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Tuesday, June 02, 2009

new webportal



Visit my new Webportal: One Gold Earring
links to almost all my websites (yes, there are dozens of them)
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Tuesday, May 05, 2009

painter/poet Michele Harvey's website

Be sure to visit Michele Harvey's newly updated website. Not only is she an accomplished poet, but a well-known landscape painter, with work currently showing in NYC and Provincetown, Mass. The subtlety and grace of these mystic images reveal another level of her finely tuned poetic mind.
demarcation
between the lawn and fields
a fence line
dividing the tame from wild
my gold wedding band
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Thursday, January 01, 2009

1000-Armed Kannon


at the temple of the 1000-armed Kannon..... 2 pickpockets
Billie is featured in the Autumn 2008 ginko gallery at HaigaOnline

Here is a fascinating video of a Kannon dance. Although the video quality is poor, it's a highly polished, surreal production.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKslrx8nVRY
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Saturday, January 20, 2007

Haiga Friends

  • HaikuShelf ~ Angelika Wienert's (Germany) bilingual photo/haiku blog. Beautiful writing by this widely published author.
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  • Watercolor, Pen, Photography & More: A gallery of art, photography and poetry by Jerry Dreesen and his friends ~ introspective hand painted haiga that convey the strong feelings of an experienced haijin. I'm looking forward to future posts.
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  • KANKODORI ~ Olga Hooper (pen name "Origa") is a sumi-e haiga artist and an accomplished haijin, writing in both English and Russian. Links to her work lead to a terrific display of haiga at Simply Haiku. Follow all the links for real pleasure.
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  • Everyday Issa ~ Haiga on Issa by haijin Sakuo. English and Japanese translations. On everyday I recieve English haiku, then transelate it to Japanese. To make sure my image, I paint it to a picture that is called haiga=haiku picture.
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  • The Haiga Pages ~ lots of good browsing from this list of online haiga artists.
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Thursday, January 11, 2007

found along the way

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Wednesday, January 03, 2007

found on the web

2001 Waka for Japan 2001

Poetry has its seed in the human heart and blossoms forth in innumerable leaves of words ... it is poetry which, with only a part of its power, moves heaven and earth, pacifies unseen gods and demons, reconciles men and women and calms the hearts of savage warriors.
Ki no Tsurayuki, Preface to the Kokinshû, Ninth Century

Tsurayuki's words, written over a thousand years ago, are the first description by a Japanese of waka. The word is made up of two parts: wa meaning 'Japanese' and ka meaning 'poem' or 'song'. It was probably coined at about the time Tsurayuki was writing as a way to distinguish the poetry written by the Japanese in their own language from that they read and wrote in Chinese - the source of much of Japan's poetic inspiration.

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Saturday, December 16, 2006

new links

Washed ashore in today's websurf:


    • Haiku, Haibun, Haiga by Ray Rassmussen ~ Do not miss this site! Artistically, it is one of the best personal websites I've run across. Fresh, energetic writing from a master haijin. I especially recommend the haibun section (Rasmusen is webmaster of Contemporary Haibun Online). The links and didactic sections are worth the trip alone. The linked photo gallery is pure gravy. Enough raving, just go...
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    • a procession of ripples: an anthology of selected haiku ~ Laryalee Fraser has put together a collection of fine English language haiku from such notable haijin as: an'ya, Robert Wilson, Jane Reichhold, Mike Rehling, Lorin Ford, Carol Raisfeld ... The accompanying photography suggests the haiga tradition. Pure pleasure here. There is even a page that formats printouts for you!
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Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Gabi Greve's Reference Library

Over a hundred key scholarly articles on haiku and related forms are preserved at Yahoo Groups Haiku Essays, collected by Gabi Greve. Many valuable links, lists.
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Tuesday, December 12, 2006

kiku kigo and more...

