his first steps a small creek tumbles into the river This #haiku was inspired by my son learning to walk at the Klamath River, years ago. My thanks to The Heron's Nest for publishing it.

I’m excited to share the cover and an illustration from Yung Stands Strong: A Story of Expulsion and Resilience, with art by Yukari Mishima. This is a children’s book I’m writing about the 1885 expulsion of the Chinese from Eureka, California.

I'm honored that this poem was awarded the Museum of Haiku Literature Award, chosen as the best of the issue for Frogpond 48.3. My thanks to the Haiku Society of America’s executive committee! #haiku #micropoetry #transition

Every blossom season, I spend some time with a Yoshino cherry tree on our road. The experience is joyful with a tinge of heartbreak. It’s the impermanence itself that makes the days of peak blossom so precious. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ For the process for this #haiga, see makinostudios.com/blog #haiku

crescent earth — a different face looks out of the mirror #haiku #HaikuSaturday www.nasa.gov

It's been an honor to serve as a panelist for The Haiku Foundation's Touchstone Awards for Individual Poems, "the Nobel Prize of haiku." Congratulations to the poets on the Long List! #haiku thehaikufoundation.org/2025-touchst...

Our biggest turnout yet at the Eureka, CA #NoKings today! It stretched five blocks and one police officer estimated turnout at 5-6000. Eureka's population is 26,000; it’s the county seat for rural #Humboldt County. Very encouraging!

In Basho’s Footsteps: This Saturday at 11 a.m. Pacific, I’m giving a presentation to the Yuki Teikei Society on my recent walking tour in Japan of the 1689 journey by the famed #haiku poet Basho. You are invited to attend and sign in as a guest. Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/j/81843736721

copper-tinged waves trying to fit the ocean into my camera “copper-tinged waves” is an 8x10 mixed media collage. It's the March art for my 2026 Makino Studios calendar, and there is a greeting card version reading, “take heart.” The #haiku was first published in Kingfisher.

Oof, this has been the longest year ever. #haiku

J'ai acheté 3 calendriers 2026 chez Annette Makino, une artiste japano-américaine. Simple et très joli. www.makinostudios.com/shop

forest hush we hike into pre-history ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Wishing you moments of peace this holiday season. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “forest hush” is part of my 2026 #haiku calendar. This is a detail of a 24” x 18” mixed media collage made with papers, acrylic paint, crayon and matte medium on canvas.

Thanks so much, Linda!

Glad to have this vertical haiku in Uncharted Territory: 2024 Seabeck Haiku Getaway Anthology. This poem was based on the two-day drive north from Arcata, California to Seabeck, Washington for the gathering. #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry

annettemakino touch of frost the dog smiling from nose to tail This 11x14 mixed media collage features my beloved late dog Misha. The piece is part of my 2026 mini-calendar of art and haiku, available for $12 at makinostudios.com #haiku #haiga

"I must admit, these short, dark days are hard to take. Being more of a night owl, I feel shocked and cheated when twilight approaches before 5 p.m. So unfair!" New blog post today on finding glimmers of joy to get through this dark season. www.makinostudios.com/blog/2025/12...

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a patch of sunlight, otherwise unoccupied, must be in want of a cat. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ My thanks to Wales Haiku Journal for including this somewhat experimental #haiku in the Autumn issue.

small regrets the 1 a.m. looping of a mosquito Thanks to editor Julie Schwerin and the Heron’s Nest for including this haiku. #haiku #senryu #insomnia #regrets

Grateful to have this topical haiku in Frogpond. #haiku #senryu #micropoetry

Ross Gay catalog of unabashed gratitude #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

steady rain all night snoring from the dog bed #haiku #monoku #micropoetry

soft morning~ the mailbox wears a little hat of snow #haiku

Since 2013, I have produced a mini-calendar of my art combined with my #haiku. It’s so rewarding to assemble my favorite pieces of the past year into one collection—and then to send it out across the country. You can find them at MakinoStudios.com for $12. #haiga #haikucalendar

otter dusk what’s left of the light slips downstream Grateful to have this haiku in the latest issue of Acorn, thanks to editor @susanantolin.bsky.social ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

another go with the zen garden rake untangling today #DailyHaikuPrompt (rake) #haiku

sun-baked earth we cheer on the lizard doing pushups This mixed-media collage haiga is 8x10, made with paper, acrylic paint, charcoal, colored pencil, pen and glue on cradled wood. It's part of my 2026 mini-calendar of art and haiku; see makinostudios.com. #haiku #haiga

