tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637276778022132462024-03-05T18:36:13.807-08:00MahMight haiku journalArea 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463727677802213246.post-51869505956949844002021-12-16T12:14:00.002-08:002021-12-16T12:14:34.301-08:00Lev Hart and Eric Amann<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhF_ieYfN0RSH29cR0BtCb3m2SIR1Apg06mhYMMdBg9yoMRUOADA4Ue_gMwsF73qxtp5wjL347CcsKnRWqghm-eW1Nf7P_TXn9hHwy5xSuXhywV8jTjWBK1ZCLxifQz-H6qnfrEmfkDDpol5KHEJmAtCPLkWcgYrZqZt5AVgwuMkPbpJJ-FoKGafL6=s616" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="616" data-original-width="565" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhF_ieYfN0RSH29cR0BtCb3m2SIR1Apg06mhYMMdBg9yoMRUOADA4Ue_gMwsF73qxtp5wjL347CcsKnRWqghm-eW1Nf7P_TXn9hHwy5xSuXhywV8jTjWBK1ZCLxifQz-H6qnfrEmfkDDpol5KHEJmAtCPLkWcgYrZqZt5AVgwuMkPbpJJ-FoKGafL6=w368-h400" width="368" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Lev Hart said:</span></b><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><i>“Please accept the following as my submission for the journal I might not like…”</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>What’s not to like when something unexpectedly awesome, unsettling so, pops through the virtual letter box!</i></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>rotting linoleum<br />a fairy ring encircles<br />our toilet</b></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Lev Hart</b></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Lev says about his haiku:</span></b><br /><i><span style="font-size: large;">“Sometimes we find nature in unexpected places, as you observe in the call for submissions to <a href="https://bloooutlierjournal.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Blo͞o Outlier Journal</a> issue #3. </span></i></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Perhaps in this haiku we can also find <a href="https://www.kyoto-ryokan-sakura.com/archives/191" target="_blank">wabi-sabi</a> in the rotting linoleum, the brief life of mushrooms, and the toilet's destiny, which is to fall through the floor.”</span></i></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Lev says:</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><i>One of my favorite haiku is by Eric Amann, partially because it gets along fine with no <a href="http://www.columbia.edu/itc/eacp/asiasite/topics/Haiku/Seasonal/Text.htm" target="_blank">kireji</a>:</i></span></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>The names of the dead<br />sinking deeper and deeper<br />into the red leaves</b></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Eric Amann</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">(1978 Yukuharu Grand Prize, Haiku Journal, judge: Shugyō Takaha)</span></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Lev further says:</span></b><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><i>“I see the names on a war monument. Perhaps this image comes to me because red, fallen leaves suggest autumn, the season in which we commemorate Remembrance Day. Leaves and soldiers fall. Buried soldiers, like fallen leaves, become earth. Perhaps Amann's imagery implies that in time the monument too will return to earth, along with humanity as a whole—it is all <a href="http://www.wabi-sabijapan.com/home/" target="_blank">sabi</a>.”</i></span></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Lev’s favorite quote from "Waiting for Godot" is the final stage direction:</span></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>'They do not move.'</i></b></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">His favorite quote from "Withnail and I" is the instantly memorable: </span></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">"I feel like a pig shat in my head."</span></i></b></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Lev says that both of these quotes speak to the heart of the human condition.</span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>NOTES</u>:</b></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Lev Hart, Calgary, Canada</span></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Two more haiku from Lev Hart:</span></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">sickle moon<br />a north wind sharpens<br />the stars</span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lev Hart</span><br />Ad Astra with Guest Editor Alex Fyffe<br /><a href="https://thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialogue-ad-astra-star-clusters/">https://thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialogue-ad-astra-star-clusters/</a></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">long-dead stars–<br />I chart a course by<br />my ancestors’ light</span></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lev Hart</span><br />Ad Astra with Guest Editor Alex Fyffe<br /><a href="https://thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialogue-ad-astra-distant-suns/">https://thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialogue-ad-astra-distant-suns/</a></span></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Nanum Gothic;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2wkETleTQKmRh_YeQWXpUAy6L9rh7jiE17CjmwUydqGIrabvOhRdMyhvy0oQ5E-3UmNbUkfHdWNAFgGGlXBw5kUN1SBqigfrkvg87MBET4P-eWkTQKWQpRwNLqplU029U0c4OQeysKcsF31PjKwXW1XGtkoryqMwZ5SjCXwtj6BDli1b74-6IBift=s799" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="197" data-original-width="799" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2wkETleTQKmRh_YeQWXpUAy6L9rh7jiE17CjmwUydqGIrabvOhRdMyhvy0oQ5E-3UmNbUkfHdWNAFgGGlXBw5kUN1SBqigfrkvg87MBET4P-eWkTQKWQpRwNLqplU029U0c4OQeysKcsF31PjKwXW1XGtkoryqMwZ5SjCXwtj6BDli1b74-6IBift=w640-h158" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Nanum Gothic";"><br /></span></div></div><p></p><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div> </div><div class="separator"><div> </div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The names of the dead</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">sinking deeper and deeper</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">into the red leaves</span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Eric Amann</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">1978 Yukuharu Grand Prize, Haiku Journal</span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Judge: </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Shugyō Takaha</span></b></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><b> </b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>About Shugyō Takaha</b>, </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">the haiku master who chose Amann’s winning haiku:</span></span></div><div> </div><div><a href="https://www.modernhaiku.org/bookreviews/Shugyo2003.html"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">https://www.modernhaiku.org/bookreviews/Shugyo2003.html</span></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2003/09/14/books/book-reviews/poetry-a-language-without-borders/"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2003/09/14/books/book-reviews/poetry-a-language-without-borders/</span></span></a></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>One Year of Haiku</b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(trans. Jack Stamm)</span></div><div><a href="https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/omeka/files/original/6a796511cb0c97db3c288c2e50cfca52.pdf"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/omeka/files/original/6a796511cb0c97db3c288c2e50cfca52.pdf</span></span></a></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkAtWs2PSObc1awB1Ir6Xk6DBac5-e-QLFoEjbhpnft6DxUYppBBeuc-sciJ0jmJqKfAYBoYPGv3i6VT1Hk4gAbF2AN0nhOZVe5M9-H3TYlcHOQzb1mnd-LeQzpEwqohzLM_aYF6qNJOhoO_dzzO4zjgbS7sKQN-JcqPPLM5hituy0FnhzZ3IfKoHg=s717" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="717" data-original-width="450" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkAtWs2PSObc1awB1Ir6Xk6DBac5-e-QLFoEjbhpnft6DxUYppBBeuc-sciJ0jmJqKfAYBoYPGv3i6VT1Hk4gAbF2AN0nhOZVe5M9-H3TYlcHOQzb1mnd-LeQzpEwqohzLM_aYF6qNJOhoO_dzzO4zjgbS7sKQN-JcqPPLM5hituy0FnhzZ3IfKoHg=w402-h640" width="402" /></a></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><em>Cicada