Gabi Greve has sent me a link to her kigo discussion on kiku. There are many rich links and references there.
To collect the dew on the chrysanthemum petals and drink it would bring you long life (chooju).… As an auspicious symbol of long life (kisshoo monyoo) the chrysanthemum was used for many decoration, on embroydered kimono and as sweets (wagashi). The Chinese boy Kikujidoo drank the dew of the chrysanthemum and lived to gain immortality without ageing, or rather to the ripe age of 800 years. This legend was later incorporated into a famous Noh drama.

white chrysanthemum, shiragiku
yellow chrysanthemum, kigiku
fine weather to enjoy chrysanthemums, kikubiyori
crowded chrysanthemums, rangiku
home full of chrysanthemums, kiku no yado
time for the chrysanthemums, kikudoki
dew on chrysanthemums, kiku no tsuyu
Long Life Chrysanthemum, Manjuugiku
"live to see 1000 generations," Chiyomigusa


Following a thread, I wound up at the Yahoo Group WorldKigoLibrary, an invaluable reading resource, also curated by Gabi. You don't need to be a member to access the messages. Especially noted:

A Conversation with the Poet Hoshinaga Fumio from Modern Haiku, 35:3, Autumn 2004, pp. 27-45.

.......twenty billion light-years of perjury...your blood type is "B"

Blood type B is rare in Japan; Type A is happier, but Type B carries a sense of melancholy.

blood type A
why am I unhappy
winter sparrow
..........--Billie Dee

See also Hoshinaga Fumio:Selected Haiku from Kumaso-Ha from the same issue, pp. 46-55

..........the spring tree--
..........I climb until I can
..........see the war

Arigatougozaimasu Gabi sensei! (((
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Monday, December 11, 2006

beauty in the mundane details

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Check out these images at Gabi Greve's HappyHaiku blog:
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Tuesday, November 28, 2006

misc. haiku links

Aozora - Haiku from South-East Europe
http://aozora.tempslibres.org/

The Art of Haiku
http://www.geraldengland.co.uk/hk/

Asahi Haikuist Network (editor: David Mc Murray)
http://www.asahi.com/english/haiku/index.html

Association of Haiku Poets & Museum of Haiku Literature
http://www2.famille.ne.jp/~haiku/index-e.html

Bottle rockets: a collection of short verse
http://www.geocities.com/bottlerockets_99

Cascina Macondo (Italian haiku website; editor: Pietro Tartamella)
http://haiku.cascinamacondo.com/

The Electronic Poetry Network (editor: Carlos Colón)
http://www.shreve-lib.org/images/Poem.htm

Geert Verbeke - Haiku Websites
http://users.skynet.be/geert.verbeke.bowls
http://home.alc.co.jp/db/owa/ph_diary

Haiku NewZ (newsletter; haiku page editor:Sandra Simpson)
http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/haikunews

Haiku Ireland (official site of the Haiku Ireland group)
http://www.haikuireland.org/

HIA - Haiku International Association
http://www.haiku-hia.com/index_en.html

The Haiku of Kobayashi Issa
http://webusers.xula.edu/dlanoue/issa/links3.html

Haiku Research Papers (Richard Gilbert)
http://research.iyume.com/

The Haiku Society of America
http://www.hsa-haiku.org/index.htm

Haiku Spirit (Gilles Fabre's bilingual site /English and French/)
http://www.haikuspirit.org/

The Heron's Nest (editor: Christopher Herold)
http://theheronsnest.com/haiku

Kuniharu Shimizu, Japanese haiga artist - «See haiku here»
http://www.mahoroba.ne.jp/~kuni_san/haiga_gallery/

Modern Haiku (editor: Lee Gurga)
http://www.modernhaiku.org/

Museum of Haiku Literature
http://www2.famille.ne.jp/~haiku/index-e.html

Roadrunner Haiku Journal (editor: Jason Sanford Brown)
http://www.roadrunnerjournal.net/

The Shiki Internet Haiku Saloon
http://www.cc.matsuyama-u.ac.jp/~shiki/

Simply Haiku (owner/managing editor: Robert Wilson)
http://www.simplyhaiku.com/

The World Haiku Association
http://www.worldhaiku.net/

The World Haiku Club
http://www.worldhaikuclub.org/

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Monday, November 27, 2006

The Shiki Monthly Kukai

Quoted from the Haiku World website:
Our kukai has two divisions each month, called the "Kigo" and "Free Format" sections. In each section a topic word or phrase will be provided, and poems are to be composed using that topic word or phrase. In the "kigo" section, the word assigned will be a "kigo" -- a "season word" -- and is intended to be used in a way representing the "season" of that kigo. So, if the kigo was "cicada", each submitted poem must include the word "cicada". Unless specifically stated, the plural form of the word is also allowed. In the free format section, the assigned word will not necessarily be a "seasonal" word, and the poet is free to either place the topic word in the season of his choice, or to write a season-neutral poem that includes the topic word.

