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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Tuesday updates - October 16, 2012

Lenard D. Moore had a poem published recently in The News & Observer. The title of the poems is "At The State Fair".

http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/10/11/2406545/at-the-state-fair.html

Brendan Slater sent this:

Press Release: Yet To Be Named Free Press

Founding Editor: Brendan Slater, brendan@yettobenamedfreepress.org
Anthology Editor: Alan Summers, alan@yettobenamedfreepress.org Brendan Slater, Yet To Be Named Free Press
Submissions: subs@yettobeneamedfreepress.org

www.yettobenamedfreepress.org

YTBNFP is an indie publisher utilising POD to get fresh, exciting, experimental, quality short-verse out into the market place without all the overheads of a traditional publishing business, in fact we are not a business we are a co-operative and non-profit making, our authors, editors and artists get equal shares of any profits, we also plan to set up a trust fund for poets who are hard up and cannot afford books or their gas bills, etc. This will take some time setting up as short-verse is a niche market, we don't expect to get rich from this, if we wanted that we'd be publishing 50 shades of my Vicar's wife's knickers, or something less tasteful.

Our first title released in August is Four Virtual Haiku Poets (http://www.yettobenamedfreepress.org/p/four-virtual-haiku-poets.html), an anthology of the work of Scott Terrill, Brendan Slater, Colin Stewart Jones and Michael Goglia, edited by Alan Summers and Brendan Slater. It's available through Amazon at $7.50, £5.00 and €6.00.

Our second title also released in August is In Bed With Kerouac (http://www.yettobenamedfreepress.org/p/in-bed-with-kerouac.html), a mixed genre book by Brendan Slater, available through Amazon at $7.50, £5.00 and €6.00.

Our third title has just been released, Does Fish-God Know, a collection of gendai haiku by Alan Summers. More information to come in a separate press release @ http://www.yettobenamedfreepress.org/p/does-fish-god-know.html

We are also accepting submission for an anthology called c.2.2. Where only pen names will be published. Please visit this address for guidelines: http://www.yettobenamedfreepress.org/p/call-for-subs-anthology-c22.html

Selected poems from our first three titles can be read here: http://www.yettobenamedfreepress.org/p/selected-poems.html

Please stop by and take a look, maybe you'll like what you see, maybe you'll want to get involved, we're always open to fresh ideas to take short-verse to new and exciting places.

--- Brendan Slater, Yet To Be Named Free Press

Howard Lee Kilby sent this:

The 17th haiku conference in Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas is moving forward steadily. Haiku Hot Springs will be held at the Arlington Hotel, Friday and Saturday, November 2-3, 2012 from 9 am - 5 pm both days. There is a conference rate of $84 plus tax for those who wish to attend: www.arlingtonhotel.com use HAIKU as the code word and if there are any problems in making a reservation call 501-767-6096 also for information. Here are some of the poets attending as of this moment: Charles Trumbull, Santa Fe, NM, Sonia Coman and her husband Eduard from New York, NY, Dr. Jianqing (John) Zheng of Itta Bena, MS, Susan Delphine Delaney, M.D., Plano, TX, Christine Spindel, Memphis, TN, Celia Stuart-Powles, Tulsa, OK, Gordon Bradford, Bella Vista, AR, Vic Fleming, Little Rock, AR, R. Paul Tucker, M.D., Hot Springs, AR, Carlos Colón, Shreveport, LA, and other poets.

Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas is the first land set aside by congress long before the national park system was established. It was set aside in 1832 by congress for the benefit of future citizens to enjoy the healing waters of the Valley of the Vapors. This is also the city where a young seven-year-old fatherless boy began elementary school after moving here with his mother. He grew up and became first the governor of Arkansas and then president of the United States. Bill Clinton played jazz in Hot Springs in the 50's and early 60's while still in high school.

For information please contact Howard Lee Kilby, Arkansas Haiku Society at hkilby@hotmail.com please use Haiku Conference in the subject line to telephone 501-767-6096. Mahalo.

ayaz daryl nielsen sent this:

bear creek haiku now has a blog site

http://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/

ayaz daryl nielsen, editor of bear creek haiku, has two collections of poetry recently released, 'Concentric Penumbras of the Heart' and 'haiku tumbleweeds still tumbling'

And finally, something for you to consider:

Friday, May 18, 2012

Friday Updates

Charles Trumbull sent this:

Hiroaki Sato sent this to me — it might be of interest to you for your haiku services.

Best,

Charlie

Charles Trumbull
trumbullc@comcast.net

From: Hiroaki Sato
Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012 4:39 AM
To: Charles Trumbull

Subject: Another haiku contest

Dear Charlie,

Would you send this to those who might be interested? I am the judge of the English division

HaikuGrandPrix@nyseikatsu.com、

http://new-haiku.itoen.com/

Yours, Hiro

Deborah P Kolodji sent this:

Hi Curtis,

Could you put out a reminder about the 2012 Tokutomi Haiku Contest. The deadline is coming up - it's May 31st, and I really haven't received a lot of entries so far.

Here's the link: http://youngleaves.org/2012-tokutomi-contest/

This is a 5-7-5 contest, using only one kigo. These rules were set in honor of the founders of the Yuki Teikei Society, Kiyoshi and Kyoko Tokutomi.

The Tokutomis founded the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society in San Jose, California, in 1975. Their vision was to nourish and foster the art of writing haiku in English using the traditional guidelines developed by haiku poets in Japan. As explained by Mrs. Tokutomi, in Japanese "Yu" means "having", "Ki" means "season", "Tei" means formal", and "Kei" means "pattern".

Therefore in the founders' view, "yuki teikei" haiku contains a season word and utilizes a three-line 5-7-5 pattern of syllables. In today's world, literary English language haiku is usually shorter than 5-7-5 syllables, even by members of the Yuki Teikei Society, however this contest continues to honor the vision of the founders of the society.

M. Kei sent this:

Take Five : Best Contemporary Tanka, Volume 4 Published by Keibooks

Perryville, Maryland – May 14, 2012 – Take Five : Best Contemporary Tanka, Volume Four Published

Take Five : Best Contemporary Tanka, the anthology series founded by tanka poet and editor, M. Kei, has announced the publication of Volume Four. Now on sale, it features 260 pages with the largest selection yet of tanka poetry and related forms, making it the single largest volume in the series. It retails for $18.00, and can be bought direct from the printer at CreateSpace.com, or through Amazon.com and other online retailers.

Buy link: https://www.createspace.com/3785119 -- also available from Amazon.com and other retailers.

Sasa Vazic sent this:

A gift haiku book from Damir Janjalija sent to you by his permission.

Hope you will like.
A paper edition will be printed soon.

Best regards,
Sasa

Call for Submissions: An Atlas Poetica Special Feature:

Chiaroscuro - LGBT Tanka

Editor: Janick BELLEAU

Poets are invited to submit their work to a new Atlas Poetica Special Feature on LGBT Tanka.

The title Chiaroscuro is a veiled reference to Torikaebaya Monogatari (literal translation: ‘If only I could exchange them’ story) written around the 12th century in Japan by Anonymous (man or woman, to this day, we do not know). The story, graced with approximately 80 tanka (in the French version), has been translated into English by Rosette F. Willig in 1983 as The Changelings; into German by Michael Stein in 1994 as Die vertauschten Geschwister (lit. ‘The exchanged siblings’) and into French by Renée Garde in 2009 as Si on les échangeait. Le Genji travesti.

Torikaebaya is the tale of a sister and a brother whose mannerisms are those of the opposite sex. Their father, exasperated, decides to present them to the Imperial Court in the sexual identity of their choice; both siblings pursue fabulous careers. The Author touches many themes in this novel: not only are Lesbianism, Gayness, Bisexuality, Transgender tackled but Androgyny as well. The notion of ‘gender’ is played with humour and psychological insight: one might ask, did writers such as Balzac with Séraphîta and Virginia Woolf with Orlando know about Torikaebaya?