Voices: Selected Haiku of Eric Amann, 1966–1979</em> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">(High/Coo Press, 1983)</span></div><div><a href="https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/omeka/files/original/142671254d9127367a283788be27e1ce.pdf"><em><span style="font-size: large;">https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/omeka/files/original/142671254d9127367a283788be27e1ce.pdf</span></em></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Eric W. Amann</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">(16 January 1934 – July 2016)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://livinghaikuanthology.com/index-of-poets/livinglegacies/4888-amann,-eric-w.html">https://livinghaikuanthology.com/index-of-poets/livinglegacies/4888-amann,-eric-w.html</a> </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">THF profile:</span></div><div><a href="https://thehaikufoundation.org/poet-details/?IDclient=1804"><span style="font-size: large;">https://thehaikufoundation.org/poet-details/?IDclient=1804</span></a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEO9Qi99lmcRfXgmRrvLJQCBioTE7fS2yo-HIJUOYgcsPaCSPwWDDpBhWYITxxk5FgmCHQ9xw_I4V_VHj74OQNA66VkbH2WAEOwZcRQb_qs50yaTTmQhlcjxKwhEcGMUg06bfAA5b8N-RkCko7nWMQ2NI7GbF2ylI7jONuz2Yp7mRPyn7uIbL_iYOt=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1534" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEO9Qi99lmcRfXgmRrvLJQCBioTE7fS2yo-HIJUOYgcsPaCSPwWDDpBhWYITxxk5FgmCHQ9xw_I4V_VHj74OQNA66VkbH2WAEOwZcRQb_qs50yaTTmQhlcjxKwhEcGMUg06bfAA5b8N-RkCko7nWMQ2NI7GbF2ylI7jONuz2Yp7mRPyn7uIbL_iYOt=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></div><br /></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size: large;">The Wordless Poem </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">A Study of Zen in Haiku (1969)</span></div><div><a href="https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/omeka/files/original/65955e779a5d99a1643028599939f3ba.pdf"><span style="font-size: large;">https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/omeka/files/original/65955e779a5d99a1643028599939f3ba.pdf</span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Nanum Gothic;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Nanum Gothic;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Nanum Gothic; font-size: x-large;"><b>The MahMight haiku journal will resume after the holidays and reopen for haiku business in the New Year</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0McZhn5zAO6Ni7uUkzQiSoprNytezqne2jUUt5icOufStrbB0xUvHitR92G3WIbnF4BG37BFxv8SjgRYgEJnxuntp4fSlziSOS30gyrbJwCVduybuzlBWd89Dgw_b0M-j0O__Pv1Ib25u6OMzkfJoEC-oUgcL8dhGU4nQpGZPbaCoAm3RpEYQCtmu=s742" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="369" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0McZhn5zAO6Ni7uUkzQiSoprNytezqne2jUUt5icOufStrbB0xUvHitR92G3WIbnF4BG37BFxv8SjgRYgEJnxuntp4fSlziSOS30gyrbJwCVduybuzlBWd89Dgw_b0M-j0O__Pv1Ib25u6OMzkfJoEC-oUgcL8dhGU4nQpGZPbaCoAm3RpEYQCtmu=w199-h400" width="199" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Area 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463727677802213246.post-64056058433932100662021-12-15T01:04:00.001-08:002021-12-15T01:04:15.319-08:00Susan Burch and Julie Bloss Kelsey go all science fiction haiku aka scifaiku!<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIRV2RdYvh9sa3culsUSFjo8JsSfhli6sId_FguL6QfcSeuMmMhjTJ9EF5jbbJ4zsWcrBSaVwXmNFF-GHaEIJzqKka7cn_IHaIGDveppkxSr6Tgvs0oSPTfbt_VjZpHqp3ROqTVj1zmgHmaIVM7hO4K93u2DsnDvEmwKOzcMRryxubDcBlJxDgFwYr=s649" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="649" height="630" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIRV2RdYvh9sa3culsUSFjo8JsSfhli6sId_FguL6QfcSeuMmMhjTJ9EF5jbbJ4zsWcrBSaVwXmNFF-GHaEIJzqKka7cn_IHaIGDveppkxSr6Tgvs0oSPTfbt_VjZpHqp3ROqTVj1zmgHmaIVM7hO4K93u2DsnDvEmwKOzcMRryxubDcBlJxDgFwYr=w640-h630" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>medicinal weight gain the blob returns</b></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Susan Burch</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Susan says:</b></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>“I think it’s hard when our bodies fail us in numerous ways and even the medications we take don’t help that much or have side effects that make us worse in other ways.</i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>This is me accepting it and making fun of myself while also hating it, if that makes any sense at all.</i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>I hope people will appreciate the humor in it.”</i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Susan nominates this haiku as a favorite:</span></b></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>perfect evening<br />you wrap your arms around <br />and around me</b></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Julie Bloss Kelsey</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Scifaikuest online February 2011</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Susan says:</span></b></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>“I met Julie at an HSA Meeting in DC, where she was the only one to read any scifaiku. They were so fun!</i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>I had just started reading and writing them and I immediately fell in love with this scifaiku. And to date it's the only poem I have memorized.</i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>It perfectly describes the magic of love: how it feels to love and to be loved, and isn’t that what life’s all about?”</i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>HSA/Haiku Society of America:</b> <a href="https://www.hsa-haiku.org">https://www.hsa-haiku.org</a></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Susan’s quotes</b></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Waiting for Godot:</b><br /><i>“In an instant, all will vanish and we’ll be alone once more, in the midst of nothingness.”</i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Withnail and I:</b><br /><i>"My thumbs have gone weird."</i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><b><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><u>NOTES</u></span><span style="font-family: arial;">:</span></span></b></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>About Susan:</b></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i>Susan Burch is a good egg.</i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>About Julie Bloss Kelsey</b></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">in-laws at the door—<br />those panicked moments<br />before I shapeshift</span></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Julie Bloss Kelsey</span></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dwarf Form Third Place</span></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">J</span><span style="font-family: arial;">udge’s comments:
