WHC NEWS
10 April 2011
Re: New Issue of World Haiku Review is now online: April 2012 Issue
The World Haiku Club is pleased to announce that the April 2012 Issue of World Haiku Review is now online. Click on:
https://sites.google.com/site/worldhaikureview2/whr/home
Rohini, our Technical Editor, is continuing her noble and arduous task of retrieving and rescuing poems, articles, treatises, reports, contributions etc. of the past World Haiku Review issues 2001 - 2007, which got tragically lost in mysterious circumstances. Her first effort is focused on saving, recovering and rescuing only. She will then gradually sort them out and give them shape. If you happen to come across any of these invaluable items of the past WHR issues, by all means let us know.
We do hope that you will enjoy this issue of World Haiku Review.
Kengin,
Susumu Takiguchi
Managing Editor & Acting Editor-in-Chief, World Haiku Review
Chairman, The World Haiku Club
Kala Ramesh
Deputy Editor-in-Chief, World Haiku Review
Rohini Gupta
Technical Editor, World Haiku Review
Gabriel Rosenstock sent this update about his new book. Click the title to download more information.
THE INVISIBLE LIGHT
Infrared photographs by Ron Rosenstock
Poetry by Gabriel Rosenstock
Sasa Vazic sent the following Japan-Lithuania haiku contest link:
http://www.worldhaiku.net/news_files/jp_lithu_haikucontest/En_Contest.pdf
Norman Darlington sent the following update:
JOURNAL OF RENGA & RENKU sale price ends soon
JOURNAL OF RENGA & RENKU, Issue 2
There is less than a week left to take advantage of the introductory price of US$19.95. At midnight Saturday 14 April 2012, JRR2 reverts to the cover price of US$25. If you haven't ordered your copy yet, you can securely order now at http://darlingtonrichards.com/jrr . Preview JRR2 Table of Contents at http://www.darlingtonrichards.com/index.php/journal-of-renga-renku/preview-issue-2/
Norman Darlington
Moira Richards
Journal of Renga & Renku
http://www.darlingtonrichards.com/
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Claudia Coutu Radmore sent the following link to their Ottawa KaDo group:
http://haikukado.wordpress.com
Rick Black sent the following update:
April 2012
‘The Bard of Camden’ to be Honored With New Edition of Poems
In conjunction with National Poetry Month, two events are being held in Camden, N.J., to launch a new collection of haiku by Nick Virgilio, a lifelong resident and one of the most beloved haiku poets in the country.
On Friday, April 27th, the Paul Robeson library at Rutgers University-Camden will host an exhibition of Virgilio’s papers as part of their “American Haiku Masters” collection; and then on Sunday, April 29th, a community reading of the new book, Nick Virgilio: A Life in Haiku, will be held at Sacred Heart Church in Camden.
Virgilio, who started writing in the 1960s, was one of the pioneers of haiku in the U.S. He wrote thousands of haiku ranging in subject matter from the Vietnam war to water lilies, from prostitutes on street corners to cicadas on a hot summer night.
“Virgilio was intensely American, with a generosity of heart and spirit that recall Walt Whitman,” said Rod Willmot, a Canadian haiku poet and former publisher of Burnt Lake Press, which issued Virgilio’s first book, Selected Haiku. “He was a people’s poet, touching readers through the universality of what moved him and the honesty and dedication with which he wrote.”
“When I found out that so many of his poems had never been published, I jumped at the opportunity,”
said Rick Black, founding editor of Turtle Light Press, a Virginia-based publisher which is releasing the new collection. “In particular I have always loved his poems about his brother’s death in Vietnam as well as life on the streets of Camden.”
Haiku, short nature poems of 17 syllables or less, originated in Japan several hundred years ago; they became popular in the U.S. at the start of the 20th century and are still loved and written by many people today, from school children to Pulitzer Prize winning poets.
Edited by Raffael de Gruttola, a former president of the Haiku Society of America, the book contains more than 100 unpublished haiku as well as 25 old favorites, excerpts of an interview with Virgilio on Marty Moss-Coane’s “Radio Times” show, two essays by Virgilio on writing, a tribute by Monsignor Michael Doyle of Sacred Heart Church, an afterword by poet Kathleen O’Toole, photos and facsimiles of some of the original manuscripts.
More than twenty years after his death, Virgilio is still a beloved poet today. He was a regular commentator on the public radio program Weekend Edition with Scott Simon in its early years and was instrumental in helping to found the Walt Whitman Center for the Arts & Humanities. Some of his poems have even inspired street murals near Sacred Heart Church and elsewhere.
The Rutgers exhibition, which runs on Friday, the 27th from noon to 1:30 p.m., highlights original manuscripts, book art, and journals. It will feature a short reading from the new book as well as remarks by the publisher and editor. To R.S.V.P. for lunch or more information, contact curator Elizabeth Moser at: haikumasters@gmail.com
Similarly, a large crowd is expected at Sacred Heart to participate in the community reading on Sunday, the 29th. Featured speakers will include Monsignor Michael Doyle, Tony Virgilio (Nick’s surviving brother), Henry Brann (president of the Nick Virgilio Haiku Association), Raffael de Gruttola, Rick Black and others. For more information or directions to the church, please call 856-966-6700 or email: parish@sacredheartcamden.org
“I think it’ll be a wonderful celebration of Nick’s life,” said Monsignor Michael Doyle, pastor of Sacred Heart. “He created beauty out of the gutters of Camden and, by reading these new poems, the entire community will be uplifted.”
The First "International Kukai" Invitation
Dear haiku poets, you are invited to participate in The First "International Kukai" (HAIKU CONTEST).
The Kigo (THEME) is SPARROW/S no other form of the word will be accepted.
Send THREE haiku which include SPARROW/S to:
Email: international_kukai@yahoo.com
Subject: April_submission
Submission Deadline: April 10, 2012
Voting Deadline: April 20th 2012
Example:
winter solitude—
only a sparrow
to share my meal
—Rita Odeh
tinywords, 2007
Read the full direction page at this link (you must scroll down):
http://rita-odeh.blogspot.com/
Rita Odeh & John Daleiden
ro / jd
The 7th International Tanka Festival 2012
Shonan Village Centre, November 28th- 29th, 2012
The ITF SHONAN VILLAGE CENTER Competition for tanka in English
Call for Submissions: Open to everyone
Entry Fee: None
Submission Period: April 1st – June 30th, 2012
Address for submissions: ITF SHONAN VILLAGE CENTER Competition
c/o Nihon Kajin Club
Shuei Bldg. 2F, 1-12-5 Higashigotanda,
Shinagawa ku, Tokyo, 141-0022, Japan
Rules of Entry:
1. Tanka must be previously unpublished and not under consideration elsewhere.
2. Post two copies of each tanka, with your name and address on one copy only.
Entry is by mail only.
3. Any theme is acceptable. (Five line form only)
4. Judging is anonymous.
5. Winning tanka and commended tanka will be published in the Festival brochure.
The 7th International Tanka Festival
in SHONAN VILLAGE CENTER 2012
(ITF SHONAN VILLAGE CENTER 2012)
ITF SHONAN VILLAGE CENTER will be held by NIHON KAJIN CLUB, the Japan Tanka Poets’ Society. The schedule is as follows:
November 28th Registration at SHONAN VILLAGE CENTER
29th The 7th International Tanka Festival in SHONAN VILLAGE CENTER
(10:00~17:00)
At SHONAN VILLAGE CENTER
(JR Zushi )
Awarding ceremony, Keynote speech, Tanka workshop, Minispeech, Tanka Poetry reading etc.
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