The whole book is ‘chiaroscuro’: whether it shows, at times, the emotional distress of the heroine as a divine nobleman; whether it portrays the shy brother as a lady confidant or ultimately, the lover of the Emperor’s naïve daughter; whether it relates to meetings of lovers between dusk and dawn. To learn more about this novel (characters, themes, authorship, translations), please click the links below: in English (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torikaebaya_Monogatari); in French (http://inalcocej.free.fr/textes-en-ligne/Torikaebaya-fr.rtf). One might also wish to enjoy M. Kei' s review of the book: http://bookworld.editme.com/REVIEW-THE-CHANGELINGS-A-CLASSICAL-JAPANESE-COURT-TALE

You are invited to enter 3-5 tanka. Your five-line poems (no capitalisation, little punctuation) are to be included in the body of the email, without attachments. The tanka, submission open to everyone, should have a positive outlook on LGBT. Poems submitted must be previously unpublished and not under consideration elsewhere. The Editor will accept a pseudonym for poets who prefer to remain anonymous. Complete ATPO guidelines and previous Special Features may be viewed at Atlas.Poetica.org.

Your name, country, email address should be included in the email. Please, do include a bio sketch (75 words max.). Contributions should be emailed to Editor Janick BELLEAU at janick_belleauATyahooDOTca (there is an underbar between the first and last names), the Subject line being “ATPO Special Feature submission - LGBT Tanka”.

Due date for submissions: August 3rd, 2012.

25 successful contributors will have a single poem published OR 25 selected tanka will be included when Chiaroscuro - LGBT Tanka appears as an Atlas Poetica Special Feature in September 2012.

Thank you in advance for your submission.

M. Kei
Editor, Atlas Poetica
A Journal of Poetry of Place in Contemporary Tanka

AtlasPoetica.org

an'ya sent this poster about the Second Friday Art Walk Exhibit. Click the image for a better view.

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Sunday updates

A new issue of Lynx is available. You can find Lynx at:

http://www.ahapoetry.com/ahalynx/272hmpg.html

Scott Owens writes:

Great news! Something Knows the Moment has been named 1 of 5 finalists for the 2012 Next Generation Indie Book Awards.

Thanks for ordering, reading, and supporting Something Knows the Moment.

Charlotte Digregorio recently posed this question:

Does haiku keep you sane?

Read what a number of poets had to say here.

Scott Metz had this to say about Roadrunner:

R'r 12.1 is now up on the website.

It feature three sections of new poetry (glass wombs, a collage of scissors, and not quite ice cream), an interview with john martone by Jack Galmitz, an article on the one-line poetry of Grant Hackett (also by Jack Galmitz), and Scorpion Prize 25 by Bob Perelman.

The submission deadline for 12.2 is August 1st, 2012.

thanks,
Scott Metz
R'r Blog

Roberta Beary was recently featured on Basho's Road:

http://bashosroad.outlawpoetry.com/roberta-beary-timeline/roberta-beary/haiku/

Pris Campbell was recenlty featured on The Outlaw Poetry Network:

http://outlawpoetry.com/2012/05/10/pris-campbell-leave-your-hat-on-night-wind/

Charlotte Digregorio passed this along:

The Cradle of American Haiku Festival in Wisconsin Open to the Public

If you can make it, The Cradle of American Haiku Festival in Mineral Point, WI, Friday, July 20 through Sunday, July 22 is a jam-packed weekend of learning and fun! This is the third time the Festival is being offered. Please read the information below:

Gayle Bull invites HSA members to The Cradle of American Haiku 3, a festival in Mineral Point, WI, Friday, July 20 through Sunday, July 22. The Cradle Festivals celebrate the importance of the Midwest in the development of English language Haiku. The first Cradle Festival honored Raymond Roseliep of Dubuque, IA, one of the best early American haiku poets. The second Cradle honored Robert Spiess of Madison, WI, one of the best early poets and editors of English language haiku journals.

This year's Cradle Festival will honor the development of “American Haiku Journal," the first publication devoted exclusively to English haiku. It was founded in Platteville, WI. Don Eulert, one of its founders, will be among honored guests and presenters.

The three days will feature readings, presentations, food and fun. Some of the presenters and panelists are Charles Trumbull, Jerome Cushman, Gayle Bull, Marjorie Buettner, Charlotte Digregorio, Francine Banwarth, Melissa Allen, Bill Pauly, Aubrie Cox, Mike Montreuil and Lidia Rozmus.

The fee for the three-day festival is $45. This will include all presentations, workshops, readings and the reception and Saturday night picnic.

We encourage pre-registration to make it easier to determine the amount of food and facilities needed.

Throughout the Festival, there will be coffee, tea, iced tea, water and goodies on the front porch of Foundry Books for those who just want to sit, relax, talk and write. We look forward to seeing you at the Festival.

Check mineralpoint.com for accommodations. If you have any questions, please contact Gayle Bull at info@foundrybooks.com. She will be happy to send you a registration form.

The Cradle Schedule

Friday, July 20

3 to 7 p.m.–Registration (Foundry Books)

7 – 8 p.m.– Opening Reception and Welcome

8 p.m. – until closing–Open Reading

Saturday, July 21

8 a.m.– Registration (Foundry Books) and Farmers Market at Water Tower Park. (A lot of good inspiration for haiku came from the latter last summer.)

9 a.m.– Welcome

9:15 – 10:15 a.m.– Charlie Trumbull: “Black Haiku: The Uses of Haiku by African-American Poets.”
From the earliest years that haiku has been written in the U.S., African-American poets have been among the foremost experimenters in the genre. The result has been, for the most part, a tradition of haiku writing that runs parallel to what we might call the haiku mainstream. This presentation will trace the history of “black haiku” in America, from the Harlem Renaissance movement of the 1920s and 30s, to the Black Arts movement of the 1960s and 70s, to today’s “blues haiku” of Sonia Sanchez and the jazz haiku of Kalamu ya Salaam.

10:30 – 11:45 a.m.–America Haiku Panel – Don Eulert, who founded “American Haiku” with the late Jim Bull, Gayle Bull, and Charlie Trumbull. Jerome Cushman will moderate the panel.

11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.– Lunch on your own

1- 2 p.m.– Marjorie Buettner – “There is a Season.” A Memorial Reading, 2011. (First presented at Haiku North America conference, Seattle).
“Whatever circles comes from the center. We circle what we love.” — Rumi.
The memorial reading will have a combination of power point presentation, music and a memorial flyer. It will be an hour-long presentation reviewing the lives and haiku of 22 poets who have died in the past couple of years.

2:30 – 5:30 p.m.– Breakout Sessions

2:30 – 4 p.m.– Charlotte Digregorio, “Polish Your Haiku for Publication.” This workshop will include lecture, analysis of great haiku, and critique of participants’ work. Participants will receive training on the finer points of writing haiku to ensure that their submissions are first-rate. Handouts will include samples of haiku, along with an extensive bibliography and list of resource tools for haikuists to take their writing to publication level. Highly recommended for beginning and intermediate haikuists.

2:30 – 4 p.m. Aubrie Cox — “Why Did My Teachers Lie to Me? Teaching Haiku in and out of the Classroom.” Teaching haiku can be both challenging and rewarding. We will discuss the fundamentals, benefits, and possibilities of teaching how to read and write contemporary English language haiku in classes, workshops, and on a one-on-one basis.

2:30 – 5:30 p.m. Lidia Rozmus — “One brush stroke: sumi-e and traditional haiga” workshop. There will be two back-to-back sessions with each session lasting 1.5 hours. (Limit 10 per session).

