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Textures: 2025 Pulse Haiku

Pulse—voices from the heart of medicine celebrates the publication of 26 haiku and senryu published in 2025 with a video by Pulse haiku editor, Michael Dylan Welch, with music by Paul Gross performed by Avalanche at Dawn.

Haiku and senryu by Roberta Beary, Randy Brooks, Michael J. Galko, LeRoy Gorman, Sari Grandstaff, Ruth Holzer, Roberta Beach Jacobson, Barbara Kaufmann, Colette Kern, Taylor Kovach, Michael Leach, Barrie Levine, Chen-ou Liu, Paul David Mena, Ben Oliver, John Pappas, Jimmy Pappas, Marilyn Powell, Kala Ramesh, Tracie Renee, Suraja Menon Roychowdhury, Ron Scully, C. X. Turner, Tuyet Van Do, Finch Vogelsang, and Nitu Yumnam.

Which poems are your favorite?

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10 thoughts on “Textures: 2025 Pulse Haiku”

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    Mary Carolyn Jolly

    Very beautiful presentation of haiku, music and visual effects. It was so nice to revisit the whole collection of haiku from the year, describing the diverse aspects of healthcare and emotions. Thank you so much.

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    Marianne Lonsdale

    I can’t pick a favorite. Beautiful video. And the music! Really special to read them all together. Thank you.

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    Caroline G Banks

    Lovely gift of haiku, surrounded by auditory and visual textures. Thank you.

    winter winds
    a tinseled tree regifted
    neighbor to neighbor
    Caroline Giles Banks

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    So very beautiful- creativity at so many levels- poetry, poem, composition. Thank you for this- it is a new year gift.

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    Anthony Papagiannis, M.D.

    Bravo! Music and poetry excellent. Selfishly, I’ll vote for Tracie Renee’s haiku, having recently undergone my third annual follow-up batch of investigations after my sigmoidectomy, with normal results. Happy New Year to all!

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