Roman ALAN<p>May 22, 2025:</p><p>What is a "haibun"?</p><p>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.</p><p>Here's my first one, "My brother's fall" on Medium.</p><p>Haibun, "My brother's fall"<br><a href="https://medium.com/@romanalanwrites/my-brothers-fall-134a0a8a6830" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/@romanalanwrites/my</span><span class="invisible">-brothers-fall-134a0a8a6830</span></a></p><p>My Medium stuff should be open and accessible to all – let me know if it's not.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Prose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prose</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Haiku</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Haibun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Haibun</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a></p>