Saturday updates

David Harris will read and discuss selections from Sea Trails by Pris Campbell during the live broadcast of Difficult Listening: the Poetry Show on Sunday, January 29, 2012 from 10:00 til noon Central time.  The program can be heard on 107.1 LPFM in the Nashville area, and via the website www.radiofreenashville.org.  Live video (and an archive) of the second hour, which includes poetry segments, should be accessible at http://tinyurl.com/24adsp9. or http://www.ustream.tv/discovery/recorded/all?broadcast=4654694

Here is a YouTube video of Pris reading from Sea Trails.

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Richard Krawiec sent this:

World Poetry Day is having a series of events, the first being Feb. 29. I have been asked to co-ordinate something for NC. Founded in Medellin, Columbia, this organization comprises poets and poetry organizations in 131 countries. 210 poetic organizations, including 114 international poetry festivals, and 1,200 poets.

The plan here is easy to implement, can involve limitless number of poets and on-poets, and maximizes bringing poetry to the public.

It's this simple. Select a poem to read, one of yours, or one by some other poet, that in some way touches on the theme of inclusion. At 7am and/or 7pm wherever you happen to be, whatever you happen to be doing, stop what you're doing and read the poem.

After that it's up to you. You can simply put the poem away and continue what you're doing, or engage those around you - at the grocery store, in school, on the bus, talking on the phone, etc. - in a discussion of the poem and why you read it.

I need to collect names of those who wish to participate. So if you want to do this email me at [email protected] Put FEB 29 in the subject line. Thanks.
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The new issue of Lynx is online and ready for viewing at:

http://www.ahapoetry.com/ahalynx/271hmpg.html

Also available at the AHA Poetry web site is the Bare Bones School of Haiku, 14 lessons by Jane Reichhold on how to write haiku.

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Yuki Teikei Haiku Society and Haiku Poets of Northern California will host Fifth Haiku Pacific Rim Conference (HPR) at Asilomar, Pacific Grove, CA.

Dr. Akito Arima, will be a keynote speaker.

I attach HPR flier. Thanks to generousity of Poetry Center San Jose, donation is tax deductable.

As you can read in the attachment and HPR website (http://haikupacificrim2012.wordpress.com), Dr. Arima is well-known physicist and former Minister of Education in Japan, too.    Since he is fluent in English (he taught physicics at State Univ. of New York at Stony Brook), this could be the once-in-lifetime event for many English-language haiku poets.

Also, if you know a corporation which can be HPR corporate sponsor, please let me know

1) name of the company
2) person in charge and hie/her title
3) postal address

HPR 2012 Committee prepared a separate letter for corporate donors.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

If you would like to know more about the event, please contact me.

Best regards,

Fay Aoyagi
[email protected]
   or
[email protected]  

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Scott Owens sent this:

Here is a flier for the entire 2012 Poetry Hickory schedule.  It should be a great year!  Help spread the news by posting this online or out in the real world wherever it might be seen and appreciated.

Hope to see you at every reading.

Thanks

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

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Hello All,

This is to remind you that the deadline for submitting your news for the spring issue of Ripples is February 1.  Thank you to the many of you who have already sent things to me.

As always, I hope the regional news updates will focus on the haiku-related events in your area. This is a great way for poets in other regions to get ideas for their haiku gatherings.  High quality photographs are also welcome.  Please include a note identifying those in the picture as well as the name of the photographer.

Other items to send to Ripples include contest submission guidelines, full contest results, conference announcements, new books and other publications, in memoriam notes, and any other news significant to HSA members.

Thank you!

Susan Antolin
Editor, Ripples: Haiku Society of America Newsletter

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Robert Lee Brewer (editor of Writer's Digest) recently featured Scott Owens on his My Name Is Not Bob blog. Here is the link:

http://robertleebrewer.blogspot.com/2012/01/bending-rules-or-poet-has-to-be-poet.html

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Snapshot Press  sent this:

This is the final call for entries to The Haiku Calendar Competition 2012.

Prizes totaling US$600 are on offer, and 52 haiku will be selected for inclusion in The Haiku Calendar 2013.

Entries may be sent by email or post, and must be emailed or postmarked by Tuesday January 31. Previously published haiku are eligible for entry.