</span></b></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>I have such a clear picture from this poem. Who among us hasn't had those "is there underwear trailing up the stairs? beer bottles on the coffee table?" moments? Tying in shapeshifting morphs the poem to a whole different level.</i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Julie Bloss Kelsey’s poetry has appeared in Star*Line, Grievous Angel, Scifaikuest, and Jersey Devil Press. She won the Dwarf Stars Award in 2011 and tied for second place in 2016. </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.sfpoetry.com/contests/18contest.html">https://www.sfpoetry.com/contests/18contest.html</a></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><br /></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Julie teamed with poet Susan Burch as editors for </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>25 Science Fiction Tanka and Kyoka </b></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">at Atlas Poetica.</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.atlaspoetica.org/25-science-fiction-tanka-and-kyoka/">https://www.atlaspoetica.org/25-science-fiction-tanka-and-kyoka/</a></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Julie Bloss Kelsey</b> is the current Secretary of The Haiku Foundation. Her first short-form poetry chapbook, <b><i>The Call of Wildflowers</i></b>, was published in 2020 by Title IX Press. You can read more about her work here:<br /><a href="https://thehaikufoundation.org/staff-member/julie-bloss-kelsey/">https://thehaikufoundation.org/staff-member/julie-bloss-kelsey/</a></span></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTi_jZcK9AdafcfqvYL2G0tT02zJBnOSWeFKEf9TZ1CN5YUdEyTcv18LxBi4ZGYYbsmVb82LNaywvoqCJiA-DGbmFgQFrc5tUVRtf2WyhqBakGjxMz8sb-mnidSM8cJ4-zzh0rfd7QPwHNTLIJXPGkf-SWpiCovPwTevXZJsfErKx89MorSGgDIKdN=s641" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="639" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTi_jZcK9AdafcfqvYL2G0tT02zJBnOSWeFKEf9TZ1CN5YUdEyTcv18LxBi4ZGYYbsmVb82LNaywvoqCJiA-DGbmFgQFrc5tUVRtf2WyhqBakGjxMz8sb-mnidSM8cJ4-zzh0rfd7QPwHNTLIJXPGkf-SWpiCovPwTevXZJsfErKx89MorSGgDIKdN=w399-h400" width="399" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Call of Wildflowers:</span></b><br /><a href="https://e7b207b8-f70d-4a2b-9a92-95e280e7fb92.filesusr.com/ugd/8a417d_12071309fb534807ae10bc6a3e7e975e.pdf"><span style="font-size: large;">https://e7b207b8-f70d-4a2b-9a92-95e280e7fb92.filesusr.com/ugd/8a417d_12071309fb534807ae10bc6a3e7e975e.pdf</span></a></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Julie is regularly published at <b><i>Tinywords</i></b>:</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://tinywords.com/author/jublke/">https://tinywords.com/author/jublke/</a></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Other good web links for Julie:</b></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/julie_bloss_kelsey">https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/julie_bloss_kelsey</a><br /><a href="https://starsinmysugarbowl.wordpress.com/awards/">https://starsinmysugarbowl.wordpress.com/awards/</a></span></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://haikupedia.org/article-haikupedia/julie-bloss-kelsey/">https://haikupedia.org/article-haikupedia/julie-bloss-kelsey/</a></span></div><div class="default-style"><br /></div><div class="default-style"><br /></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Twitter</b> (@MamaJoules)</span></div><div class="default-style"><a href="https://twitter.com/MamaJoules"><span style="font-size: large;">https://twitter.com/MamaJoules</span></a></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>instagram:</b> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/julieblosskelsey/?hl=en-gb">https://www.instagram.com/julieblosskelsey/?hl=en-gb</a></span></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Julie's Etsy shop, great things for <b>Christmas</b> too!<br /><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/SenecaCreekCrafts">https://www.etsy.com/shop/SenecaCreekCrafts</a></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLSqBqxHj5s0fGj0Y_vrC0UoOmMrMfbO_eW-6a89w-NXv6zUm2YfZaLQ3CeUMGHSXUWoM1U-wqLC0eEOPItZ3Vo7_SQMFeA-1l6nKcWVnGEz4G9QbkNBZ2LilT1l9UAl78sAN8kF0wuHNKi-lDHOlHkp0ncjzWrrYnADPjAPChTOvOw7HCBDHnHcfG=s742" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="728" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJjd8165qg3ZSUE9dF1zRBSKBimXOiYuveD6dW51tIoszTxWWbuV5wOsEOToYFF-kLNQU7C4SIRt_FIywUoy-S1YmIaMHJudgSGDmzhufs_zuz-MZZdVkH3ag5A7YTxWkf6hKonYAw0FABKConRQz5Mwe4YJA4Dj7p_uQJaewZoN3ODRUVTz0mjYwO=w640-h468" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">yesterday’s wash<br />frozen on the line<br />her paper dolls</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Reid Hepworth</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Reid says:</span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /><i> </i></span></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">“My mum was a repeat offender of leaving our laundry on the clothesline overnight. I have a distinct memory of having to “break” my frozen clothes in order to wear them to school one morning. This reminded me of the paper dolls I used to “play” with as a child.</span></i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;"><i> </i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>How does one actually play with paper dolls?”</i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Reid’s Favourite Haiku by Another Poet:</b></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">applauding<br />the mime<br />in our mittens</span></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">John Stevenson</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Reid says:</span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /><i> </i></span></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">“John Stevenson is a new writer to me (having just “discovered” him yesterday).</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;"><i> </i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I read this poem before bed last night and it made me laugh. I like the synchronicity of the silent mime and the muffled applause. Clever.</span></i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;"><i> </i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">John’s haiku are brilliant and deserve careful attention.</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;"><i> </i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>This is just one (of many) that caught my eye.”</i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;"><b>Reid's Favourite Quotes:</b></span><br /><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Waiting for Godot:</span></i></b><br /><i><span style="font-size: large;">“There’s man for you, blaming on his boots, the fault of his feet.”</span></i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Withnail and I:</span></i></b><br /><i><span style="font-size: large;">"I don’t advise a haircut, man. All hairdressers are in the employment of the government.</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;"><i> </i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Hair are your aerials. They pick up signals from the cosmos, and transmit them directly into your brain. </span></i></span><i style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is the reason bald-headed men are uptight.”</span></i></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><br /><b><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><u>NOTES</u>:</span></b></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Reid:</b></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgi2-oDNo3P6oAK0uQkiWptOI38GTbECWe0iYLm3eVJp-S_tOdyCQN7kTCvtRI_8An6atywvxq2mI0mCLqCAd4W42dDsg_MVwGVf0zpvQ-aSXZjOLcJVPfXUX7AqeVaREkeFlTIroKbW8AIZRx6f3SyQPZaliqjAmRPLmWNNmu8wSqhQZ-h57hcNOQQ=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgi2-oDNo3P6oAK0uQkiWptOI38GTbECWe0iYLm3eVJp-S_tOdyCQN7kTCvtRI_8An6atywvxq2mI0mCLqCAd4W42dDsg_MVwGVf0zpvQ-aSXZjOLcJVPfXUX7AqeVaREkeFlTIroKbW8AIZRx6f3SyQPZaliqjAmRPLmWNNmu8wSqhQZ-h57hcNOQQ=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"><strong><em>Reid Hepworth</em></strong> lives in a tiny cabin in the woods in Jordan River, BC, where she plays tiny ukulele and writes tiny poetry.</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"><strong>Reid says:</strong></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><em>I’m strictly a uke player and play mostly classical, with a bit of jazz/blues thrown in for good measure. I dabbled with guitar, bass, and drums in my youth, but was pretty abysmal. For some reason (probably the scale) uke just works for me.