4 – 5:30 p.m.– Haiku Workshop. Francine Banwarth, Melissa Allen, Bill Pauly, Charlie Trumbull, and Jerome Cushman. This is a critique session. Bring your haiku or just come and listen to some top poets and editors talk about haiku.

4– 5:30 p.m. Mike Montreuil, Haibun Editor, “One Hundred Gourds – Tell Me a Story”: Writing Haibun. The first half of this 90-minute workshop will present two Japanese Masters of haibun, Basho, the originator of the form, and Issa. A short discussion will follow on why haibun lost its appeal until its resurgence in the late 20th century.
We will also look at a longer haibun from Robert Spiess, who was one of the first writers of English North-American haibun.
Next, modern and shorter haibun: work by Roberta Beary and Jeff Winke. Finally, very short haibun by Larry Kimmel.
The last half of the workshop will focus on writing haibun. Attendees will be asked to either complete a haibun from a partially completed text that Mike will supply or write a haibun using their own ideas. Mike will ask those attending the workshop to rework them and then email them to him, if they wish, so they may be considered for a future issue of “A Hundred Gourds.”

5:30 – 6:30 p.m.– Free time

6:30 – 7:30 p.m.– Midwest Picnic

7:30 – 8:30 p.m.– Open Reading

9- until closing– Public Reading at Wine Bar.

Sunday, July 22

9:30 – 10:30 a.m.– Ginko

10:30 – 11:30 a.m.

Melissa Allen – “Become A Motorcycle: Understanding and Writing Gendai Haiku.” In Japanese, gendai means modern. When applied to haiku, this word signifies that a poem has moved away from traditional haiku poetics, whether in subject matter, structure, or language use. Bring a gendai haiku you have written, if you have one. Please feel free to attend if you don’t, and attend even if you know little or nothing about gendai. We will briefly discuss the nature of gendai and read some well-known examples, such as the motorcycle haiku by Kaneko Tohta, quoted in the workshop’s title. Next, we will discuss our own haiku, and in the process, try to better understand what is meant by gendai.
Noon–until the end. Lunch, ginko readings, and closing remarks at the Gray Dog Deli.

Norman Darlington sent this update:

Darlington Richards are pleased to announce the launch of the Little Book of Yotsumonos.

Preview: http://darlingtonrichards.com/lboy_preview
Purchase: http://darlingtonrichards.com/lboy_buy

John Carley’s recently-designed four-verse renku format is represented by 60 poems, wherein Carley collaborates with such well-known haikai poets as Hortensia Anderson, Lorin Ford, Carole MacRury, Sandra Simpson, William Sorlien and Sheila Windsor, together with an introduction to the form.

“I have always been impressed by John Carley’s knowledge of Japanese linked verse… It is my sincere hope that this new form of linked verse will take root.” —Nobuyuki Yuasa, Professor Emeritus, Hiroshima University, and translator of Basho’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches (Penguin Classics, 1966).

“the Little Book of Yotsumonos opens up a world of poetic possibility, sourced by the old, both the Chinese and Japanese poetic traditions, yet fresh and original… I suspect few will be able to read this book without wanting to try and compose a yotsumono themselves.” —Sonja Arntzen, Emeritus Professor of East Asian Studies, University of Toronto, and translator of The Kagero Diary and Ikkyu and the Crazy Cloud Anthology.

Preview: http://darlingtonrichards.com/lboy_preview
Purchase: http://darlingtonrichards.com/lboy_buy

Norman & Moira
Darlington Richards Press
http://darlingtonrichards.com/

Ramesh Anand has a new book of poems entitled Newborn Smiles, Cyberwit.net Press, 2012. Newborn Smiles is a 72 pages anthology that contains 100 high quality published haiku and 30 published free verses. Preface is done by Patricia Prime and Kala Ramesh.

He would like to distribute his author’s copy for free excluding the postal charges. Those interested can contact him at rameshsvce@yahoo.com

Newborn Smiles
Copyright 2012 Ramesh Anand
Published by Cyberwit.net Press
Allahabad, India
ISBN: 978-8182532786

Excerpts from Preface Section:

Kala Ramesh

A haiku from this collection has been in my mind ever since I read it.

winter deepens
... lungi shivering on
the beggar's face

Lungi is a piece of cloth that is worn / tied around the waist [something like a sarong], by men. In a hot humid country like India, something that is loosely wrapped around the waist is a more practical way of handling this scorching heat. Since a poor man’s wardrobe would be limited, what he wears in winter might be the same lungi that would have kept him cool in summer too.

Here I clearly see a poor man, in extreme cold weather, hunched and huddled-up, The impact this image creates is note worthy. The poem is rewarding if readers know a bit about lungi, else it could easily pass off as a pedestrian attempt.

Patricia Prime

The main themes of Anand’s haiku concentrate on the seasons, flowers, the weather, and the poet’s family. Anand’s double allegiances to both his Indian background and the world of European haiku emerge through particular motifs. Here, for example, we have references to the monsoon, the mosque, elephants and the wallah, alongside haiku that refer to the more traditional themes of the natural world: spring’s end, winter twilight, autumn dawn, maple leaves and cloud pause.

In a haiku climate which is choc-a-bloc with innovative work, this collection assumes the need for haiku to move the human heart, to confront the everyday, but not to be imprisoned by them, and to hearten the reader to continue his or her own journey through the reading and writing of haiku. And throughout, the image recur, both natural and of the heart, out of which Anand invites his readers to make a journey with him.

Read more about Newborn Smiles on Scribd.

A new issue of Rusty Truck is online:

http://rustytruck.wordpress.com/

My pal, Susan Nelson Myers, and I continue to work on The Frugal Poet cookbook/anthology. For those of you who have not submitted, guidelines are located on this page:

http://www.frugalpoet.com/p/call-for-submissions.html

The Frugal Poets will have the honor of cooking for a good friend and poet who will be traveling through our state next month. We look forward to entertaining our guest. :)

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Thursday updates

Hi Folks,

I'm writing to let you know about The Haiku Foundation Video Archive campaign on IndieGoGo.

Take a moment if you would to check it out. All the tools are there. Get perks, make a contribution, or simply follow updates. If enough of us get behind it, we can make 'The Haiku Foundation Video Archive' happen. This is a word of mouth kind of campaign, so passing this link along and spreading the word is greatly appreciated too. Thanks for having a look, and take care.

Jim Kacian
President
The Haiku Foundation

http://www.indiegogo.com/The-Haiku-Foundation-Video-Archive?a=346480&i=emal

Hi Curtis,

Thought you and your readers would like to hear about the HSA booth at the 52nd Sakura Matsui Japanese Street Festival. It has taken a while to catch my breath, but we were able to reach out to lots of people. I have written up a short article: http://www.turtlelightpress.com/2012/04/haiku-hits-the-streets-of-d-c/ or you can go to my personal Facebook page and check out the wealth of pictures to get a sense of the day, too.

Many thanks,
Rick

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Rick Black
Turtle Light Press
(908) 227-7951
http://www.turtlelightpress.com

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http://darlingtonrichards.com/jrr-cfc

Hello!

