A poetic journal is a literary genre combining aspects of poetry with the daily, or near daily, "takes" of journal writing. Born of twin impulses: to track change in daily life and to memorialize experience, poetic journals owe allegiances to Asian writing — particularly the Japanese haibun of Matsuo Bashō, The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon, and the poetic diaries of Masaoka Shiki — as well as Objectivist poets and others associated with Donald Allen's anthology The New American Poetry 1945-1960. Unlike traditional diaries or journals that focus primarily on recounting a day's experience, poetic journals emphasize the act of writing itself in collaboration with the day's account. Taking its cue from post-Jack Kerouac writers, like Bernadette Mayer and Clark Coolidge, the poetic journal aims to be all-inclusive as well as timely and attentive. To quote Tyler Doherty in his introduction to For the Time Being: The Bootstrap Book of Poetic Journals, "[The poetic journal] doesn't try to tell us what the world is, so much as remind us that the world is." Influences Asian Influences: Matsuo Bashō, Sei Shōnagon, Masaoka Shiki. 19th Century Naturalist Influences: Henry David Thoreau. Objectivist influences: William Carlos Williams, Lorine Niedecker, Charles Reznikoff. Selected poetic journals Poetic Journal Anthologies: Tyler Doherty & Tom Morgan: For the Time-Being: The Bootstrap Book of Poetic Journals Poetic Journals:Paul Blackburn: The Journals Tyler Doherty: Bodhidharma Never Came to Hatboro Larry Eigner: Readiness / Enough / Depends / On Zoketsu Norman Fischer: The Narrow Roads of Japan Allen Ginsberg: The Fall of America Jack Kerouac: Book of Sketches Joanne Kyger: Again; As Ever; Patzcuaro David Lehman: The Daily Mirror Bernadette Mayer: Midwinter’s Day Michael Rothenberg: Unhurried Vision, The Paris Journals, Narcissus Ron Silliman: Bart; Xing Louis MacNeice: Autumn Journal; Xing Andrew Schelling: The Road to Ocosingo; Two Elk: A High Country Notebook Joel Sloman: Cuban Journal Gary Snyder: Earth House Hold Philip Whalen: Goofbook John Wieners: 707 Scott Street Robert Crosson: Daybook See also Mildred Seydell References External links Practice of Poetry: The Poetic Journal A link to Andrew Schelling's poetic journal course description. Cervena Barva Press interview with Mark Pawlak Touches on Poetic Journals. Genres of poetry