</em></span></div></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">Jordan River:</span></b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div class="default-style"><a href="https://vancouverisland.com/plan-your-trip/regions-and-towns/vancouver-island-bc-islands/jordan-river/"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">https://vancouverisland.com/plan-your-trip/regions-and-towns/vancouver-island-bc-islands/jordan-river/</span></a></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>John Stevenson</u>:</b></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEik1gQK99eqraEWDDY5UTVaEcJWbg42-H0_6RRO_Q1jUxU2RpeCl8jgNBWyHzOe1K6Z6GTcQ6b0vvIf5rZ8CNFBO3ibIQoHiCmbKP-Fu1cGrxJsMVN0esKLatMBh3pjBtPPuw1DKBP8kohoKeCv7LC68Xjr9CI0l_relKKBDAkMQNUKCNTXLM2L4-Dw=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEik1gQK99eqraEWDDY5UTVaEcJWbg42-H0_6RRO_Q1jUxU2RpeCl8jgNBWyHzOe1K6Z6GTcQ6b0vvIf5rZ8CNFBO3ibIQoHiCmbKP-Fu1cGrxJsMVN0esKLatMBh3pjBtPPuw1DKBP8kohoKeCv7LC68Xjr9CI0l_relKKBDAkMQNUKCNTXLM2L4-Dw=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Caught!</i></b> </span></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: center;">John Stevenson in deep shadow </span></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: center;"><b>Venue:</b> Roman Baths, City of Bath </span></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: center;">by Alan Summers</span></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">applauding<br />the mime<br />in our mittens</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">John Stevenson</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>First publication:</b> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Frogpond, 35.1, 2002 (Haiku Society of America)</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The subsequent publications of this haiku:</span></b><br /><i style="font-size: large;"><b>pegging the wind:</b></i><span style="font-size: medium;"> The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2002</span></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><b>Quiet Enough</b></i> (Red Moon Press, 2004, 2008, 2016, 2018)</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><b>HAIKU: the Art of the Short Poem</b></i> (Brooks Books 2008)</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><b>Kitsch Magazine</b></i> - vol 8 no. 2 (Spring 2010)</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">My Red</span></b><span style="font-size: medium;"> | The Selected Haiku of John Stevenson (Brooks Books 2021)</span></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>HAIKU: the Art of the Short Poem</b></i></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">A film haiku anthology edited by Tazuo Yamaguchi & Randy Brooks<br />paperback & DVD (Brooks Books 2008)<br /><a href="https://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/haikufilm/index.html">https://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/haikufilm/index.html</a></span></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>Kitsch Magazine</b> - vol 8 no. 2 (Spring 2010)<br />editor-in-chief Rachel Louise Ensign <br />managing editor Allison Fischler <br /><a href="https://issuu.com/kitschmag/docs/kitsch_-_spring_10">https://issuu.com/kitschmag/docs/kitsch_-_spring_10</a></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8Zm3F3oSW7NgdBJadlyFfEXwvWNaVl_5hPcul1Ewsu5kc1NR_M4v8j6v_YIWDjQ7AVUROXyHTNeTKow4aE-NU9oJNAs9Et-MuIqfaSySpaaqS8f6dnKlpFIbhMsT7eW1NeRtuC0t4r0sROXwJYrIiBEATdJk7xPWUZ7K7lGV7ZeUXz-2LE1fsCs9I=s928" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="928" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8Zm3F3oSW7NgdBJadlyFfEXwvWNaVl_5hPcul1Ewsu5kc1NR_M4v8j6v_YIWDjQ7AVUROXyHTNeTKow4aE-NU9oJNAs9Et-MuIqfaSySpaaqS8f6dnKlpFIbhMsT7eW1NeRtuC0t4r0sROXwJYrIiBEATdJk7xPWUZ7K7lGV7ZeUXz-2LE1fsCs9I=w259-h400" width="259" /></a></div><div class="default-style"><br /></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>pegging the wind:</i></b> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2002<br /><a href="https://redmoonpress.com/product/strongipegging-the-wind-the-red-moon-anthology-of-english-language-haiku-2002istrong-edited-by-jim-kacian-and-the-red-moon-editorial-staff/">https://redmoonpress.com/product/strongipegging-the-wind-the-red-moon-anthology-of-english-language-haiku-2002istrong-edited-by-jim-kacian-and-the-red-moon-editorial-staff/</a></span></div><div class="default-style"><br /></div><div class="default-style"><br /></div><div class="default-style"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifd-hgz5Jj6ybCWXrpN1B_53qBk2patbeln0GfF4-02q_V92lFOKOYjRX7KoBhTrVbQK7q8P5UlrYtMCZ0Yj8EgrzJ62KFvinzR51LYq_5acP86aDKrFJFoekcr5LiiXuitV3ldxlBEwE5EJojqMQF94_-iylhAFwKrEwhdHc9T2R1e5S_oJ9b0cRA=s739" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="739" data-original-width="602" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifd-hgz5Jj6ybCWXrpN1B_53qBk2patbeln0GfF4-02q_V92lFOKOYjRX7KoBhTrVbQK7q8P5UlrYtMCZ0Yj8EgrzJ62KFvinzR51LYq_5acP86aDKrFJFoekcr5LiiXuitV3ldxlBEwE5EJojqMQF94_-iylhAFwKrEwhdHc9T2R1e5S_oJ9b0cRA=s320" width="261" /></a></div><div class="default-style"><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Quiet Enough</b> (Red Moon Press, 2004, 2008, 2016, 2018)<br />Award: Haiku Society of America Merit Book Award, First Prize</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br />Judges: Dean Summers and Ruth Yarrow</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>“When you open the handsome cover with an O’Keeffe painting of a pelvis, you find more than five dozen haiku, interspersed with a dozen tanka and haibun, as spare and strong as bones. Echoing the title, they cohere with a quiet poignancy that resonates on many levels.”</i><br /><a href="https://www.hsa-haiku.org/meritbookawards/meritbookawards2005.htm">https://www.hsa-haiku.org/meritbookawards/meritbookawards2005.htm</a></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><br /><b>p.s.</b> Dean is no relation to me (Alan Summers)!</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Now available as a PDF:</b><br /><a href="https://thehaikufoundation.org/omeka/files/original/d69b75d79f4af4301bf851e70be66c98.pdf">https://thehaikufoundation.org/omeka/files/original/d69b75d79f4af4301bf851e70be66c98.pdf</a> </span></div></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjK37YI-39RmWSzdUGxXRPXGWSvu6uzPRphf8qDrBW8KPFKWBAcO7BQowdhIniRvtosqFp7wqFAseW1YUCxg6nuu1tn6lFJyTdKi0PW6Qwo5ypJwS9I-ah8H8QN1YMTT9jWwttxXmaY2Adaa7Xwljsb8wkxMFDEnSGmg_ncq2Gzv5BQA7Mf_9fC-JLo=s400" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="263" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjK37YI-39RmWSzdUGxXRPXGWSvu6uzPRphf8qDrBW8KPFKWBAcO7BQowdhIniRvtosqFp7wqFAseW1YUCxg6nuu1tn6lFJyTdKi0PW6Qwo5ypJwS9I-ah8H8QN1YMTT9jWwttxXmaY2Adaa7Xwljsb8wkxMFDEnSGmg_ncq2Gzv5BQA7Mf_9fC-JLo=w421-h640" width="421" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>My Red</b><br />The Selected Haiku of John Stevenson </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">(Brooks Books 2021)</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><i>"</i></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>applauding"</i> page 84</span></div><div class="default-style"><a href="https://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/Stevenson-MyRed.html"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">https://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/Stevenson-MyRed.html</span></a></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">by Logan Rando Productions:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkgX2o2zzZ0" style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkgX2o2zzZ0</span></a></div><br /></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><br /></div><div class="default-style"><span><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>John Stevenson interviewed</u>:</b></span><br /><b style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: arial;"><a href="https://haikupoetinterviews.wordpress.com/2021/12/01/john-stevenson/"><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;">https://haikupoetinterviews.wordpress.com/2021/12/01/john-stevenson/</span></a></b></span></div><div class="default-style"><span><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; 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text-align: center;">Roman Baths</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">City of Bath U.K.