We're ready to begin accepting offers of content for the third issue of our Journal of Renga & Renku, which is now listed with the Bibliography of Asian Studies and the MLA International Bibliography. The journal will be:

1. published early 2013

2. available in hardcopy only

3. available for secure online purchase using Paypal

We're looking for a variety of content along the lines of:

1. academic/polemic articles on any aspects of the genre

2. translations of old renga and renku

3. news of renku groups and happenings

4. book articles/reviews

5. letters responding to the contents of previous issues, or on any relevant topic

6. and of course, a showcase of current examples of the genre:

a) in English

b) in any other language, accompanied by an English translation

c) previously published or not (just let us have details of prior publication so we can acknowledge properly)

d) simultaneous offers are fine too, again provided you advise us immediately of acceptance, for purposes of acknowledgement

e) in any of the standard forms: kasen, triparshva, nijûin, jûnichô, shisan, rokku, hyakuin, imachi, yotsumono, etc.

f) in any explorations of the above forms in terms of experimentation with one-line, zip, 5/7/5 or other fixed counts, and even rhyme

g) solo and group work

h) with (preferably) or without notes/reflections on the poem/process from sabaki or renju or both

i) Please include the following text in all poetry submissions: "I hereby confirm that I have obtained consent from all of the participating poets to offer this poem for publication by JRR"

7. We are also holding a contest, the winning poem to appear in JRR3; click here for details: http://darlingtonrichards.com/contest

8. We're open to discussing content ideas we've not covered above, so please write

9. All communications will be acknowledged within two weeks

10. Closing date for sending content: October 1, 2012

11. We are regretfully unable to pay contributors for content at this stage

To gain an idea of the sort of content that interests the editors, leaf through the previews of our previous issues (or, better still, buy them) at http://www.darlingtonrichards.com/jrr

Please send all contributions and other communications to (RengaRenku AT gmail DOT com)

We look forward to hearing from you.

Norman Darlington
Moira Richards
Journal of Renga & Renku
http://darlingtonrichards.com/jrr-cfc

Dear Curtis,
An announcement for Tobacco Road.
Thanks so much,
Carolyn

NEW EDITOR AT ACORN

For the past four-and-a-half years I have derived great pleasure from editing Acorn. It has been a joy to read your submissions and publish your haiku. A delightful bonus was that I got to know so many of you in the haiku community. I cherish the connections we have made and look forward to our continued friendship as fellow poets. I will watch for your poems in Acorn and other haiku journals and eagerly anticipate seeing you at haiku conferences and events.

I thank AC Missias, who founded Acorn in 1998, for giving me the opportunity to assume the role of editor in 2008. And now I have the privilege of handing over the reins to Susan Antolin who will become editor of Acorn beginning with the Fall 2012 issue. As I move on to pursue other interests, I am so fortunate to have found someone whose outstanding abilities as a haiku poet, and whose experience as a haiku journal editor, make me feel certain that Acorn’s reputation as a journal of the highest quality haiku will be continued and even enhanced under her guidance. Sue has published a wonderful collection of haiku titled Artichoke Season (which you should read, if you have not already done so). She is currently president of the Haiku Poets of Northern California, co-editor of Mariposa, the HPNC haiku journal, and editor of Ripples, the newsletter of the Haiku Society of America. Most important, I know and trust her poetic vision.

Poems for the Fall 2012 issue will be read during July and August only. Please send your submissions directly to Susan at acornhaiku@gmail.com. (Please note the new email address. The website will remain the same: www.acornhaiku.com.)

All best,
Carolyn Hall

Carlos Colón talked haiku recently on Kate Archer Kent's Red River Radio (KDAQ, 89.9 FM)

http://www.redriverradio.org/term/carlos-colon

A new Gallery of Haiga from haigaonline featuring Ron C. Moss and Michael Dylan Welch

http://www.haigaonline.com/gallery-sp2012/gallery.html

Many Thanks.

Ron

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Tuesday updates

Susumu Takiguchi sent this update:

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
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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.

Monday, March 26, 2012

Monday updates

Pamela A. Babusci sent this update:

MOONBATHING

A JOURNAL OF WOMEN'S TANKA

EDITOR
Pamela A. Babusci

Moonbathing Issue 6 is now accepting submissions. I have additional copies of Moonbathing issue 5. If you wish to purchase a copy(ies) please e-mail me.

Moonbathing will publish two issues a year: Fall/Winter and Spring/Summer.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

Moonbathing will feature only women poets. Send a maximum of 10 tanka per submission period. Submission deadlines:

Spring/Summer: In-hand Deadline: May 15th spring/summer themes or non-seasonal only

Fall/Winter: In-hand deadline: Dec. 15th

fall/winter theme or non-seasonal only
No previously published tanka or simultaneous submissions; no tanka that has been posted on-line on a personal website/blog.

SUBMISSION ADDRESSES:

Send your tanka IN THE BODY OF AN E-MAIL to: Pamela A. Babusci: moongate44(at)gmail(dot)com PLEASE NO ATTACHMENTS. E-mail submissions ONLY.

I hope that all tanka poets who have their work accepted will support Moonbathing by purchasing a copy or a subscription. If Moonbathing is to survive it will need your support and I will be most grateful for it.

DONATIONS MOST WELCOME
DISCLAIMER:

Moonbathing does not assume liability for copyright infringement or failure to acknowledge previously published tanka.

COPIES/SUBSCRIPTIONS:

Subscriptions: $12 for one year (two issues) U.S. and Canada; $6 for single issue. International: $16
(two issues) $8 single issue U.S. dollars; send US cash or international M.O.—payable to Pamela A. Babusci to: Moonbathing Editor
150 Milford Street Apt. 13 Rochester, NY 14615-1810 USA PLEASE NOTE: I will be moving into a new apt. by the end of May, so, please check with me for my new address before mailing me-thanks!

The Editor of Moonbathing is looking forward to receiving your best tanka. If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail Pamela A. Babusci moongate44(at)gmail(dot)com

Respectfully submitted,

Pamela A. Babusci, Editor of Moonbathing

M. Kei sent this update:

Keibooks Announces Atlas Poetica 11 : A Journal of Poetry of Place in Contemporary Tanka

Press Release – For Immediate Release – Please post to all appropriate venues

15 March 2012 – Perryville, Maryland, USA

Today Keibooks releases Atlas Poetica 11, the latest issue of the highly regarded journal. Atlas Poetica continues its tradition of focussing upon a topic of particular interest in the field of tanka, kyoka, and gogyoshi poetry in English. This issue emphasizes responsive tanka--sequences written by two or more authors in a 'call and response' fashion. Includes a nonfiction article by Dr. Carmella Braniger, several examples of responsive tanka, and a review of a collection of responsive tanka. As always, it publishes individual tanka, kyoka, and gogyoshi, tanka prose and sequences, book reviews, announcements, and other items of interest.

Contributors to ATPO 11 include:

Alexis Rotella, André Surridge, Autumn Noelle Hall, Bob Lucky, Brendan Slater, Brigid Fayers, Bruce D. Reed, Bruce England, Carmella Braniger, Charles Tarlton, Christina Nguyen, Claire Everett, David Edwards, Dawn Bruce, Eric Greinke, Gary LeBel, Gary Severance, Genie Nakano, Ignatius Fay, Jacob Kobina Ayiah Mensah, James Won, Jenny Ward Angyal, Johannes S. H. Bjerg, John Daleiden, Kath Abela Wilson, Laura Maffei, Leslie Ihde, Lisa Tibbs, Lorne Henry, Lucas Stenland,Luminita Suse, M. Kei, Margaret L. Grace, Magdalena Dale, Marilyn Hazelton, Marilyn Humbert, Mary Hind, Mel Goldberg, Melissa Allen, Mike Montreuil, Mira N. Mataric, Nancy Ellis Taylor, Natalie Perfetti, Neal Whitman, Oprica Padeanu, Owen Bullock, Patricia Prime, Peggy Castro, Pravat Kumar Padhy, Raquel Bailey, Randy Brooks, Rodney Williams, S. M. Abeles, Sherry Steiner, Sonam Chhoki, Steven Carter, T. J. Edge, Taro Aizu, Terry Ingram, Tessa J. Wooldridge, Tish Davis, Tracy Davidson, William Cullen, Jr.

Purchase direct from the printer at: <https://www.createspace.com/3776889>

or at Amazon.com or your favorite online retailer.