Notifications
The "official lists" of the kukai are:
http://haiku.cc.ehime-u.ac.jp/~sumioka/htdocs/nobo-guide.html
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WHCworkshop/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mothra/
haikulive@yahoogroups.com

Click any of the above for more information on that list.
Notifications from the kukai secretaries will also be posted at http://www.haikuworld.org/kukai/

RESULTS OF NOVEMBER KUKAI

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Saturday, November 25, 2006

new haikublog



Haijin! here's a new haiku blog of real quality:


Dana-Maria Onica from Romania
Haiku Path





It's new, so there are only a few haiku / senryu there, but well worth your visit.


..........new boots -
..........the hopscotch suddenly
..........too small
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Sunday, November 19, 2006

Cinquain Talk

This is a continuously appended link list. Check back by clicking LINKS under the LABELS header in the right-hand column.

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JOURNALS


  • Amaze - the Cinquain Journal ~ dedicated to developing, promoting, and publishing cinquains in the traditional form established by Adelaide Crapsey. We are also very interested in the development and publication of innovative forms of the cinquain, such as mirror cinquains and cinquain cycles or sequences. Deborah P. Kolodji, Editor




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Monday, October 30, 2006

Tanka in English ~ M. Kei

.M. Kei has announced his Bibliography of Books Containing Tanka in English, an online posting comprised of over 300 titles. An important resource for the serious waka student. This is an ongoing project, so check back periodically.
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Other M. Kei links:

M. Kei's personal poetry blog, with explanations and examples of various forms and traditions: <http://kujakupoet.blogspot.com/> worthwhile browsing here

Editor, Fire Pearls: Short Masterpieces of the Human Heart <http://www.lulu.com/firepearls>

Moderator for Kyoka Mad Poems -- humorous tanka -- <http://groups.google.com/group/kyoka> try your hand at one of these -- not as easy as it looks!

Co-Manager for Tanka Roundtable discussion group <http://groups.google.com/group/tankaroundtable> you need to join this google-group to peruse

Editor of the Chesapeake Bay Saijiki (haiku almanac) project at Worldkigo <http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2005/03/chesapeake-bay.html> browse through the World Kigo Database while you're there

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Be sure to check out the many other resources at Tanka Central - the megasite for English language tanka.
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Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Book Reviews

Click on reference links to see entire article.

C. J. Elfont, Edna A. Elfont: Sand Dunes of the Great Lakes.
Sleeping Bear Press, 1997. ISBN: 1886947163

Reviewed by Denis Garrison. Amaze, 3:2

Primarily, it is a photography book; C. J. Elfont is the photographer. His wife, Edna A. Elfont, has written the text for the book, including a number of cinquains, some single stanza and a few multiple stanza, to accompany the photographs. ...in general, the cinquains in this book follow the simplest cinquain form, with occasional lapses, but are either pedestrian descriptions of the photographs or rather stilted flights of fancy....

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Deborah P Kolodji, ed. May Dazed - A Collaborative Cinquain Sequence
Lulu Enterprises, Inc, 2005. ISBN: 1-4116-3399-7
Order at: http://www.lulu.com/content/131743

Reviewed by Terrie Leigh Relf, Amaze 4:1, 2006.

If you love the resonance and deceptive simplicity of short-verse, this collaborative cinquain sequence on the theme, "May Dazed", will take you on a journey that extends well beyond the month of May!


