3, June 2016
text free zone
in my coat pockets
a forest
Frozen Butterfly, Issue 4
petal showers--
the sweet lightness
of a sigh
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, Canada category, Honourable Mention, 2015
sojourners--
the cherry blossom
nudges the wind
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, Canada category, Honourable Mention, 2015
in the dip
of the horse's back
two magpies
cattails, Sept 2015
suburbia
the slow night swagger
of skunks
A Hundred Gourds, 2016
twin sisters
the one who gave birth
to the moon
Brass Bell, Mar 2016
wide-eyed pansies
everywhere little girls worshipping
big girls
Brass Bell, Mar 2016
global warming
picking up a winter coat
dirt cheap
Failed Haiku, Mar 2016
binoculars--
losing the bird
to the tree
cattails, Sept 2015
new rainboots
the puddle
finds the little boy
Golden Haiku 2016
purple martin--
a little moth and then
no little moth
Golden Haiku 2016
five years since you died--
the reach and breadth of old
growth forest
Gems, an anthology of haiku, senryu and sedoka
junkyard dogs--
atop the rusty car
a rusty car
First place, Craigleigh Press Haiku Contest, 2016
earth's rotation--
a dandelion casts
a shadow
The Heron's Nest, Volume XVI, Number 3, September 2014
totem
pole
painted
turtles
sun
worship-
ping
A Hundred Gourds, 3:3 June 2014
lucid dreaming--
knowing that I am
the butterfly
Acorn, a journal of contemporary haiku, Issue #34, Spring 2015
hospice--
my neighbour's porch light
off
Modern Haiku, Issue 46.1; Failed Haiku Mar 2016
knit one purl one
the hole in last year's
spiderweb
A Hundred Gourds, 4:3 June 2015
white peony tea--
snow so fine the night
has flowered
The Betty Drevniok Award 2014, Haiku Canada, Hon. Mention; also appeared in Brass Bell: a haiku journal, Nov. 2014
butterflies
in my living room
still grieving
Kusamakura International Haiku Competition, Third Prize (Nyuusen), Nov. 22, 2014
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in the family plot
not even the word of you
Sonic Boom, Issue 3, August 2015
blue skies
the innate contentment
of daisies
brass bell: a haiku journal, Oct 2015 Issue: Happiness Haiku
white pines
the night humming
of giraffes
brass bell: a haiku journal, Nov 2015 Issue: Night Haiku
Valentine's Day
the florist is selling
Venus fly traps
cattails, Jan 2016
colonoscopy
putting on my makeup
anyway
Failed Haiku, Mar 2016
summer jazz
in the rafters of the train station
a crow's nest
50 Haikus, Issue 8
night shadows
the stone on the path
hops away
A Hundred Gourds 5.1
train whistle
the unanswered call
of the loon
Frozen Butterfly, Issue 3
bottleneck--
riding the whoosh
of river
cattails, Spring/Summer 2015
old snow
in the end we all
disintegrate
Failed Haiku, Jan 2016
urban living--
birdsong from the row
of shopping carts
cattails, Spring/Summer 2015
beaver
den
the
piling
up
of
things
tinywords, fall 2015
snow squall--
the dervishes are
whirling
Diogen, Winter Haiku 2013, Honorable Mention
spring closing date--
because of the cherry tree
we buy the house
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, Canada category, Honourable Mention, 2014
the silence
of a stand of pine--
screech owl
cattails, September 2014
paper Valentine--
the bark of the Chinese red birch
fluttering
The Snapshot Press Haiku Calendar Competition 2014, Runner-up
a red fox
alog the wire fence
rust
A Hundred Gourds, 4:1 December 2014
hopscotch
following the moon
home
A Hundred Gourds, 3:2 March 2014
salmon sky--
a wedge of geese
shifts its leader
cattails, May 2014
amniotic sac
the floating nests
of prairie doves
Frozen Butterfly, the video journal of English Language Haiku, Issue 2
shore
and shadow
of shore
Bones, journal of contemporary haiku, No. 3
two ravens--
