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Author: Patricia J. Machmiller

Patricia J. Machmiller began writing haiku in 1975 with Kiyoshi and Kiyoko Tokutomi, founders of the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society. With Jerry Ball, and now Emiko Miyashita, she writes a regular column of haiku commentary, Dojin's Corner, for GEPPO, the newsletter of YTHS. Her book of haiku, Blush of Winter Moon, is published by Jacaranda Press. With Fay Aoyagi she has translated the haiku of Kiyoko Tokutomi, Kiyoko's Sky (Brooks Books, 2002). She has three books of haiga, Mountain Trail: Following the Master (www.lulu.com), The Sweet Reverence of Little Birds (www.lulu.com), and Wild Heart of One Bird Singing (www.lulu.com). The last two books were done in collaboration with the artist, Floy Zittin, and the calligrapher, Martha Dahlen. She is also a brush painter and printmaker; her artwork, including some haiga, can be seen at www.patriciajmachmiller.com.

halfpipe
a snowboarder …

Posted on 28 May 202611 May 2026Author Patricia J. MachmillerCategories Issue 26.12 Comments on

every day
more like a crone…

Posted on 29 October 202527 October 2025Author Patricia J. MachmillerCategories Issue 25.21 Comment on

three beach chairs
empty,…

Posted on 7 July 202524 June 2025Author Patricia J. MachmillerCategories Issue 25.1Leave a comment on

expanse of snow
unmarked…

Posted on 13 December 20244 December 2024Author Patricia J. MachmillerCategories Issue 24.21 Comment on

beachcombing
within the…

Posted on 25 June 202422 June 2024Author Patricia J. MachmillerCategories Issue 24.13 Comments on

yellow-leafed forest
beneath…

Posted on 29 November 202311 November 2023Author Patricia J. MachmillerCategories Issue 23.22 Comments on

the mathematics
of wings…

Posted on 5 May 202311 April 2023Author Patricia J. MachmillerCategories Issue 23.11 Comment on

snow-capped mountain
she…

Posted on 7 December 20222 December 2022Author Patricia J. MachmillerCategories Issue 22.21 Comment on

magnolia allée
the deep …

Posted on 16 June 20228 June 2022Author Patricia J. MachmillerCategories Issue 22.12 Comments on

autumn evening—
the man …

Posted on 1 December 20211 December 2021Author Patricia J. MachmillerCategories Issue 21.22 Comments on

banana split
the child in…

Posted on 21 July 202118 July 2021Author Patricia J. MachmillerCategories Issue 21.12 Comments on

out of the blue
my son calls—…

Posted on 16 June 202122 May 2025Author Patricia J. MachmillerCategories Issue 21.11 Comment on

tulip magnolia–…

Posted on 2 April 202030 March 2020Author Patricia J. MachmillerCategories Issue 20.18 Comments on

end of summer–
the…

Posted on 24 October 201919 October 2019Author Patricia J. MachmillerCategories Issue 19.25 Comments on

snow moon —
the light from…

Posted on 25 December 201717 September 2025Author Patricia J. MachmillerCategories Issue 17.26 Comments on

the farmhouse
where he was…

Posted on 27 March 20177 April 2017Author Patricia J. MachmillerCategories Issue 17.16 Comments on

the blue pine’s
gnarled…

Posted on 14 October 20167 October 2016Author Patricia J. MachmillerCategories Issue 16.212 Comments on

as if lost
it wanders through…

Posted on 23 September 20167 April 2017Author Patricia J. MachmillerCategories Issue 16.26 Comments on

bare trees
the credits for…

Posted on 12 November 20157 April 2017Author Patricia J. MachmillerCategories Issue 15.26 Comments on

a man by his mailbox
reads…

Posted on 13 October 20157 April 2017Author Patricia J. MachmillerCategories Issue 15.24 Comments on

rose garden
old friends…

Posted on 19 June 201523 June 2015Author Patricia J. MachmillerCategories Issue 15.18 Comments on

winter night —
late in the…

Posted on 10 February 201512 September 2025Author Patricia J. MachmillerCategories Issue 15.15 Comments on
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