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Other Links

  • Haiku of Kobayashi Issa ~ a large compendium of Issa haiku, biography, notes, and scholarly articles. You can also subscribe to an "Issa-a-day" haiku email service from this site.
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  • Linked Poetry Forms ~ all the neo-haiku/tanka forms you can stomach and more.
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Notes & Theory

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Haiku Notes

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Tanka Notes

Cinquain Notes

Please suggest other haiku-related sites by clicking on the COMMENTS link below.
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Email Groups & Workshops

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Journals

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Online Journals

  • Amaze - the Cinquain Journal ~ AMAZE: The Cinquain Journal is dedicated to developing, promoting, and publishing cinquains in the traditional form established by Adelaide Crapsey. We are also very interested in the development and publication of innovative forms of the cinquain, such as mirror cinquains and cinquain cycles or sequences. Deborah P. Kolodji, Editor
  • Contemporary Haibun Online ~ A Quarterly Journal of Contemporary English Language Haibun. Selections from the online journal appear in the annual print edition. Ken Jones, Jim Kacian and Bruce Ross, Editors
  • HaigaOnline ~ Beautifully edited and produced, HaigaOnline is published Summer and Winter, with feature galleries posted in the Spring and Fall. The haiga (picture/haiku) selected are among the finest composed in the English language, including traditional sumi-e style, photo-haiga, abstract and avant guarde styles. HO uses Macromedia Flash for its innovative music and slideshow pages. This is one of the most elegant e-journals to be found in any genre, anywhere. Linda Papanicolaou, Editor
  • Lynx: A Journal for Linking Poets ~ A quarterly e-journal of symbiotic poetry, focusing on linked haiku, rengay and renga series, and other collaborative genre. Lynx also publishes solo linked forms, such as the ghazal, haibun, tanks and haiku series, as well as free-form sequences. Recently, collaborative haiga have been added. Jane Reichhold, Werner Reichhold, editors; Allison Millcock, haiga editor
  • Modern English Tanka ~ "dedicated to publishing and promoting fine English tanka (including tanka written in cinquain and cinqku set forms). We are interested in both traditional and innovative verse of high quality and in all serious attempts to assimilate the best of the Japanese waka/tanka genres into a continuously developing English short verse tradition. In addition to verse, we publish articles, essays, reviews, interviews, etc., related to tanka." Denis M. Garrison, Editor; Michael McClintock, Contributing Editor
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  • Roadrunner Haiku Journal ~ a quarterly online journal that publishes quality avant guarde English-language haiku and senryu. The Gendai [21st Century-Modern] Haiku Translations section is worth the visit alone. Jason Sanford Brown & Scott Metz, Editors.
  • Simply Haiku ~ a quarterly journal of Japanese short form poetry, "contains original contributions from new poets and experienced haijin, with offerings in the English genres of haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, renku and haiga. In addition, we feature a haiku column, and offer articles, interviews and book reviews featuring well known figures from the international haiku community along with reprints from other journals that merit wider distribution." Robert D. Wilson, Managing Editor
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  • Tanka Central ~ the megasite for English language tanka and related forms "The mission of TankaCentral.com is to promote the tanka form of poetry, to educate newcomers to tanka about the form's history and future, techniques and uses, and to work for wider publication of tanka in both specialty and mainstream poetry venues. In order to accomplish this mission, it is our intent to build this into a megasite that will be the best place to study tanka on the internet, with its own onsite resources, with comprehensive links to other relevant sites, with connections to others who write, read, and publish tanka, and that can become the best source for finding places that publish tanka, calls for submissions, contests, etc. "
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  • ..Tryptich Haiku ~ alternative and experimental haiku. Kevin Doran, Managing Editor
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Print Journals

  • Acorn: a journal of contemporary haiku ~ Acorn is a small biannual journal dedicated to publishing the best of contemporary English-language haiku. In particular, it showcases the individual poem and the ability of haiku to reveal the extraordinary moments found in everyday life. A.C. Missias, editor
  • Frogpond: the Journal of the American Haiku Society ~ The official publication of the Haiku Society of America. Its primary function is, to publish the best in contemporary English-language haiku and senryu, linked forms including sequences, renku, rengay, and haibun, essays and articles on these forms, and book reviews. Published three times a year. George Swede and Anita Krumins, editors

    bottle rockets ~ a magazine dedicated to haiku, senryu, and related poetry. Stanford M. Forrester, Editor
  • HaikuOz ~ the journal of the Australian Haiku Society. A print journal, but their web site posts announcements for international contests and upcoming events.


www.tankasocietyofamerica.com

http://www.haibun.net/


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