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HAIBUN for the Japanese Poetry Club
A chapter in the book One Thousand Cranes
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Gypsy Blue Rose
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The new patient sits next to me at the edge of my bed. He is staring at me in a creepy and disturbing way. His wrists are bandaged. The orderly passes by our always-opened door and calls for breakfast and the first round of meds. I wonder what type of tasteless food will be served today but I appreciate the routine. After breakfast, we have a ‘check-in group’, Everybody has to score their mood on a one to ten scale. I hate it because I am comfortably numb … what number would that be? The new medicine makes me sleepy and all I want to do is go to my room. Management insists all mentally ill participate in activities. I pass out on my bed skipping lunch and dinner. Fuck the rules. When I wake up it's - visiting hours - one of the many things I dread about this place. I am jealous of the insane with family and friends. I wish I were dead. sun hides behind heavy dark clouds — quicksand mind  |
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Title and Picture from the movie 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' but the poem is not about the movie.
the line, "Comfortably Numb" is a song by -Pink Floyd
HAIBUN combines prose and haiku; it's written in the present or in the past tense. The subject matter can vary widely, but usually describes an unfolding scene, a slice of life, a special moment, or a journal... Keep it as brief as possible and do not repeat words, except the, an, or, etc ... Point of View Written in the first person (everything seen through the author's eyes) Length Varies from very brief prose with one haiku to long prose with interspersed haiku.
PROSE in Haibun TELLS the story, GIVES information, DEFINES the theme, CREATES a mood through tone, and PROVIDES a background to spotlight the haiku
HAIKU in Haibun MOVES the story forward, ADDS insight into the prose, RESOLVES the conflict in an unpredictable way, or QUESTIONS the resolution of the prose. click here for more information *** Haibun Today Editorial for further reading *** Haibun Guidelines
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Gypsy
"Hope rises like a phoenix from the ashes of shattered dreams." -- A. Sachs
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