the rabbit's open breast
poppy red
2016 Haiku Canada member's anthology
all of my ghosts…
winter winds are howling
tonight
The Zen Space, Winter 2014 Showcase, also The Naviar Records Haiku Project
how snow
lies atop the branch--
your hand on mine
The Zen Space, Winter 2014 Showcase
black silk--
the larvae slips out
of its skin
Daily Haiku Vol 9: Cycle 17, The Edited Journal of Contemporary Haiku, Sept 13, 2014
the transparency
of a shadfly's wings--
evening sun
Daily Haiku Vol 9: Cycle 17, The Edited Journal of Contemporary Haiku, Sept 12, 2014
streaks of beach
smudging the horizon
brush fire
Daily Haiku Vol 9: Cycle 17, The Edited Journal of Contemporary Haiku, Sept 11, 2014
river bend--
a great blue heron curves
from sight
Daily Haiku Vol 9: Cycle 17, The Edited Journal of Contemporary Haiku, Sept 10, 2014
light pollution--
the fireflies flickering
out
Daily Haiku Vol 9: Cycle 17, The Edited Journal of Contemporary Haiku, Sept 9, 2014
the wide eyes
on the moth's wings--
harvest moon
Daily Haiku Vol 9: Cycle 17, The Edited Journal of Contemporary Haiku, Sept 8, 2014
berry wine--
the chipmunk teeters
along the branch
Daily Haiku Vol 9: Cycle 17, The Edited Journal of Contemporary Haiku, Sept 7, 2014
crabapple worms
she says her jelly jams
has lots of protein
brass bell, April 2017
mall signage--
in the curve of the G
a bird's nest
2nd Hon Mention Craighleigh Press Haiku Contest 2016
this thick ice--
there she is, underneath
her depression
The Zen Space, Winter 2014 Showcase
windswept--
the low bough/bow
of the bonsai
The Zen Space, Winter 2014 Showcase
quarter moon
near a river of clouds
birdsong
50 Haikus, Vol. 1 issue #6
rain furious
under the streetlamp
dawn
50 Haikus, Vol. 1 Issue #6
storm warning--
the calm at the eye
of the potato
Daily Haiku Vol 9: Cycle 17, The Edited Journal of Contemporary Haiku, Aug 2, 2014
wild irises--
along the shoreline
goslings sleep
Daily Haiku Vol 9: Cycle 17, The Edited Journal of Contemporary Haiku, Aug 1, 2014
bachelor buttons--
the best man catches
the bouquet
Daily Haiku Vol 9: Cycle 17, The Edited Journal of Contemporary Haiku, July 31, 2014
sheared sheep--
poplar cotton swirling
in the breeze
Daily Haiku Vol 9: Cycle 17, The Edited Journal of Contemporary Haiku, July 30, 2014
undercurrents--
the snapping turtle
surfaces
Daily Haiku Vol 9: Cycle 17, The Edited Journal of Contemporary Haiku, July 29, 2014
heat lightning…
knee-deep in lily pads
the heron strikes
Daily Haiku Vol 9: Cycle 17, The Edited Journal of Contemporary Haiku, July 28, 2014
indigo dye…
the hurried moon
rushes on
Daily Haiku Vol 9: Cycle 17, The Edited Journal of Contemporary Haiku, July 27, 2014
blue moon
this sadness again
again
Failed Haiku, Jan 2016
hard truths--
how rain bounces
against asphalt
Gems, an anthology of haiku, senryu and sedoka
the shine
of buttercups--
first smile
Gems, an anthology of haiku, senryu and sedoka
summer solstice--
the swallow dips belly
to the lake
Gems, an anthology of haiku, senryu and sedoka
seeing the unseen--
the sand giving shape
to the wind
Gems, an anthology of haiku, senryu and sedoka
parallel universes--
the long slow bend of river
and train
Jars of Stars, Aug 2014, also Gems, an anthology of haiku, senryu and sedoka
mouse-scuttle
across the roof shingles
sunset
Daily Haiku Vol 9: Cycle 17, The Edited Journal of Contemporary Haiku, June 21, 2014
the sharp tip
of the swallow's wing--
paper cut
Daily Haiku Vol 9: Cycle 17, The Edited Journal of Contemporary Haiku, June 20, 2014
windyyy--
the squeal of a rusted
clothesline
Daily Haiku Vol 9: Cycle 17, The Edited Journal of Contemporary Haiku, June 19, 2014
high rise--
the peregrine scatters
the street pigeons
