“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
"October sun” is 5x7, sumi ink and Japanese watercolors on paper. © Annette Makino 2020
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
•
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