Keibooks
P O Box 516
Perryville, MD 21903

AtlasPoetica.org

--
M. Kei
Editor, Atlas Poetica
A Journal of Poetry of Place in Contemporary Tanka

Donna with Haiku Chronicles sent this update:

http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=c8a43a56321fd4f4f97df3f7d&id=8a95cfe9ee&e=1307b4d6a5

Richard Krawiec sent this update:

Thought you might like to have this link to the Frank Stasio show The State of Things, which featured a chilling monologue by Jeff Alguire, an argument scene between a mother and adult daughter featuring Jessicia Hieroniums and Christine Rogers, and discussion of my play Creeds by director Paul Paliyenko.

http://wunc.org/tsot/archive/Creeds.mp3/view?searchterm=creeds

The first two nights the audiences have been great, and the cast outstanding. Ticket sales are good but I'm sure there will be walk-ups available every night.(It is March Madness time) If you can, go on a Friday or Saturday, when Anya Russian opens the show with a stunning Dance Overture. It only runs through April 1, Thursday through Sunday, at Common Ground Theater in Durham.

--
Come see my controversial play, CREEDS, March 22 - April 1
Common Ground Theater, Durham
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/224259

Check out my websites!

http://www.press53.com/BioRichardKrawiec.html
http://www.rkeditor.com/
http://jacarpress.com/index.html

Michael Dylan Welch sent this update:

U.S. Postage Stamp with Tanka Translation Released March 24

Michael Dylan Welch is pleased to announce that he and Emiko Miyashita have a waka (tanka) translation appearing on the back of a U.S. postage stamp, in an edition of 15,000,000 copies, that will be released on March 24, 2012. You can read more about the stamp at the United States Postal Service website (https://store.usps.com/store/browse/uspsProductDetailMultiSkuDropDown.jsp?productId=S_468240&categoryId=promo_CherryBlossomCentennial). The translation, shared below, is from their 2008 artbook, 100 Poets: Passions of the Imperial Court (https://sites.google.com/site/graceguts/translations/hyakunin-isshu) (Tokyo: PIE Books). This “forever” stamp celebrates the 100th anniversary of the cherry trees in Washington, D.C.

ひさかたのひかりのどけき春の日にしづ心なく花の散るらん
hisakata no hikari nodokeki harunohi ni shizugokoro naku hana no chiruran

紀友則

Ki no Tomonori (c.850–c.904)

the light filling the air
is so mild this spring day
only the cherry blossoms
keep falling in haste—
why is that so?

Translated by Emiko Miyashita and Michael Dylan Welch

Ray Rasmussen sent this update:

Contemporary Haibun Online 8:1 April 2012 -> Celebrating its 8th Year

http://contemporaryhaibunonline.com/

Haibun Today 6:1 March 2012 -> A New Look and New Editorial Staff

http://haibuntoday.com/

A Hundred Gourds 1:2 March 2012 -> AHG A Second Solid Issue

http://ahundredgourds.com

Notes from the Gean 3:4 March 2011 -> Read it Like a Book!

http://notesfromthegean.com/

Sasa Vazic sent this update:

Hi Curtis,

May I kindly ask you to publish this announcement?

DON'T FORGET TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK TO HAIKU REALITY. THANK YOU !

http://haikureality.webs.com/indexeng.htm

Sasa Vazic, Editor

Thank you and best wishes,
Sasa

And finally:

The Frugal Poets will sample two recipes sent by contributors to The Frugal Poet: Recipes and Poems for Lean Times anthology/cookbook today. Even though we have an October 31, 2012 deadline, Susan and intend to sample every recipe so please don't delay. The sooner you contribute, the quicker we can cook. Please send a poem, a personal history of the recipe (what it means to you) and a recipe.

Complete guidelines are available at the following URL:

http://www.frugalpoet.com/p/call-for-submissions.html

Monday, March 19, 2012

Monday updates

A new issue of Notes from the Gean is available. Colin Stewart Jones sent this:

Hi Curtis,

Could you please post this for your readers? I have included User Instructions for those who are unfamiliar with the flip format.

NftG 3:4 is on the stands

http://notesfromthegean.com/

There are too many great works to mention individually but thank you all for your contributions and support.

The new flip format works on all browsers and platforms and devices. We have an interactive table of contents and full search facility. Readers also have the option to print, download, or add annotations

Enjoy!

Colin Stewart Jones
Editor-in-Chief
Notes from the Gean

Charlotte Digregorio sent this:

Hello, Haikuists,

Attached is the press release for Haikufest to be held Saturday, April 28, in Skokie, IL. We hope a lot of haikuists/aspiring haikuists will join us!

Members (family and friends) can RSVP to me. The public will RSVP to the Library.

We have ten readers so far, and I'd really like to nail down a definite number soon.

I think three more readers will be plenty, and I'll cut it off at that.

Generally, each reader can read three published haiku (or haiku accepted for publication) in a haiku journal/haiku anthology. If you have had more than three haiku published or accepted for publication, please read no more than four haiku. Remember, HSA members only.

If you have any questions about this requirement, please contact me.

Also, readers should introduce themselves and briefly state how they discovered haiku, why they write it, and what inspires them to write (or something else that they feel is relevant).

Please read each haiku slowly and twice, since they are short and we want the audience to grasp them.

Thanks!

Charlotte Digregorio
Midwest Regional Coordinator
Haiku Society of America

Karina Klesko sent this:

Hello Curtis Dunlap,

Would you be so kind as to place this Haiku announcement on your Tobacco Road Blog:

The Second Showcase Haiku Haijin (SHH) Contest. The theme is any Spring Kigo. For complete details see this link:

Second Showcase Haiku Haijin (SHH) Contest

http://poetrywriting.org/SketchbookAnnouncements/Sketchbook_7-1_JanFeb_2012_Announcement_April_20_2012_Sketchbook_SHH_Contest_2.htm

Thank you Curtis

Poetrywriting.org/Karina Klesko/Director
www.poetrywriting.org
Sketchbook
Karina Klesko, Senior Editor
John Daleiden, Editor/Webmaster
kk / jd

Richard Krawiec sent this:

I'm hoping you can come see my play CREEDS at Common Ground March 22 - April 1(link below). It's based on the story of Bonnie and Robert Hanssen. He was an Opus Dei Catholic who became a double agent for the Russians. The cast is killer, led by Lori Mahl(Actors Equity) who made a career for several decades in NYC. She was actually onstage with Carol Channing and Tyne Daly. Also starring Jeff Alguire(Best Actor Award 2011 The Independent). Even the minor roles are filled with seasoned performers from Playmakers, REP, Burning Coal, and Manbites Dog.

Let me know if you can make it and I can arrange you a friends discount. See the link below

richard
--
Come see my controversial play, CREEDS, March 22 - April 1
Common Ground Theater, Durham
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/224259
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Check out our website - Poetry contests coming up.

http://www.jacarpress.com/

http://www.rkeditor.com/

Theresa Williams has a new haibun chapbook entitled The Galaxy to Ourselves. Details are available at the following URL:

http://thegalaxytoourselves.yolasite.com/

Norman Darlington sent this:

http://www.darlingtonrichards.com/index.php/journal-of-renga-renku/products-page/

JRR2 is live! 278 pages of Poetry, Essays, Translations and Commentaries - that's almost 100 pages more than our last issue - Issue 2 of Journal of Renga & Renku is on sale now. Just $19.95 for the first month before we revert to the cover price of $25.

This issue includes:
— Essays from Chris Drake, H. Mack Horton, John Carley, Jeremy Robinson, Charles Tomlinson, Dylan McGee, Jeffrey Angles and Molly Vallor.

— A solo shisan by Nobuyuki Yuasa marks the anniversary of the devastating tsunami and earthquake that struck Japan one year ago.

— 47 poems including 30 shisan, and the results and judge's commentary of the 2011 JRR renku contest adjudged by Eiko Yachimoto, in which four poems placed, four received Honourable Mentions, and ten more were critiqued/appreciated in part.