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;">And yes, I have very long arms!</span></b></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLpDiGDh9e_jAB-ncToaGHUkcJm34Mk3pNY77OM-DhXf7FV8h_L2uxPy1l73mVw9DTO66gCaxPB_66SXf9DefzdWh_EEh3ygnO80wXnC-7QfkRWDS3pUUvgFqqt19_M6QudLiv1zsSKw9B_WlQ1TS3QiWUK44tCqZeIY_usU3V2auI01WH-JabUXza=s829" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="829" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLpDiGDh9e_jAB-ncToaGHUkcJm34Mk3pNY77OM-DhXf7FV8h_L2uxPy1l73mVw9DTO66gCaxPB_66SXf9DefzdWh_EEh3ygnO80wXnC-7QfkRWDS3pUUvgFqqt19_M6QudLiv1zsSKw9B_WlQ1TS3QiWUK44tCqZeIY_usU3V2auI01WH-JabUXza=w640-h370" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Second great day with John, Tate Modern (London, UK)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">John (centre)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Karen Hoy on the right.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">photo©Alan Summers</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;">THE EY EXHIBITION PICASSO 1932 – LOVE, FAME, TRAGEDY</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/ey-exhibition-picasso-1932-love-fame-tragedy"><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;">https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/ey-exhibition-picasso-1932-love-fame-tragedy</span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><br /></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4Cjr17l9sQ1kIpoY2KTWwiAwQhgR3v7y6vAout9BclxvvaOkIaXKmaK2bJ13k-i2sfdRRCPBIkw001GoPgXaqvjZCnJ1UNKqfghhtolhWnYjS13NrZHW-JLmIIMmfPaAMcQ3Gh6ZwII-sNqdpzNLJ0kAUZBnymL8IfFUTYilxVmNpOAhTa0sqUsXR=s742" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="369" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4Cjr17l9sQ1kIpoY2KTWwiAwQhgR3v7y6vAout9BclxvvaOkIaXKmaK2bJ13k-i2sfdRRCPBIkw001GoPgXaqvjZCnJ1UNKqfghhtolhWnYjS13NrZHW-JLmIIMmfPaAMcQ3Gh6ZwII-sNqdpzNLJ0kAUZBnymL8IfFUTYilxVmNpOAhTa0sqUsXR=w199-h400" width="199" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><br /><p></p>Area 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463727677802213246.post-53874103651461380792021-11-27T04:42:00.000-08:002021-11-27T04:42:27.211-08:00Joseph P. Wechselberger and Elliot Nicely and the milk of human kindness<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUu87kQvtlHS8Ajee-bzGLy-nkniJWuFMSZhJ7lxl0ut_e-U_0zobVxjzSfZgtBLKYSr_m4immZy2olhYXQzmxKHGlVkL-8lTcwitH9xl65J92k2uGgLA9G0bH-tgPk32VJJmmqJR24lbXY5pb8Wkij8aYQ-NTrdWlEQX1lErMMj56tMMloeNQXcFc=s430" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="238" data-original-width="430" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUu87kQvtlHS8Ajee-bzGLy-nkniJWuFMSZhJ7lxl0ut_e-U_0zobVxjzSfZgtBLKYSr_m4immZy2olhYXQzmxKHGlVkL-8lTcwitH9xl65J92k2uGgLA9G0bH-tgPk32VJJmmqJR24lbXY5pb8Wkij8aYQ-NTrdWlEQX1lErMMj56tMMloeNQXcFc=w400-h221" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">still warm in the cans</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">the village milk wagon</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">making its rounds</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Joseph P. Wechselberger</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i>"In 1954 when I was eight years old and living in a small village in northern France, there was a horse-drawn wagon that came down the street with large cans of milk fresh from the cows, unpasteurized and unhomogenized, the driver ringing a bell to signal its presence. Women came from the houses along the route with pitchers and small containers, and the driver would ladle milk into them. I’ve never forgotten it."</i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Joseph's favorite haiku is by Elliot Nicely</u>:</b></span></div><div class="default-style" style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><u><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmTl6DWG4CYgWeqCLtb78wcd6KAOvWrzHMIKmJYVZl5sKZdXRRHvVsaJDVvPL7HJrtyw_TfK3bhjTCRwEELPolUqiU73CXPC5291O4LSqaty2mkK8V4paNgttb0GM_qcBElkHvsFoSRFWqIAxy5izurhrvbvZOBUSYa5DNRNvtHEVSSBxF7LJxiDFe=s560" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="355" data-original-width="560" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmTl6DWG4CYgWeqCLtb78wcd6KAOvWrzHMIKmJYVZl5sKZdXRRHvVsaJDVvPL7HJrtyw_TfK3bhjTCRwEELPolUqiU73CXPC5291O4LSqaty2mkK8V4paNgttb0GM_qcBElkHvsFoSRFWqIAxy5izurhrvbvZOBUSYa5DNRNvtHEVSSBxF7LJxiDFe=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /></u></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">in the icu</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">a ventilator’s slow exhale …</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">winter deepens</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Elliot Nicely</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>first publication:</b> Presence, Issue 66</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>anthology:</b> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">a jar of rain: the Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku, 2020</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Joseph says:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i>"This poem speaks to me directly. I have lived the moment Elliot Nicely so succinctly captures. It was a cold February in 1972. My mother lingered in a coma in ICU for ten days, hooked up to various machines that kept her temporarily alive. I spent each day sitting in the waiting room, alone, popping in and out of the ICU to spend time with her. I was with her when she died."</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Waiting for Godot:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">“VLADIMIR: <i>You should have been a poet.”</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Withnail and I:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">“MONTY: <i>Loyalty isn’t a matter of selection.”</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><b><u><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">NOTES</span></u></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;">Joseph P. Wechselberger</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span data-keep-original-tag="false">hails from </span>Browns Mills, NJ USA</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">under stars our sleeping bags touching</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Joseph P. Wechselberger</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Frogpond 44.1 • 2021</span></div><div><a href="https://www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond/2021-issue44-1/haiku.html"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond/2021-issue44-1/haiku.