Annette Makino
@annettemakino.bsky.social
Artist and haiku poet. Online gallery and shop at makinostudios.com
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November 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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November 21, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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
#haiga #haikucalendar
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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
#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
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#haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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
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#haiku #micropoetry #poetry
November 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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
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#haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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
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#haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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November 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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
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
November 20, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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
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! ; )
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My thanks to Paul Miller for including this in the latest Modern Haiku.
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#haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #creditcardfoffer
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My thanks to Paul Miller for including this in the latest Modern Haiku.
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#haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #creditcardfoffer
November 17, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Such abundance! ; )
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My thanks to Paul Miller for including this in the latest Modern Haiku.
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#haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #creditcardfoffer
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My thanks to Paul Miller for including this in the latest Modern Haiku.
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#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...
www.makinostudios.com/blog/2025/11...
Three wayfarers in Japan — Makino Studios
Konnichiwa! I’m back from a wonderful 18 days in Japan with my husband Paul and son Gabriel. On this, my fifth trip there, we toured Tokyo boulevards, mountain trails, rice paddies, rural villages and...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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...
www.makinostudios.com/blog/2025/11...
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September 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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September 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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
spiral journal my bit of the galaxy
www.makinostudios.com/blog
Blog — Makino Studios
BLOG Annette Makino shares thoughts on the creative process—also known as life.
www.makinostudios.com
September 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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
spiral journal my bit of the galaxy
www.makinostudios.com/blog
September 24, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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falling through
the broken window
autumn moon
- Deborah A. Bennett
Nick Virgilio Haiku Association,
October 2024
the broken window
autumn moon
- Deborah A. Bennett
Nick Virgilio Haiku Association,
October 2024
September 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
falling through
the broken window
autumn moon
- Deborah A. Bennett
Nick Virgilio Haiku Association,
October 2024
the broken window
autumn moon
- Deborah A. Bennett
Nick Virgilio Haiku Association,
October 2024
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“There is another alphabet, whispering from every leaf, singing from every river, shimmering from every sky.”
~ Dejan Stojanović (b. 1959)
#Painting by Matazō Kayama.
~ Dejan Stojanović (b. 1959)
#Painting by Matazō Kayama.
June 5, 2025 at 8:16 AM
“There is another alphabet, whispering from every leaf, singing from every river, shimmering from every sky.”
~ Dejan Stojanović (b. 1959)
#Painting by Matazō Kayama.
~ Dejan Stojanović (b. 1959)
#Painting by Matazō Kayama.
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ring box—
my answer
in the form of a question
—Tanya McDonald
my answer
in the form of a question
—Tanya McDonald
Fourth of July by Tanya McDonald - Rattle: Poetry
Boyfriend home on four days of leave, I borrow Mom’s pickup and we go for a drive. Windows down, radio up. AC/DC. Deep Purple. Cream. Heart.
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May 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
ring box—
my answer
in the form of a question
—Tanya McDonald
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.
“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.
May 8, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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.
“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!
rope swing
assessing the depth
of my losses
—Annette Makino
assessing the depth
of my losses
—Annette Makino
Migration by Annette Makino - Rattle: Poetry
Everyone just calls it “the gully.” It’s a bit of wilderness in the midst of our Southern California development. A creek runs through it, lined with eucalyptus trees.
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May 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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
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
May 2, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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
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
#asianartists #humboldt
April 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM
“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
#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.
April 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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.
April 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Happy to support #independentbookstoreday today! This is Northtown Books in Arcata, CA.
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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.
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.
tinywords
the shape of a life one sparkling wave returns to the sea (haiga)
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April 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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.
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.
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Congratulations to first place winner, Molly Thapviwat! #haiku #haikucontest
April 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Congratulations to first place winner, Molly Thapviwat! #haiku #haikucontest
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April 22, 2025 at 4:35 AM