— And much, much more...

Purchase JRR2 here: http://www.darlingtonrichards.com/index.php/journal-of-renga-renku/products-page/

Preview the Table of Contents and Editorial here: http://www.darlingtonrichards.com/index.php/journal-of-renga-renku/preview-issue-2/

Journal of Renga & Renku is listed with the Bibliography of Asian Studies and the MLA International Bibliography

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Wednesday updates

Scott Owens sent this update:

Hi, all,

Just a quick reminder that next Tuesday (3/13) is the next Poetry Hickory. At 4:00, Maureen Sherbondy will lead a workshop on using art as inspiration for writing. Then at 5:30 we will have Open Mic readings from Bill Mills, Kim Teague, and Patricia Deaton and featured readings from Maureen and Malaika King Albrecht. Visit www.poetryhickory.com for more detail on our featured writers and Maureen's workshop. The workshop, by the way, is only $10, and I still have several slots open for anyone interested in participating.

As always, Taste Full Beans Coffeehouse in downtown Hickory will host us, and Main Street Rag will sponsor us.

Looking ahead a bit, in case you haven't heard, at 6:00 on March 20, Taste Full Beans is also hosting a Book Release Party for my new book, For One Who Knows How to Own Land.

Call me (828-234-4266) or email me with questions.

Scott also sent this:

Hey, Curtis,

I hope you can join me for the Book Release Party for my new book, For One Who Knows How to Own Land, at 6:00 on Tuesday, March 20, at Taste Full Beans Coffeehouse in downtown Hickory. I will bring wine and snacks. I'll read a little, talk a little, and hopefully sell and sign a few books. The new one will be $15.

My other books will also be on sale as follows:
Country Roads $20
Something Knows the Moment $10
The Nature of Attraction $5
Paternity $10
The Fractured World $10

Everybody is welcome, so bring friends.

A flier with more details about the new book is attached.

Hope to see you there.

Scott Owens

www.scottowenspoet.com
www.scottowensmusings.blogspot.com
www.poetryhickory.com
www.wildgoosepoetryreview.com
www.234journal.com
www.poetrycouncilofnc.wordpress.com

Billie Wilson sent this:

Hello Haiku Folk,

Just a friendly reminder that the in-hand deadline is fast approaching for The Robert Spiess Memorial Haiku Awards for 2012. I think this year's theme is especially intriguing and look forward to how it will be interpreted by haiku poets in their entries:

"Haiku have three forms or manifestations: the written, which enters the eye; the spoken, which enters the ear; and the essential . . . which enters the heart." [Prompted in part by a passage by Sa'in al-Din ibn Turkah.] (from A Year’s Speculations on Haiku by Robert Spiess and published by Modern Haiku Press, 1995).

Guidelines are at Modern Haiku's website: http://www.modernhaiku.org/spiesscontest2012.html

All the best,
Billie

Charlotte Digregorio sent this:

Hello, Haikuists:

Please see the attachment, and let me know how many of you plan to attend, including your family/friends, so I can pass this information along to the Library. The Library wants Patrons and The Public to RSVP directly to them, but I will provide them with our numbers.

Thanks.

Charlotte

Katikati Haiku Contest

Hello,

I would be grateful if you could post/share information about this year’s Katikati Haiku Contest, a contest that is held only every 2 years. All proceeds from the contest go towards the Haiku Pathway project in Katikati, the largest collection of haiku “stones” outside Japan.

For the pathway’s 10th anniversary in 2010, 10 new poem boulders were added to the collection ... plus one more, thanks to a surprise gift from the local council. Members of Katikati Lions are now investigating a project to extend the pathway upstream, which will include new poems added to the outdoor gallery.

Please find a page of information about the contest here:
http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/katikaticontest2012

Many thanks for your help,
Sandra Simpson
secretary, Katikati Haiku Pathway Focus Committee

Penny Harter sends the following:

I spent this past week as author-in-residence at St. Mary of the Lake School in Medford, NJ. (As you can tell, the woman in the photo below is not of me but of another author who also visited the school.)

You will find a photo, feature article about my and her visits to the school, and a very brief video clip of me teaching haiku (stressing that all 5-7-5 verses are not haiku) to 4th grade at:

http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/burlington_county_times_news/author-in-residence-a-highlight-of-read-across-america-week/article_f6cf06ac-5b6a-506c-b2e8-a046b4102ada.html

I worked with both 4th and 7th grades, and they wrote haiku, haibun (wonderful haibun which I will encourage the 7th graders to submit), and various prose and verse pieces in response to the Hubble Space Telescope photos.
_____________________________

Author-in-residence a highlight of Read Across America week
www.phillyburbs.com

Rick Black sent this update:

Dear Curtis,

We are pleased to let you and the haiku community know that the winner of the 2012 Turtle Light Press Haiku Chapbook Contest is Graham High's "The Window That Closes." It was an especially difficult job this year to pick a winner as so many of the manuscripts were of a high caliber. An honorable mention was taken by Duro Jaiye's "There Was a Time."

TLP plans to publish the winning manuscript in Spring/Summer 2013. We are also going to do an e-anthology to highlight some of the wonderful haiku found in so many of the entries and will let you know when it's up. Here's a link to the full announcment: http://www.turtlelightpress.com/2012-tlp-haiku-chapbook-competition-winner/

Many thanks to all of the contestants who entrusted their poems to us and, of course, to you for sharing the news!

Sincerely,

Rick Black and Kwame Dawes
Judges, TLP 2012 Haiku Chapbook Competition

Susumu Takiguchi sent this:

WHC NEWS 01 March 2012

WORLD HAIKU REVIEW

Re: Call for Submissions for the Next Issue

Dear Kuyu,

The next issue of World Haiku Review (WHR) is planned for Spring 2012 (end March or early April).

As for haiku poems in English or in English translation, send in by e-mail anything you like, traditional or non-traditional on any topic, free or formal style, kigo or muki, up to ten poems which have not been published or are not considered for publication elsewhere to both: kalaramesh8@gmail.com AND susumu.takiguchi@btinternet.com Please use the font "Ariel", size 12 and present your haiku in the simplest and most straightforward format, all starting from the left margin, avoiding fanciful layout and formation. Please do not forget to write your country with your full name. Suggested themes: Life and late winter and/or spring scenes

The only criterion for selection is quality. Please therefore send in your finest works as soon as you can.

For this issue the deadline is Sunday 25 March. So, please hurry. We ourselves will put selected haiku poems in either the Neo-classical, Shintai (or new style) or Vanguard sections according to their characteristics. You, as the writer, therefore need not worry abouth this classification. Just send what happens to come out best and we will do the rest.

As for other works relating to haiku (haibun, articles, essays, haiga or bookreviews on haiku etc.), just send in whatever you think would deserve publication in WHR. Once again, quality is the key.

If you have books which you wish to be reviewed, send a review copy to me.

I will mention some indications about our selection below for those who may be interested to know them. (For detailed explanation, visit the Editorial of WHR August 2011 at: http://sites.google.com/site/worldhaikureview2/whr-august-2011)

We wish to continue to endeavour to present a unique haiku magazine which, while deeply rooted in tradition, is full of new ideas, innovative features or critical views. It will continue to aim at the highest standards and top quality as always.

Kengin to all,

Susumu Takiguchi
Managing Editor and Acting Editor-in-Chief, World Haiku Review
Chairman, The World Haiku Club

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Thursday updates

The new issue of A Hundred Gourds online. Haiku editor, Lorin Ford writes:

A Hundred Gourds 1:2 is now online

Issue 1:2 of A Hundred Gourds: a quarterly journal of haiku, haibun, haiga tanka and renku poetry is now online.

http://ahundredgourds.com

In this issue Ray Rasmussen introduces a feature on ‘The Graphic Haibun of Linda Papanicolaou’. You’ll find AHG’s first renku section, as well as haiku, tanka, haiga and haibun, an essay on the ‘New Junicho’ renku, an interview with Peter Yovu and reviews of three haiku books.