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">schoolyard</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">how the saplings grew</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">over the summer</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Joseph P. Wechselberger</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The Heron’s Nest Volume XXII, Number 1: March 2020</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.theheronsnest.com/March2020/haiku-p6.html">https://www.theheronsnest.com/March2020/haiku-p6.html</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">another death . . . </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">gathering fallen apples </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">for tomorrow’s pies</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Joseph P. Wechselberger, USA</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Cattails October 2021 page 33</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">check out another on page 56</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.cattailsjournal.com/issues/cattails212.pdf">http://www.cattailsjournal.com/issues/cattails212.pdf</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Also check out:</b></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Prune Juice Issue #30 March 2020</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://prunejuicesenryu.com/2020/02/28/joseph-p-wechselberger-usa-pj30/">https://prunejuicesenryu.com/2020/02/28/joseph-p-wechselberger-usa-pj30/</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><u><b>Elliot Nicely</b></u></span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><a href="https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/elliot_nicely">https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/elliot_nicely</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZmj36E2sB3t6J2HMr0fc7SpZMlEkOE6uQLl6Eaw0h1P7GQ_T7wwQBj-GCDmnppkmRSIiZHmICNqjlyUw0d2XkFMAgl8HjqP6gXKZzv0EXPmDsBrXanhFqrqmvoWdbFHkDYqQIr0384TrOctRve7z7tVNzGuF_-1pNdQsGQb9jxnB4YrPmxuXhrz7n=s457" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="457" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZmj36E2sB3t6J2HMr0fc7SpZMlEkOE6uQLl6Eaw0h1P7GQ_T7wwQBj-GCDmnppkmRSIiZHmICNqjlyUw0d2XkFMAgl8HjqP6gXKZzv0EXPmDsBrXanhFqrqmvoWdbFHkDYqQIr0384TrOctRve7z7tVNzGuF_-1pNdQsGQb9jxnB4YrPmxuXhrz7n=s320" width="210" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">in the icu</span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">a ventilator’s slow exhale …</span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">winter deepens</span></div><div class="default-style" style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Elliot Nicely</span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">first publication: Presence, Issue 66 </span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://haikupresence.org">https://haikupresence.org</a></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgw04HaFrRaAO85sJVCDa4f11SJrzvSoR_ZVIE9bx4eEio8cJyMc1IASjBTFB9AJGraxplfjgNCqtnUDCqjbrFwxaWmTF2sUItpG0u2sfxHMkD2lNJvOSpv1L_ZL5anniuuBsTZcB0OI_wrapHLUOT4-JW4VkT7UVryNtrTIopeO7XWH5lmmrEDtjDj=s928" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="928" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgw04HaFrRaAO85sJVCDa4f11SJrzvSoR_ZVIE9bx4eEio8cJyMc1IASjBTFB9AJGraxplfjgNCqtnUDCqjbrFwxaWmTF2sUItpG0u2sfxHMkD2lNJvOSpv1L_ZL5anniuuBsTZcB0OI_wrapHLUOT4-JW4VkT7UVryNtrTIopeO7XWH5lmmrEDtjDj=s320" width="207" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">anthology: a jar of rain: the Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku, 2020</span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><a href="https://redmoonpress.com/product/strongijar-of-rain-the-red-moon-anthology-of-english-language-haiku-2020istrong-edited-by-jim-kacian-and-the-red-moon-editorial-staff/"><span style="font-size: large;">https://redmoonpress.com/product/strongijar-of-rain-the-red-moon-anthology-of-english-language-haiku-2020istrong-edited-by-jim-kacian-and-the-red-moon-editorial-staff/</span></a></div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">silence at her end ...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">the cord around my finger</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">coiling uncoiling</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Elliot Nicely</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Blithe Spirit, 25:4,November 2015 ed. Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: white;">Elliot Nicely</span></b> is the author of two chapbooks: </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>The Black Between Stars</i></b> (Crisis Chronicles Press, 2017) and <b><i>Tangled Shadows: Senryu and Haiku</i></b> (Rosenberry Books, 2013). </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">He is an Ohio poet (USA).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSBIygFwkm1kCSP8ZKWXWZ5hPRDHxH3IqwPrB-k-WuCvpnvaT-isdY7YtxHBT90HYbIig7qNQuR1R-7BwS8HUeUCJq4YjFUkE6ENBfZ1QDIBs_0qVhik4BVnoDlxxKopQrgZTjaiMUBJ9A84RBgcGYSiewvbJO8jFf0DY4wIIFZ-2cZPX4j2e9jPPr=s929" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="619" data-original-width="929" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSBIygFwkm1kCSP8ZKWXWZ5hPRDHxH3IqwPrB-k-WuCvpnvaT-isdY7YtxHBT90HYbIig7qNQuR1R-7BwS8HUeUCJq4YjFUkE6ENBfZ1QDIBs_0qVhik4BVnoDlxxKopQrgZTjaiMUBJ9A84RBgcGYSiewvbJO8jFf0DY4wIIFZ-2cZPX4j2e9jPPr=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Tangled Shadows: Senryu and Haiku</b> (Rosenberry Books, 2013)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://rosenberrybooks.com/hand-bound-editions/haiku/tangled-shadows/">https://rosenberrybooks.com/hand-bound-editions/haiku/tangled-shadows/</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;"><b><i> </i></b></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>More info</i></b></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://clevelandpoetics.blogspot.com/2014/01/chapbook-review-tangled-shadows-senryu.html">https://clevelandpoetics.blogspot.com/2014/01/chapbook-review-tangled-shadows-senryu.html</a></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>The Black Between Stars</b> (Crisis Chronicles Press, 2017)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Nominated for an Ohioana Book Award and a Pushcart Prize.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="http://ccpress.blogspot.com/2017/05/cc089Nicely.html">http://ccpress.blogspot.com/2017/05/cc089Nicely.html</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>Randy Brooks review:</i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond/2017-issue40-3/Fp40-3-BrieflyReviewed.pdf">https://www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond/2017-issue40-3/Fp40-3-BrieflyReviewed.pdf</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>The Black Between Stars</b> by Elliot Nicely </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">(2017, Crisis Chronicles Press, Parma OH) 16 pages, 21⁄4×7 ̋, perfectbound. ISBN 978-1-940996-40-0. $4.99 plus $3 shipping from Crisis Chronicles Press, 3431 George Avenue, Parma, OH 44134.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>On the Crisis Chronicles Press website, Elliot Nicely notes that “We set out to develop a new work that is both startling and stark, a book which invokes a sense of disquiet and discomfort.”</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i> </i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>The book is published backwards to English conventions with the cover and title page coming last, and the reading pages progress- ing from right to left in a reverse chronology sequence. </i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i> </i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>The title haiku is waiting / for her lab results / the black between stars. I like the way this haiku shifts from a contemplative outdoors, to the inner consideration of a medical scan. </i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i> </i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>The chapbook progresses through two reversed pages with white ink haiku on black pages for two death scenes: <b>first prayer / of the wake / only the wine breathes</b> and <b>blackberry winter / in the cemetery / a fresh grave</b>. </i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i> </i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>Small chapbooks have always been an excellent way to present a short sequence or unified series. Nicely’s The Black Between Stars excels as an example of this haiku publishing tradition.