Please see the entry guidelines for details:

http://www.snapshotpress.co.uk/contests/thcc/entry_guidelines.htm

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And finally, Susan Nelson Myers and I had the pleasure of judging a Poetry Slam in Winston-Salem last Thursday night. I strongly encourage Tobacco Road readers to attend a slam in your area. The creative energy at these readings is inspiring!

Here is a picture of Susan and me with slam master and organizer, Bob Moyer (on the right).

Here is a link to the Piedmont Slam web site.

And here is Taylor Mali reciting one of his poems at a slam event:

Sunday updates - September 19

Recycling Starlight

Penny Harter's cycle of poems written during the eighteen months after Bill's death, Recycling Starlight, is now in print from Ce Rosenow's Mountains and Rivers Press. It has been published in a limited edition chapbook, beautifully designed by Jonathan Greene and elegantly produced by Swamp Press, with a letter-press cover, and hand-sewn signatures. Copies are available from Mountains and Rivers at:

http://www.mountainsandriverspress.org/TitleView.aspx. [please scroll down to click on the title]

The book will also be available at the 2010 Dodge Poetry Festival [http://www.dodgepoetry.org/festival-2010/] and at the Seabeck Haiku Getaway [https://sites.google.com/site/haikunorthwest/seabeck-haiku-getaway/2010schedule]

Penny will be reading at both of these events.

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Carolyn Hall sent this:

Dear friends and fellow poets,

I am very proud to announce the publication of How to Paint the Finch’s Song, my second full-length collection of haiku and senryu.

80 pages; perfect-bound. Published by Red Moon Press.

Commentary from the late Peggy Willis Lyles and Allan Burns:

“Carolyn Hall’s down-to-earth haiku are rooted in a life keenly lived and meticulously examined. She takes her experiences just seriously enough, revealing exactly what readers must know to share her wisdom and appreciation.”

Peggy Willis Lyles
Formerly Associate Editor, The Heron’s Nest

 “Nature, relationships, and art figure among key themes in Carolyn Hall’s second full-length collection, which builds on the considerable achievement of her first. Hall excels at addressing each of these themes in isolation and at skillfully relating them together:

Mother’s Day
the commotion in the tree
becomes a heron

The intriguing title haiku provides another example with its kôan-like paradox; at the same time, it positions her work within a synesthetic haiku tradition dating back to Bashô’s wild duck with its faintly white call. Blending modern and traditional elements, Hall’s haiku range in subject matter and tonality from a candlelight dinner and a family tree to a military crackdown and a seal’s missing eyes. By virtue of her versatility and deft touch, Hall stands among the most notable contemporary haiku poets in English.”

Allan Burns
Editor, Montage: The Book

How to Paint the Finch’s Song is available from me at 122 Calistoga Road  #135, Santa Rosa CA 95409.  $12 plus shipping and handling ($3 US, $4 Canada, $5 overseas). Please make checks payable to Carolyn Hall. The book is also available from Red Moon Press at www.redmoonpress.com.

Thanks, and all best wishes,
Carolyn Hall

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Charlie Smith sent this link to the

Invitation to Sushi Country Exhibition

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Patrick M. Pilarski sent this:

Submissions are open for DailyHaiku Cycle 10

Dear Readers, Friends, and Contributors,

We are thrilled to announce that submissions are open for DailyHaiku's tenth publishing cycle! This cycle marks five full years of publishing as an online daily periodical. Over that time we've had the pleasure of featuring over 1500 poems by a wide selection of established and emerging poets; we've presented work that ranges from the traditional to the highly experimental; we've introduced new additions to the journal such as the yearly print edition, the special features section, and the invited poet position.

Now, we invite you to help us enter the double digits in style by submitting some of your best work for possible inclusion in our upcoming cycle (Cycle 10). If you are interested in becoming a Cycle 10 contributor, please see our submission call below. (And please feel free to forward this call on to any other interested parties.)

Also, we invite you to check out our newest special feature of neon buddha poems by Michael Dylan Welch: http://www.dailyhaiku.org/special-features/special-feature-7-neon-buddha-poems

Thank you for helping to make it a wonderful half-decade of publishing, and we look forward to many more years to come!