In response to suggestions from our readers and for your ease in locating haiku, tanka and renku poems by author’s name, AHG has now established an index of poets for these sections. This index has also been applied retrospectively to the AHG 1:1 haiku section.

A Hundred Gourds welcomes your submissions to the June Edition, Issue 1:3.

The deadline for all submissions to AHG 1:3 is March 15th.

--
Lorin Ford, haiku editor,
for the Editorial Team
A Hundred Gourds

The March issue of The Heron's Nest is online:

http://theheronsnest.com/

Charlotte Digregorio sent this update

Hello, Haikuists:

I have some more details about Haikufest to be held from 2 to 3:30 p.m., Saturday, April 28 at Skokie Public Library, 5215 Oakton St., Skokie, IL.

In general, there will be a brief presentation on haiku to begin the program. Following this, we hope there will be wide participation on the part of Haiku Society members reading their work. Next, there will be time for question and answers from the audience directed to individual readers, or to the moderator about haiku, in general. We will finish the program with an audience haiku contest. First, Second, and Third Place Winners will receive copies of "Frogpond."

After the program, we will meet at a restaurant within a few blocks of the Library. This, of course, is optional. Non-members are welcome to join us, too. This will be followed by a Ginko walk (nature walk to inspire haiku writing). The Ginko will be held in Vernon Hills, and Lidia Rozmus has graciously volunteered to lead it. To end the day, we will have coffee at Lidia's home.

As for Haikufest at the Library, so far, these HSA members are scheduled to read: Lidia Rozmus, Amelia Cotter, Mac Greene, John Han, Tom Chockley, Alicia Hilton, Joanne Crofton, and Tomoko Hata. We hope more people will read, even HSA members outside the Midwest Region who may find themselves in the Chicago area. Any member who has had three or more haiku published or accepted for publication in a haiku journal or in "Ripples" newsletter may read. Please RSVP as soon as possible and let us know if you plan to read. If you have any questions about your eligibility to read, please contact me.

Once we've nailed down how many readers there will be, we will let them know the maximum number of haiku they may read. Those who read should begin by briefly introducing themselves. They may state, for example, why they like to write haiku, what inspires them to write it, or anything they feel is relevant. We have many interesting members from diverse backgrounds, so we will inspire the audience to start writing haiku, I'm sure.

Last year at Haikufest, we had more than 50 people in the audience, unrelated to members. This year, if you bring friends and family, we will get many more. In our press release to the media and writer's organizations, etc., we will state that attendees may bring a haiku to the program to enter in the contest, or they can write one during the program when they receive inspiration from the readers.

We'd like to have a few volunteers to help sign in people who attend. It's always good to follow up with attendees and put them on our email list. And, we'd also like to have a few volunteers to help judge the audience haiku contest.

Please contact me with questions or to volunteer. Since we are volunteers, we greatly appreciate your help. And, it's a great way to feel part of the HSA community and network with other friendly members.

Thank you so much. We look forward to seeing everyone!

Charlotte Digregorio
Midwest Regional Coordinator
Haiku Society of America

Charlotte also passed this along:

Call for Words and Art

A Midnight Snack

Call for words: Poems suitable for late night reading. Poems must be no longer than 56 lines (including lines between stanzas) and no more than 60 characters (including spaces between words) per line. Submit up to three poems by Word attachment to: arlyn@poeticlicenseinc.net.

Call for art: Cover art related to theme. Submit up to three pieces of art by pdf or jpeg, to arlyn@poeticlicenseinc.net.

Regarding line should read: Submission – A Midnight Snack.

E-mail cover letter should include: (1) poet’s or artist’s name as you would like it to appear; (2) e-mail address; (3) street address; (4) title of each poem or piece of artwork submitted; and (5) brief statement of what keeps you awake at night or what you do when you can’t sleep (no x-rating, please).

Poems and artwork must NOT include identifying information such as name, e-mail address, or street address.

Previously published work is fine provided author/artist retains publication rights. Note prior publisher for acknowledgement.

Submission Deadline: May 1, 2012

Notification of Acceptance by August 1, 2012 by e-mail. Poets and artist whose work is selected will receive one contributor’s copy as sole remuneration. Additional copies will be available for purchase.

Submission shall constitute: (1) representation that the submission is original work and that the creator retains publication rights, and (2) agreement that if the work is accepted for publication, (a) Poetic License Press may, in its sole discretion, publish and promote the work in any medium or forum, and (b) the sole remuneration is one contributor’s copy of A Midnight Snack.

Poetic License Press is an affiliate of Poetic License, Inc.

PO Box 279, Glencoe, Il 60022

poticlicenseinc.blogspot.com
poeticlicensepress.blogspot.com
arlyn@poeticlicenseinc.net

And finally, Tomislav Maretić sent the link below. The deadline is today, March 1st so hurry if you're going to submit:

http://librasia.iafor.org/haiku.html

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Sunday updates

Helen Losse has a new book of poems available entitled Mansion of Memory. Please buy a copy. The profits go to Bright Futures Joplin Tornado Fund. The cost is $11 (plus $2 postage). Visit Helen's blog or the Mansion of Memory Facebook page for ordering information. Here is a poem from the book:

In the Days Of the Pinkest Shades Of Clover

We climbed the lookout tower,
hugged a branch of the Mulberry Tree,
ate purple berries,
sat barefoot stringing beads

on a blanket in the yard
under watchful nose of Mrs. Ross’s
maid, then dripped chocolaty
pudding pops, cooled our-
selves in the water from the hose
or the wading pool,
where Michael leaned to swim—

knit together, purled to a daisy chain,
living our days in the pinkest shades of clover—

so that later roaming the hills
near the Cabin next to Spring River,
we clambered over
sloping limestone rocks and
small, blue cedars, and we knew

why Mummy said, “One can, all can”
is the only fair way, among siblings.

Scott Owens has a new book of poems entitled For One Who Knows How to Own Land. Scott writes:

Future Cycle Press has just released my new book of poems, For One Who Knows How to Own Land. These 98 pages of poetry focus on the experience of growing up in the disappearing rural South. They include some of my favorite oldest poems as well as a lot of new ones. I am including a brief description of the book as well as comments from Ron Rash, Tim Peeler, John Lane, and below. You can order copies from me or on Amazon. There will be a book launch on March 20 at 6:00 at Taste Full Beans in Hickory, NC, and on March 23 at 7:00 at City Lights Books in Sylva, NC. I hope you can attend one of those events.

For One Who Knows How to Own Land
Copyright 2012 Scott Owens
Published by FutureCycle Press
Mineral Bluff, Georgia
ISBN: 978-0-9839985-3-2

I grew up in two worlds: my father’s parents’ world of brick homes, city streets, shopping, and playgrounds; and my mother’s parents’ world of dirt roads, livestock, growing our own food, and endless woods. That second world was undeniably harder than the first. The work was dirtier, and there was more of it. The homes had fewer luxuries: no cable, no AC, never more than one bathroom. Even death was different. In town, death was a polished event that took place elsewhere, hospitals, nursing homes, slaughter houses, funeral parlors. On the farm, animals were killed every week, and most people died at home, and their bodies stayed there until they were buried.

Somehow, however, that second world still seemed much more alive, much more real and vital. Despite that vitality, I was aware that most people knew almost nothing about that second world. It was then, and is increasingly now, an undiscovered country where life and death exist side by side with a natural intensity missing from the artificial world of the city.

This book, dedicated to my grandfather (one who knew how to own land), is a record of my undiscovered country and the people who lived there.