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond/2017-issue40-3/Fp40-3-BrieflyReviewed.pdf">https://www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond/2017-issue40-3/Fp40-3-BrieflyReviewed.pdf</a> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkVcmacn1hBdOKDSvZYW4OYPXeLzRyKrtY3rACXVFEKA46bPs7Va3lWScWMOZz1RArVuj9Nk8LC_GiaaKflnfbXeK_dYDA3n6Lt4rs5NFq8iFeW4KEQZmR6S2WAZBAVXN8bG-ccLjeEDbiXMVNXScOvcfrnlwPzLfsJY9iggaWBH4VUkUeezY-H7R9=s928" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="928" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkVcmacn1hBdOKDSvZYW4OYPXeLzRyKrtY3rACXVFEKA46bPs7Va3lWScWMOZz1RArVuj9Nk8LC_GiaaKflnfbXeK_dYDA3n6Lt4rs5NFq8iFeW4KEQZmR6S2WAZBAVXN8bG-ccLjeEDbiXMVNXScOvcfrnlwPzLfsJY9iggaWBH4VUkUeezY-H7R9=w414-h640" width="414" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">flowering bittersweet . . .</span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">the chances</span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">i did take</span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="default-style" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">Elliot Nicely</span></div></div><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>A New Resonance 11:</b> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Emerging Voices in English-Language Haiku</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">editors Jim Kacian and Julie Warther</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://redmoonpress.com/product/strongia-new-resonance-11-emerging-voices-in-english-language-haikuistrong-edited-by-jim-kacian-and-julie-warther/">https://redmoonpress.com/product/strongia-new-resonance-11-emerging-voices-in-english-language-haikuistrong-edited-by-jim-kacian-and-julie-warther/</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjm4fAcapIotIitnl4QvMYjE44HNpgXoN6UO1JpLSpBU_PbzeAlX_v3TSYoQllcWBIQBwud-rpRtZlIQCdTjh2Zlu06g1mfA-aCezE0bapT2O-QHzRYwkbYKs7kazG_g79a1HVCURBP5qL2P7G9_Dv-Asa868EhVIo1Km_KvYxrEggnyNhUpAqokJYd=s742" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="369" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjm4fAcapIotIitnl4QvMYjE44HNpgXoN6UO1JpLSpBU_PbzeAlX_v3TSYoQllcWBIQBwud-rpRtZlIQCdTjh2Zlu06g1mfA-aCezE0bapT2O-QHzRYwkbYKs7kazG_g79a1HVCURBP5qL2P7G9_Dv-Asa868EhVIo1Km_KvYxrEggnyNhUpAqokJYd=w199-h400" width="199" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div>Area 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463727677802213246.post-22764829108243755002021-11-24T10:59:00.000-08:002021-11-24T10:59:32.302-08:00Alan Peat and Réka Nyitrai lunar and solar scapes, and invent a new kigo competition news!<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTQVGRqfP-nJUmxLo0L856a5tHPwn-3neFBtIe94tGYBaQaJbVxMTmhccnJmHIQygultlkdRYT3mdYJBlRb9F-9EUnne1Y_OS_jP36cgI7hXIQDYqQX69VP68HmKCPeQLZfRoYeqV7UBqoCMgNyDKgnhCVyNmEriBwKS7Clnx5mftwRULZhZKEpfVU=s565" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="565" data-original-width="325" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTQVGRqfP-nJUmxLo0L856a5tHPwn-3neFBtIe94tGYBaQaJbVxMTmhccnJmHIQygultlkdRYT3mdYJBlRb9F-9EUnne1Y_OS_jP36cgI7hXIQDYqQX69VP68HmKCPeQLZfRoYeqV7UBqoCMgNyDKgnhCVyNmEriBwKS7Clnx5mftwRULZhZKEpfVU=w368-h640" width="368" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><p></p><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>day moon…<br />she feels for an eye<br />with her fingers</b></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Alan Peat</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Alan Peat says:</b></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>"This poem is about my grandmother. She continued to sew as her eyesight faded, eventually leaving her blind. I guess it’s also informed by surrealism. I co-wrote the catalogue raisonné of the surrealist artist John Tunnard (1997) and this interest in twentieth century art often spills over into my writing."</i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><b>See:</b></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;">JOHN TUNNARD </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;">1900 1971</span></div><div class="default-style"><a href="https://cornwallartists.org/cornwall-artists/john-tunnard"><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;">https://cornwallartists.org/cornwall-artists/john-tunnard</span></a></div><div class="default-style"><br /></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;">Alan Peat's favourite haiku by another writer:</span></b></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>February silence —<br />an old woman knits her sunset</b></span></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Réka Nyitrai</span><br /><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Published:</b></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">otata 39 March, 2019 ed. John Martone<br />page 93<br /><a href="https://otatablog.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/otata-39-may-2019-final2.pdf">https://otatablog.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/otata-39-may-2019-final2.pdf</a></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Alan says:</span></b></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>"I’ve chosen this beautifully evocative poem by Réka Nyitrai. It’s one, among many, of Réka’s poems that I often re-read. </i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>I love poems that create a vivid, resonating image. I see my grandmother in Réka’s poem too - it speaks to me directly and leaves enough space for me to personalise the words. </i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>A great haiku is one which the reader can inhabit - this ku, in my opinion, achieves that distinction."</i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>‘Withnail and I’</i> quote:</span></b><br /><i><span style="font-size: large;">You bloody fool. You should never mix your drinks.</span></i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>‘</i></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Waiting for Godot’</i> quote: </span></b></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>Let us make the most of it before it is too late.</i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>NOTES</u>:</b></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Alan Peat</span></b><span style="font-size: large;"> lives in Biddulph, Staffordshire, United Kingdom:</span><br /><a href="https://biddulph.co.uk" style="font-size: x-large;">https://biddulph.co.uk</a><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>The history of signs:</b></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://biddulph.co.uk/village-signs/">https://biddulph.co.uk/village-signs/</a></span></div><div class="default-style"><br /></div><div class="default-style"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvBbNW4WuylnbR1d0TdbJfXZWUNzR-qYClDODt0FUdItxVRMUDWZcieZlHbfrv56E-rE4CSXf1h_rkScgGbWgL47GnsKD9-1-d8kgs3NuyV5oNmBu7uPybS1_Tjm6-fTTLkrXkDiC9yy-t0wlfR9I878ps-XHPcAp1U6Tu4a5OfH_o0i1qaKwlvuh8=s542" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="542" data-original-width="540" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvBbNW4WuylnbR1d0TdbJfXZWUNzR-qYClDODt0FUdItxVRMUDWZcieZlHbfrv56E-rE4CSXf1h_rkScgGbWgL47GnsKD9-1-d8kgs3NuyV5oNmBu7uPybS1_Tjm6-fTTLkrXkDiC9yy-t0wlfR9I878ps-XHPcAp1U6Tu4a5OfH_o0i1qaKwlvuh8=w399-h400" width="399" /></a></div><br /><div class="default-style"><br /></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Alan Peat</b> is a U.K.-based poet, author, and Fellow of both <i>The Royal Society of Arts</i> & <i>The Historical Association</i>.