All the best,
Patrick and Nicole

Patrick M. Pilarski and Nicole Pakan
Editors --- DailyHaiku

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Submission are now open for DailyHaiku Cycle 10!
http://www.dailyhaiku.org

DailyHaiku is a print and daily online serial publication that publishes the work of Canadian and international haiku poets, blending contemporary, experimental, and traditional styles to explore the boundaries of English-language haiku. Through our special features section, we also aim to chronicle the diverse and ever-changing landscape of contemporary haiku-related forms. We're now looking for a new roster of six talented haiku poets for our upcoming cycle (Volume 5, Cycle 10, Fall 2010/Winter 2011). If selected as a contributor, you will be responsible for providing a total of 28 haiku over a six-month period.

Submission Period: Sept. 1st--30th, 2010 (closes 11:59 pm Mountain Standard Time)

How to Submit: Email submissions to [email protected]

What to Submit: Ten unpublished haiku---no more, no less---your contact information, a 75 word publication-ready biographical note, and a digital author photo. We do not accept work published or under consideration by other journals or websites.

Payment: One contributor copy of the print volume featuring your work.

For specific submission guidelines and more information about this publication, please visit: http://www.dailyhaiku.org

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A new issue of Sketchbook is online.

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I'll return later in the day with Haiku - Three Questions. For now, I'll leave you with another poem by Richard Peek.

Sunday updates - 5/2/2010

Happy 10th Anniversary, Haiku of Kobayashi Issa!

This month marks the 10th anniversary of David G. Lanoue's website devoted to translations of Issa's haiku.

http://haikuguy.com/issa/index.html

David has created a page/wall of comments left by fans of the web site and Kobayashi Issa.

http://haikuguy.com/issa/commentwall.html

Thank you for your hard work David and for your popular web site!

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Editors of Magnapoets are accepting submissions for their July 2010 issue. How to submit and a view of the July cover are located here:

http://www.magnapoets.com/

One contributor copy per poet.

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Saša Važic' sent this:

Matsuo Basho Poetry Offerings English Haikus wanted

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David Grayson sent this:

Hi Curtis,

I wanted to pass along info about a haiku/poetry/art event coming in June in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The O'Hanlon Center for the Arts in Mill Valley (Marin County, CA) is presenting the 7th annual Wabi Sabi celebration. Events include:

- Haiku workshop led by David Grayson. Thursday, June 17, 7-9 p.m. $22.
- Juried gallery exhibit
- Wabi Sabi poetry reading on Thursday, June 10 at 7 p.m. Readers include Duff Axsom, Karen Benke, Dick Brown, CB Follett, Abby Wasserman and Bernie Weiner.

The center is a beautiful facility located one mile from downtown Mill Valley on several acres of beautiful woodland. There are several buildings which provide space for our activities.

For more info, visit http://www.ohanloncenter.org/.

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Pris Campbell sent this:

Pris Campbell and Scott Owens collaboration:

http://www.mainstreetrag.com/Campbell_Owens.html

Click the link above to see the cover of The Nature of Attraction. It's a wow. Scott found the artist. The publisher is Main Street Rag Press. Also on that page are our photos, bios and three poems from the book. Right now and until July 12, the book can be bought for the pre-publication price of $3.50 (plus shipping). The number of books printed will depend on pre-publication orders, the number Scott and I buy, and then a certain number of extras for later sales at what will then be $7.00.

Books will be shipped in late July. You have the advantage of getting the low price by ordering early, but not the book in hand until later.

Anyway, I hope some of you will consider it. Working with Scott was fun. We did the collaboration spontaneously and at our leisure over a period of time. Now it's out and I hope you enjoy. The book is poems back and forth about the relationship between a repressed, wary-of-love Norman and wilde childe Sara.

xxPris

Visit my website at http://www.poeticinspire.com
and my blog, Songs To A Midnight Sky at http://poeticinspire.blogspot.com

My latest book, Sea Trails, can be purchased at www.lummoxpress.com for fifteen dollars, plus postage.

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Scott Metz sent this:

Roadrunner X:1 has now been retrofitted with MASKS III

http://www.roadrunnerjournal.net/

MASKS is a zine of haiku pen-names (haigo)

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Dave Russo has made his photos from this year's Haiku Holiday available. I contributed a photo or two but the majority are his:

http://lilaf.smugmug.com/Poetry/Haiku-Holiday-2010/11966658_dgZyd#847814795_LyJVb

1000 Verse Renga, a Halloween haiga, and zombie haiku

The 1000 Verse Renga

Alan Summers, of With Words, in Partnership with Bath Libraries (U.K.) has been encouraging a local and global 1000 Verse Renga (senku) where local library users and staff and international haiku poets have been contributing verses during October.

