weathered timber

 weathered timber

a glimmer of trout

in slanted light

Fireflies' Light 15th June 2020

Editor John

M. R. Defibaugh

M. R. Defibaugh (b. 1985) is a Virginia-based poet and haiku enthusiast whose work is influenced by love, loss, disability, and his compassion for others and the environment. His poetry is as matter-of-fact as it is romantic, employing imagery that is plain yet sometimes provocative. Diagnosed with muscular dystrophy, he suffers from progressive muscle loss and relies on a wheelchair. He has degrees in mathematical sciences (BA, University of Illinois at Springfield) and operations management (MS, University of Arkansas). He has appeared in numerous journals and other publications, including Failed Haiku, Frogpond, Modern Haiku, Prune Juice, Stardust Haiku, Trash Panda, and Whiptail. Defibaugh is the co-creator and editor of the Tan-Renga/Tanka Chapbook Series. Starting in October 2022, a new chapbook of 24 collaborative 5-line poems will be made available for download on the first of each month. These books will feature some of the 700+ poems he has written with Malaysian poet Christina Chin. His first haiku-focused chapbook, the cuckoo always mid-song: haiku & haiga (2021), was done in collaboration with Michigan artist Penney L. Mellen and is available from Barnes & Noble Press.

Haiku & Senryu:



cherry blossoms 
even under 
quarantine


The Haiku Foundation, Haiku Dialogue
The Haiku Mind-Signs of Spring, April 2020



the poor judgment 
ignored by smiling
bridesmaids…


Frogpond 43.3, Fall 2020



the mess made
by the leaves and
in the highchair


Modern Haiku 51.3, Fall 2020



louder after she left the rain


Modern Haiku 52.1, Winter 2021



wind chimes
making all the noise
40th anniversary


Modern Haiku 52.2, Summer 2021



arrowroot
being heartbroken
grows on you


Frogpond 44.2, Spring/Summer 2021



showing off
his cicada shell
. . . first crush


Stardust Haiku, Issue 66



standing water
in the schoolyard
teacher's reflection


Trash Panda, Summer 2022



rising tide is it possible to love them both


Whiptail Issue 4, August 2022



spring cleaning
my youngest nephew
tries on a rug


Cattails, October 2022






Books:

the cuckoo always mid-song: haiku & haiga (2021) 

for dreams take one space capsule (2022)



Honors:


Honorable Mention, The Haiku Foundation Monthly Kukai, July 2021



Links:


https://www.instagram.com/mrdefibaugh

https://ko-fi.com/s/0f986abc30

https://ko-fi.com/mrdefibaugh

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-cuckoo-always-mid-song-m-r-defibaugh/1140494046

https://anchor.fm/culinarysaijiki/episodes/Matt-Defibaugh-On-Sorghum-Stilts-e1ndgda/a-a8ftfuo

https://thehaikufoundation.org/poet-details/?IDclient=2654

 red crowns

of the magnolia

blooming

Fireflies' Light 15th June 2020

Editor John

.

 lockdown morning

the songbirds take

no heed

Fireflies' Light 15th June 2020

Editor John

the unconscious

habitual hand wash

virus

Fireflies' Light 15th June 2020

Editor John Han

a choke-cough

I ask are you feeling alright?

virus anxiety 

 

over the counter 

sales restock vitamin C

coronavirus

self-distancing

two speckled eggs gone

from the bulbul nest

Fireflies' Light 15th June 2020

Editor John Han 

her time

a shorthand typist

homemaker mom

March 2020 special issue for

International Womxn’s Month

 

full white moon

and a thousand candles

light the lake

Poetry Pea Podcast and Journal March 2020

 

strands of natto

a spiderweb collects

dew

Akitsu Quarterly Spring 2020 Issue. Editor, Robin White. 

each step deeper 

into the grove's scent 

of autumn pine

陶器の炉、燃やす松の木の香り 

~ Zygby22

http://www.city.soka.saitama.jp/haiku/english/boshuyoryo/PAGE000000000000061696.html

Honourable Mention Prize

デイヴィッド・バーレイ選「入選」

David Burleigh selected

「Honorable Mentions」

winter shore 

heavy mist swirls round 

the cup

冬の海岸

深いもやがカップを渦巻く

Haiku Column Daily Best Haiku,

Honourable mention ※

5th January 2020

. 【千秋訳】

冬の海岸

深いもやがカップを渦巻く

.

Haiku Column Daily Best Haiku selections 27th February 2020.

lifting fog

a burst of pink crocus in spring soil

~ Christina Chin

クロッカス霧を持ち上げ飛び出しぬ [千秋] 

Pottery

 Outstanding Haiku Prize

デイヴィッド・バーレイ選「秀作」

David Burleigh selected

「Outstanding Haiku」

pit fired pottery

the smell of pine

kindling

一歩進むごとに深くなる、秋の松林の香り

~ Zygby22 

http://www.city.soka.saitama.jp/cont/s1410/2020foreign-haiku.pdf

http://www.city.soka.saitama.jp/haiku/english/boshuyoryo/PAGE000000000000061696.html 

Superbloom

desert superbloom

the call of skylark

sitting in the sun

Plumtree Tavern, Editor Russell Streur

https://theplumtreetavern.blogspot.com/2020/03/lines.html

New year eve

new year eve

all the temple bells

chime 108

🔸

 【千秋訳】

大晦日

すべての寺の除夜の鐘 ※ 

Haiku Column, Daily Best Haiku, 

Honourable mention

6th January 2020

Christina Chin ●

A search

 

a search 

on Instagram 

grandkids reset to private

Failed Haiku Vol 4 issue #51. 

March 2020.

Red envelopes

red envelopes 

and the scent of citrus peels 

Spring Festival

March 2020 ESUJ-HAIKU by Judges Emiko Miyashita and Tetsuya Kotaki. 

https://www.esuj.gr.jp/event/5_index_detail.php?fbclid=IwAR1XI_Ir0CbGquSaEGFp3qyhi60GzD9MvRvYCExhrnzjwWWj1FlP6IKUKrk

Cabaret

cabaret music

the saloon door

s[w]ings off key

Failed Haiku Vol 4 issue #51. March 2020. 

Editor Michael Rehling 

Wild Animals

 

8th green

a squirrel greets me

at the halfway hut 

Theme: Wild Animals.

The Haiku Foundation

Haiku Dialogue

Guest Editor Tia Haynes 

Haiga

pine twigs

in the fruit basket last chirp

of a flown fledgling

Cattails Journal

Haiga

Editor Lavana

Last say

having the last say again the rush of blood

FemkuMag February 2020 issue #21

Guest Editor Susan Burch 

Orphan

A haiku published 

in Wind Flowers - the Red Moon Anthology of English Language Haiku 2019,

in Charles Trumbull's essay entitled Mendicants.

Thank you very much for the feature, Charles.

🔸

orphan

a fly shares

her begging-bowl 

~ Christina Chin, FemkuMag 2, July 2018