Such abundance! ; ) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ My thanks to Paul Miller for including this in the latest Modern Haiku. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #creditcardfoffer

Three Wayfarers in Japan — a blog post and pics about our recent trip following in the footsteps of haiku poet Basho, who walked the same route in 1689. www.makinostudios.com/blog/2025/11...

still wearing white long after summer’s end wild jasmine #haiku #senryu #poetry #micropoetry #3lines

migrating geese pulling the stars back home autumn equinox #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt

My latest blog post, "How a haiku is hatched," describes the process of writing this #haiku: spiral journal my bit of the galaxy www.makinostudios.com/blog

Happy equinox, everyone! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #haiku #equinox

“There is another alphabet, whispering from every leaf, singing from every river, shimmering from every sky.” ~ Dejan Stojanović (b. 1959) #Painting by Matazō Kayama.

ring box— my answer in the form of a question —Tanya McDonald

We had a great crowd for the first-ever poetry reading in Humboldt by Asian American poets on Sunday! “Ink to Paper” featured original #poetry by seven poets: Mark Shikuma, Shizue Harada (poems read by Amy Uyeki), Daryl Ngee Chinn, Libby Yee, Tony Wallin-Sato, Paul Michael Atienza and me.

Honored to have my #haibun “Migration” featured on Rattle.com today!

I’m sharing #haiku and art at the Ink to Paper #poetry reading at the Morris Graves Museum in Eureka, CA this Sunday at 2! This weekend is a celebration of local Asian American culture, with a Chinatown street festival, group art show, opera and poetry reading. More: makinostudios.com/blog

“Winding River” is one of six #collages I have on view as part of the group show of Asian American artists at the Morris Graves Museum in Eureka, CA right now! The official opening is this Saturday, May 3, 6-9 p.m. during Arts Alive. Hope to see some friends there! #asianartists #humboldt

The ukiaHaiku Festival, held in Ukiah, CA, was such a nice event! I gave a keynote about my haiku journey, the elements of effective haiku, haiku-related forms and why we write haiku. People of all ages and walks of life shared their #haiku amid live music and good spirits.

Happy to support #independentbookstoreday today! This is Northtown Books in Arcata, CA.

The great #haiga artist @annettemakino.bsky.social at tinywords today: tinywords.com/2025/04/25/4... the shape of a life one sparkling wave returns to the sea alt text: #haiku written next to a breaking wave in indigo & turquoise, made from painted strips of paper.

Congratulations to first place winner, Molly Thapviwat! #haiku #haikucontest

Whiptail Journal, Issue 2, February 2022 www.whiptailjournal.com/read-the-arc...

every star has an understudy —firefly #haiku #poetry #dailyhaikuprompt (fire)

home alone the teapot whistles a single note #haikufeels #note #haiku

maybe we too soften with age moss-covered stones Happy International Haiku Poetry Day! This piece is an 11x14 mixed media collage made with paper, acrylic paint, ink, colored pencil and glue on cradled birch panel. #haiku #haiga #collage #aging

The 23rd annual ukiaHaiku Festival takes place on Sunday, April 27, 2-4 at the Grace Hudson Museum in Ukiah, CA. I’m honored to be the keynote speaker, a cool twist for a Ukiah High grad! I’ll have a Makino Studios table with books etc. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ukiahaiku.org #haiku #ukiah

Here is one of my #haiku that was featured on Cornell University's Mann Library Daily Haiku in March. to accept the things 
I cannot change 
outgoing tide haiku.mannlib.cornell.edu/category/author/annette-makino/

Excited to be part of an art show at the Morris Graves Museum of Art in Eureka, CA featuring 12 local artists of Asian ancestry! The show opens Sat., May 3, 6 to 9 p.m. "Ten Thousand Gates: A Celebration of Humboldt Asian American Artists" will run from April 26 to June 8. #artists #humboldt