Landscape and memory are seamlessly merged in this excellent volume. Like all the best writers of place, Scott Owens finds the heart's universal concerns in his vivid rendering of piedmont Carolina.
--Ron Rash, author of Raising the Dead

There's not a speck of sentimentality in the rural poetic Americana framed by Scott Owens in FOR ONE WHO KNOWS HOW TO OWN LAND. There are dead crows, red dirt earth, barking dogs, burning coal, fox traps, and flooding rivers. These stories matter. The poems all rattle and sing. This is a jolt of strong coffee for a watery time.
--John Lane, author of The Woods Stretched for Miles: Contemporary Nature Writing from the South

In For One Who Knows How to Own Land, poet, Scott Owens creates with a mature voice, childhood reminiscences of pastoral summers in the red dirt rural Piedmont of upstate South Carolina. This, his most affecting collection to date, is a remarkable sensory journey that registers narrative moments along the entire emotional scale from harsh to tender, from the threatening to the anodyne. Through the magical nature of memory, these poems of mystery and loss prove again and again that “The boy who left this country/never stopped hearing its names/echo in his ear.”
--Tim Peeler, author of Checking Out

“Why should this be home?” Scott Owens asks us in “Homeplace,” his question as much about leaving as going back. We walk his train tracks and ridges as if they were our own, as though home were “something you held tight before you, /your back bending against its going away.” In this both visceral and meditative rendering of place, decay and rebirth are part of the same landscape. I applaud the skill that directs us down a path of experience and familiarity to “stone steps/ that dead-end in mid-air.” His poetry is wise in knowing the weight of its own footsteps.
-- Linda Annas Ferguson, author of Dirt Sandwich

Read more about For One Who Knows How to Own Land on Scott's Musings Blog.

Charlotte Digregorio sent this update:

Hello Haikuists,

Some of you might be interested in the announcement below.

Dear Charlotte,

I am a friend of Charlie Rossiter's and he has referred me to your organization.

I am the President for the National Association for Poetry Therapy and I would like to invite you and your membership to attend our national conference, "Writing the Winds of Change," to be held in Chicago April 26-29, 2012. We have an extraordinary opening ceremony, featuring local musicians and poets well-known throughout Chicago, as well as, the internationally known key-note poet/educator/essayist and publisher, Haki Madhubuti. We have a variety of workshops which integrate poetry, journaling and the expressive arts in the arenas of mental health, self-growth, wellness and education.

If you would like more information about our conference and registration process, please refer to our web-page at www.poetrytherapy.org.

Should you have any questions in regard to our organization or our conference, please do not hesitate to contact me. I do look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,

Catherine Conway, President
The National Association for Poetry Therapy
P - 630-220-8682
www.poetrytherapy.org

Ellen Compton sent this update:

Good Morning Curtis,

Here's a note I hope you can include with your announcements and updates.

Cheers, and thanks,
Ellen

Volunteer at 100th D.C. Cherry Blossom Festival

The Haiku Society of America will have a booth at the upcoming 100th National Cherry Blossom Street Festival and is looking for folks to help out. It could be a great time to visit the nation’s capital, enjoy the cherry blossoms, socialize with fellow haiku poets and tell a broader audience about haiku.

The festival, which will be held on Saturday, April 14, rain or shine, runs from 11 – 6 p.m. You are welcome to sign up for an hour or longer. In particular, we could use help with set up and break down before/after the official festival times.

If you love haiku, have always wanted to see Washington DC's cherry blossoms, like working with people, and want to pitch in, please get in touch with Rick Black: rick@turtlelightpress.com or call him at
703-241-4127 for more details. Hope to see you there!

A new issue of Haibun Today is available which includes Penny Harter's haibun, "The Great Blue."

http://haibuntoday.com

Also, Penny's essay "Writing From the Present, Past, and Future," is the featured essay in the "Revelations: Unedited" feature in Frogpond: the Journal of the Haiku Society of America, pp. 28-44. The essay covers writing haiku, haibun, and free verse.

Sasa Vazic sent the Fujisan Haiku Results.

M. Kei sent this:

Lulu.com, the old printer for Keibooks, is offering 30% off Heron Sea by M. Kei and other Keibooks backlist titles, such as Catzilla, and previous issues of Atlas Poetica. This offer is good through February.

Ed Baker sent this update:

just a moment ago I saw that Barney Rosset had died !
a Major, Major 'player' in my life.
neat happening a few years ago he picked this piece to go into his review:
http://www.evergreenreview.com/120/ed-baker.html

here is the Post's obituary :

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?n=barney-rosset&pid=156046238

hang in, Ed

Haiku Death Match: No Words Barred

Join Press 53 and Piedmont S.L.A.M. for “Haiku Death Match: No Words Barred” on Tuesday, February 28, 7 p.m., at the Community Arts Cafe, Fourth & Spruce in downtown Winston-Salem. This special adults-only event is open to anyone 18 and over who wants to sling Haiku like an assassin. $3 cover and prizes for our winners. For more information, call Kevin at 336-770-5353.

Colin Stewart Jones sent this:

Dear Readers and Friends,

NFTG has recently undergone a process of streamlining and simplification of its website. You can now access either the flip magazine or the static information pages separately by clicking on the relevant cherry on the entry page.

The flip magazine now has a module which can enlarge to full screen, add annotations and has a search facility. NFTG is now available on all browsers, Mac or PC and all mobile devices, including i-Pad and Android. We have also updated our static information pages and have a new bespoke form filler for submissions which can be accessed at the top left or very bottom of the Submissions’ Page and you can also get in contact by through the Editors’ Page.

Thank you all for you continued support.

Colin Stewart Jones
Editor-in-Chief
Notes from the Gean

http://notesfromthegean.com/

Richard Krawiec sent this:

Hope you can come see my first staged full-length play, CREEDS. It's inspired by the true story of Bonnie and Robert Hanssen. Arch conservative, Opus Dei Catholics, sexually bizarre - and Bob was a double-agent for the Russians, called the greatest spy in U.S. history.

We have an excellent cast including Lori Mahl (Actors Equity) who had a career in NYC, working on the stage with, among others, Carol Channing and Tyne Daly, Jeff Alguire, who won a Best Actor Award from the Independent, and an ensemble cast that has performed on every major stage in the Triangle - from Playmakers, to REP, to Burning Coal, to Common Ground to the Arts Center in Carrboro.

It will be staged March 22 - April 1 at Common Ground Theater in Durham, NC.

http://cgtheatre.com/directions

Here's some more info on the show. Tickets range from $7 - $15
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/224259

I've had one-acts produced across the U.S. and Canada, but this is my first full length, and it's as exciting as publishing a first novel.

The play is produced by PlayGround, a Theater Co-operative which has been in operation for 2 years. It's a group of local actresses and actors and NC playwrights who meet once a month to develop scenes by local writers and opportunities for local actors.

If you're interested in supporting PlayGround we are selling a few tickets to the Sunday, April 1, 4 pm cast party. These tickets, which cost $40, will include a free meal, a ticket to your choice of performance (you don't have to go April 1), and a chance to mingle with the cast.

If you want to make a night of it when you come to the play, less than a mile away there are 2 good restaurant choices right on Hillsborough - Bennett Point Grill (quality Southern, no calabash) and Durham House of Pizza (decent pizza and Italian in Sicilian style). Within 4 miles on HIllsborough you have Chinese, Greek, and fast food. Only 10 minutes from the theater are Meelo's and Nana's and Parizade, three excellent local choices.

Hope to see you,
richard krawiec

Check out my websites!

http://www.press53.com/BioRichardKrawiec.html
http://www.rkeditor.com/
http://jacarpress.com/index.html

And finally, Frugal Poet, Susan Nelson Myers, will have a new recipe and poem to share with you later today.