The senku is 800+ verses strong at the moment, with some of the earliest contributions from Michael Dylan Welch, whose autumn hokku so inspired one school they wrote two shisan renku!

The latest contributions have been from the New York State area and Alaska, and from several U.S. librarians, one of whom you may know from Mann Library, thanks Tom!

As 1000 verses need to be reached by 7th November (midnight all time zones) we would love to receive more verses.

As verses pour in from numerous means all the time some verses cannot be linked immediately but will be linked in the final edit, so please do send a renga verse to: [email protected]

BBC 1000 Verse Renga article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/bristol/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8316000/8316198.stm

Alan's Area 17 blog: http://area17.blogspot.com

With Words: http://www.withwords.org.uk

The final version of the 1000 Verse Renga will be a free eBook on With Words, hopefully before Christmas.

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Collin Barber sent this very fine seasonal haiga:

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The following video appears to be a parody of the Kerouac readings posted here last year. In the spirit of Halloween fun and really, REALLY, bad 5-7-5 haiku, we have Zombie Haiku:


Have a safe zombie-free Halloween!

Terry Ann Carter "poems" a person

Last week was Random Act of Poetry Week in Canada. Read about the event in this news article, then watch the video of Terry Ann Carter "poeming" someone.

Tweet Your Haiku

This just in from Dave Russo:

Who knows? Maybe a brisk plunge into crowd-sourced poetry is just what you need before fall comes on with its ghosts and melancholy.

Please consider adding your haiku and senryu to a stream of poetry that will be displayed on large monitors in various venues at SPARKCon, an arts festival in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.

Follow this link for more information.

NCHS news

Dave Russo has put together a gallery of photos from the recent Haiku Holiday held at beautiful Bolin Brook Farm near Chapel Hill, North Carolina. A special heartfelt thank you to Jean Earnhardt for hosting this annual North Carolina Haiku Society event for an incredible 30 years!

Richard Straw has self-published The Longest Time, a 40 page chapbook of haibun. The title is from a haibun (on page three) that was originally published in the spring 2007 issue of Simply Haiku. The cost is $5 per chapbook for orders within the United States (includes mailing). International orders are $8.

If you are interested in purchasing The Longest Time, let me know via this form, and I will forward your contact information to Richard.

Gualala Arts 2009 Whale & Jazz Festival

POETRY & JAZZ
– a night of Japanese poetry –
Saturday, April 11
7:30 p.m.
– Book Signing Party –

All performances accompanied by Shirley Muramoto on koto and Karl Young on shakuhachi unless noted otherwise.

“Notes from a Jazz Geisha, Tokyo” written and performed by Blake More. “I discovered Jazz in Tokyo, thanks to the tutelage of a delightfully generous, engaging Japanese patron.”

"Cast Your Fate To The Wind" an American pop standard written by Vince Guaraldi, with lyrics by Carel Werber arranged for koto and shakuhachi by Shirley Muramoto and played with Karl Young.

On this Same Star by Mariko Kitakubo, Tokyo performance artist and tanka poet, performs her original tanka in Japanese. Linda Galloway, American tanka and haiku poet, will present the English translations by Amelia Fielden. In addition to the koto and shakuhachi accompaniment, Mariko plays the hamohn.

“A Selection of Haibun” written and performed by Renée Owen accompanied by musician Brian Foster on shakuhachi flute.

INTERMISSION

"Shaei" – Diagonal Shadows by Hikaru Sawai – a koto solo played by Shirley Muramoto

"Yoshino Shizuka" – is a classical-style number by Katsuko Chikushi played by Shirley Muramoto and Karl Young

"Basho Inspired Butoh” arranged and performed by Don McLeod. Don McLeod is an internationally acclaimed butoh dancer and movement artist. Haiku selected from Basho: The Complete Haiku by Jane Reichhold.

Thanks to Sponsors

Kodansha Books of New York & Tokyo

Sue Friedland and Karl Young for lodging

Joel & Jeremy Crockett of Four-Eyed Frog Books for tonight’s bookstore

– Cover artwork “Kimono” by Barbara Kelly –

For more information about this event or the performers, see the Gualala Arts Center website at http://www.gualalaarts.org/.