Jan Benson
Born 1952, Findlay, Ohio
Residing in Fort Worth, Texas
Jan Benson is a Pushcart Prize nominated haiku poet living in Texas. Benson's senryu are published in many of the world's leading journals and magazines. Jan is a member of The World Haiku Association, and Poetry Society of Texas. Jan's profile can be found on The Haiku Foundation "Poet Registry" and online at "The Living Haiku Anthology".
a womb
filled with cloud...
never-child
a whisper of lipstick speaking tomes
the darkest
corner of a closet
cut upon cut
bouquet garni
into the mother sauce...
our blended family
Michigan Leaves Project May 1, 2018
black metal
the unknown moons
of haiku
gaps
in conversation
the shape of stillbirth
picking blues
with a pocket-knife slide
pop's old dreadnought
Prune Juice 3/1/2018
rimed forest
a nightingale
busks me home
bone moon
the ululations
of mothers
Wild Voices Spring 2017 Wildflowers Poetry Press
heel prints
in the small of his back...
patchouli nights
tending veins
of vines up a trellis
father's fatted leg
They Gave Us Life Anthology Editor, Robert Epstein Oct 2017
mom's glossary
of sharp syllables
cactus moon
Hedgerow #121 Autumn 2017
the pond
holds a half moon
theology of bones
tinny chromatics
of an old spinet
trading up
to wind chimes
neap-tide
in a pinched cove
lithium tremors
Modern Haiku, Issue 47:2 Spring 2016
crescent moon and her silk blouse a zephyr swells
Frogpond 38:2 Summer 2015
a bow
on her neck
fiddler's choice
ein Bogen auf
ihrem Hals die
Wahl des Fiedlers
her palms
bruising cardamom seeds
the subtleties of chai
Blithe Spirit Journal Vol. 26, #4 Winter 2016
our bed
dressed in knit linens
weaver's moon
Blithe Spirit Journal Vol. 26, #4 Winter 2016
the thrum
of stars in my bones
hadron collider
Blithe Spirit Journal Vol. 26, #4 Winter 2016
the smooth
swallow of addiction
pearl moon
Blithe Spirit Journal Vol. 26, #4 Winter 2016
cold water on an african violet ghosts bloom
scudding clouds
under a bridge
the fitful flap
of bats
removing the fitbit
today she walks
in memory of mom
moonless night
bleached bones and
the whir of a copter
penumbra moon
a prudence of vicars
covets candles
Blue Hole Magazine (Georgetown, Texas Poetry Festival) Autumn 2016
quantum shift
venus positions herself
over jupiter
red fish blue fish season of hubris
home late--
the kiss you wanted,
the one you got
post election--
tell-all books
discounted
night-tide...
the catch of his hand
as I walk away
gypsy moon slip knot lens
mom's rosebush
in each bloom
a blood memory
The Enigmatist Anthology June 2016
sand moon
sorting breath
from bone
Waco WordFest Anthology October 2016
border fence...
their gaping mouths
known by flies
Waco WordFest Anthology October 2016
cello moon
son's first christmas card
from prison
Waco WordFest Anthology October 2016
herstory
single mother
of another
single mother
Waco WordFest Anthology October 2016
impromptu picnic
at japanese gardens
herbal tea and zen
1st Place May Contest, 2014 Poetry Society of Texas
2015 Book of the Year (P.S.T.)
half notes
in a duet
the iamb of twins
3rd Place Galaxy of Verse Contest Autumn 2015
pirate moon
his wrecked
hover board
Ershik April 2016