Daily Haiku Vol 9: Cycle 17, The Edited Journal of Contemporary Haiku, June 18, 2014
hangman--
the snapped branch
of the silver birch
Daily Haiku Vol 9: Cycle 17, The Edited Journal of Contemporary Haiku, June 17, 2014
potholes--
the pigeon dips its head
to drink
Daily Haiku Vol 9: Cycle 17, The Edited Journal of Contemporary Haiku, June 16, 2014
burlap
shrouding the rosebushes
twilight
Daily Haiku Vol 9: Cycle 17, The Edited Journal of Contemporary Haiku, June 15, 2014
wild swans--
a cloud of white
trilliums
Gems, an anthology of haiku, senryu and sedoka
first communion--
the maple saplings
unfolding
Gems, an anthology of haiku, senryu and sedoka
one sky--
the raven carves a circle
where the heron flew
Gems, an anthology of haiku, senryu and sedoka
two doves
in the chestnut tree--
how rare, peace
Gems, an anthology of haiku, senryu and sedoka
empty promises--
out there somewhere
the full moon
Poetry Nook, Vol. 5
inukshuk--
the slow climb
of turtles
Daily Haiku Vol 9: Cycle 17, The Edited Journal of Contemporary Haiku, May 10, 2014
sea swells
the dip and rise
of memory
Daily Haiku Vol 9: Cycle 17, The Edited Journal of Contemporary Haiku, May 9, 2014
off the grid--
the mathematics
of flowers
Daily Haiku Vol 9: Cycle 17, The Edited Journal of Contemporary Haiku, May 8, 2014
Orion's belt--
tracing the scar across
your cheek
Daily Haiku Vol 9: Cycle 17, The Edited Journal of Contemporary Haiku, May 7, 2014
the slickness
of the otter's back--
night rain
Daily Haiku Vol 9: Cycle 17, The Edited Journal of Contemporary Haiku, May 6, 2014
the crescent moon
of the hummingbird--
a flower opens
Daily Haiku Vol 9: Cycle 17, The Edited Journal of Contemporary Haiku, May 5, 2014
robin egg blue--
even the sky yearns
for spring
Wah, Bilingual Haiku Journal, Vol 1, No. 1
your lipstick--
the streak of a summer
tanager
Wah, Bilingual Haiku Journal, Vol 1, No. 1
snow squall
the lengthening distance
between us
Failed Haiku, Jan 2016
moon rings--
over the city a layer
of smog
cattails, early 2015
life stages--
the baby in her womb
shifts position
hedgerow #9: a journal of small poems
how snow falls--
the white belly feathers
of the finch
Jars of Stars, December 2013
snow banks--
the curved back
of swans
Jars of Stars, March 2014
the tree--
one hand to heaven and
one to the ground
Jars of Stars, February 2014
cattails--
at the edges of a haiku
reading
Haiku Canada weekend ginko walk, 2014, third place
red cedars
who does the crow
tame
Haiku Canada weekend ginko walk, 2015, honourable mention
antimatter--
lost in a polar
vortex
Red Dragonfly, Winter 2014
into the deep
of the longest night--
the poet
Shambhala Times, Midwinter Haiku Contest, first place haiku
falling snow--
the line between life
and death
Neverending Story
hibiscus and jasmine--
the whiff of other places
in my tea
Gnarled Oak, Issue 2
wishbone of a tree--
who would turn her back
to the moon
Moon Shine, A Canadian Poetry Collection, Craigleigh Press
breeching orcas--
the white underbelly
of the chickadee
Jars of Stars, May 2014
Gardens (a haiku sequence)
budding moon--
the flower turns petal
to the sky
moon dial--
shadow of the evening
primrose
night lily--
yearning for the moon
and the stars
sunset--
a moonflower
waxes
Moon Shine, A Canadian Poetry Collection, Craigleigh Press
brockville, ontario
the ghost playing organ music
at midnight
brass bell online journal: home places, Dec issue 2016
moon phases
moving closer
to my endgame
Failed Haiku, Dec 2016
diminishing moon
none of the staff speak
to the residents
Failed Haiku, Dec 2016
Black Friday
in the visitor parking
a hearse
Failed Haiku, Dec 2016
Christmas Day
season's greetings
from online stores
Failed Haiku, Jan 2017
birth order
my big sister makes me kiss
her foot
Failed Haiku, Jan 2017