</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">He is an Independent Literacy Consultant and his unique INSET, conference and school-based training provides teachers and school leaders with practical, effective and enjoyable strategies for raising pupils' achievement in both reading and writing. </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Alan is the author of a number of books on a wide range of subjects including education, art and ceramics. </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: white;">The Magic Stone</span></i></b> is his first story for children:</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWvKAdBRSHcfi6XlKn7mwzcHb7PwreJ2mPJksJH7J4XOZtvbaHyzQ5I_HLKQYzrv-AwvsZtmKwPKdiLcU782Ylqkqc7wJBex23zv0FXaNrcd0-Exw-lSd27WX6cBEiCcnCPZxTZXoSpecDKhWQjZlkPRlgJZArPyomIIFkJJy0_A00WDmC4gZYL_nM=s500" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="500" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWvKAdBRSHcfi6XlKn7mwzcHb7PwreJ2mPJksJH7J4XOZtvbaHyzQ5I_HLKQYzrv-AwvsZtmKwPKdiLcU782Ylqkqc7wJBex23zv0FXaNrcd0-Exw-lSd27WX6cBEiCcnCPZxTZXoSpecDKhWQjZlkPRlgJZArPyomIIFkJJy0_A00WDmC4gZYL_nM=w400-h284" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0957079648/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i6">https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0957079648/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i6</a></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><u><span style="font-family: arial;">Réka Nyitrai</span></u></span></b></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;">by Réka Nyitrai</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i>I appreciate these haiku that can go beyond the present moment: Everything is ongoing, it’s simultaneously past, present, and future. </i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i>Sometimes we need to turn to surrealism as a way to embrace uncomfortable truths.</i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br />Alan Summers</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">founder, Call of the Page</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>while dreaming your dreams/mientras sueño tus sueños</b></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Réka Nyitrai was the recipient of a Touchstone Distinguished Books Award for 2020 for her volume While Dreaming Your Dreams (Valencia Spain: Mono Ya Mono Books, 2020).</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Touchstone Distinguished Books Award Winner 2020</span></b><br /><a href="https://thehaikufoundation.org/reka-nyitrai-touchstone-distinguished-books-award-winner-2020/" style="font-size: large;">https://thehaikufoundation.org/reka-nyitrai-touchstone-distinguished-books-award-winner-2020/</a></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><a href="https://www.amazon.com/WHILE-DREAMING-YOUR-DREAMS-NYITRAI/dp/8409207265/ref=pd_sim_4/140-5621688-2808103?pd_rd_w=rqka7&pf_rd_p=cf667c36-5137-43ea-a503-3c58067bc8ac&pf_rd_r=NB7WNXH51DDHN5FZKH2C&pd_rd_r=86cc786b-2363-4db0-b214-03cf71dd8566&pd_rd_wg=nUTms&pd_rd_i=8409207265&psc=1">https://www.amazon.com/WHILE-DREAMING-YOUR-DREAMS-NYITRAI/dp/8409207265/ref=pd_sim_4/140-5621688-2808103?pd_rd_w=rqka7&pf_rd_p=cf667c36-5137-43ea-a503-3c58067bc8ac&pf_rd_r=NB7WNXH51DDHN5FZKH2C&pd_rd_r=86cc786b-2363-4db0-b214-03cf71dd8566&pd_rd_wg=nUTms&pd_rd_i=8409207265&psc=1</a></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/WHILE-DREAMING-YOUR-DREAMS-NYITRAI/dp/8409207265/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=RÉKA+NYITRAI&qid=1637774879&qsid=262-2121312-2262136&sr=8-1&sres=8409207265%2C1075734355%2CB07Y5GZ8ZZ%2CB00VROB1DS%2CB08N43P8S3%2CB000TAP7PY%2CB08FTH2WMZ%2CB0061R8WYC%2CB00OOJMY48%2CB07YLZTGCK%2CB07BHGFHMX%2CB07GSG337G%2CB0816RKWV3%2CB07Q9VJFNT%2CB081PC33WT%2CB01N767EHL">https://www.amazon.co.uk/WHILE-DREAMING-YOUR-DREAMS-NYITRAI/dp/8409207265/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=RÉKA+NYITRAI&qid=1637774879&qsid=262-2121312-2262136&sr=8-1&sres=8409207265%2C1075734355%2CB07Y5GZ8ZZ%2CB00VROB1DS%2CB08N43P8S3%2CB000TAP7PY%2CB08FTH2WMZ%2CB0061R8WYC%2CB00OOJMY48%2CB07YLZTGCK%2CB07BHGFHMX%2CB07GSG337G%2CB0816RKWV3%2CB07Q9VJFNT%2CB081PC33WT%2CB01N767EHL</a></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiudAbwRvGSYAB-C6vRBYgg9-NK28gdJTVgw3lOc1JwbmDpd3UbpIRmmVIenvzzJg2_EqO6hq4dSSYFuP3rtL-O_DG3veyTrpuLiV4InHRrgUpaqVi6FmUk3FfQgedyWkCc5ngqVjKxW3z8mO1_JBmtJRzjJdG1sl6lSEb92CgdCw-E36y9vvGS_yhy=s465" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="465" data-original-width="345" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiudAbwRvGSYAB-C6vRBYgg9-NK28gdJTVgw3lOc1JwbmDpd3UbpIRmmVIenvzzJg2_EqO6hq4dSSYFuP3rtL-O_DG3veyTrpuLiV4InHRrgUpaqVi6FmUk3FfQgedyWkCc5ngqVjKxW3z8mO1_JBmtJRzjJdG1sl6lSEb92CgdCw-E36y9vvGS_yhy=w296-h400" width="296" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Richard Matta says:</span></b></p><p><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">“As it turns out, Waiting for Godot was my favorite play in high school. I remember where my mother and I sat for the performance.”</span></i></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">unanswered proposal…<br />a teetering kite awaits<br />the wind</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Richard Matta</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Richard says:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>"How long the wait for the wind as the kite balances on its edge, possibly falling forward or back, but either way requiring us to start over. Patience is required, and acceptance we are not in control, just as a proposal, say for marriage, puts us in a holding pattern…with hopes to soar."</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Richard choose:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">a wild sky</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">tethered to earth . . .</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">chain lightning</span></span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Debbie Strange</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Gnarled Oak</i>, Issue 1, December 2014</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://gnarledoak.org/issue-1-xs/a-wild-sky/">https://gnarledoak.org/issue-1-xs/a-wild-sky/</a> </span></span></div><div> </div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Richard comments:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>“Having lived in Florida I know lightning and can relate to the wildness of the sky. The assonance in tethered and earth is wonderful, and the use of tethered and wild certainly makes one think of a wild monster with which you might try to use a chain.”</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Waiting for Godot:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>“Better hope deferred than none.”</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Withnail and I:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>“What about what’s-his-name?”</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Notes</u>:</b></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4_5maLy6vGqq_2MFbanTIfRo7gyJqynzIH5nHdcMYKyUVvmyAPlWrSZzaaj97NfMkIVxKT3JKaANtMTjKJe1anLVh2jt87rd_eMfr8JS9s6EAQSd-Qjn9_pw3H1TjIRiZ95y5BkrfvPi-yU8ny0M4Q9VsoRzk4QUripNwhvafc5QjZ8U7l5vy-wbZ=s907" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="907" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4_5maLy6vGqq_2MFbanTIfRo7gyJqynzIH5nHdcMYKyUVvmyAPlWrSZzaaj97NfMkIVxKT3JKaANtMTjKJe1anLVh2jt87rd_eMfr8JS9s6EAQSd-Qjn9_pw3H1TjIRiZ95y5BkrfvPi-yU8ny0M4Q9VsoRzk4QUripNwhvafc5QjZ8U7l5vy-wbZ=w640-h326" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b>Richard L Matta</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Richard Matta was raised in New York’s Hudson Valley and now lives in San Diego, California. He practiced forensic science after attending university. Most often he’s on or near the water, sailing or walking along the bay, usually with his golden-doodle dog. His walks provide the inspiration for his haiku and other poetry. His poetry has appeared in Healing Muse, Dewdrop, and Ancient Paths. He’s a practiced forensic science after attending Notre Dame. He is active in San Diego poetry circles.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://thedewdrop.org/isolation-shorts/#richard-matta">https://thedewdrop.org/isolation-shorts/#richard-matta</a> </span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b>Debbie Strange</b></span></p><div><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><b>Interview:</b></span></div><div><a href="https://christinachin99blog.wordpress.com/2020/02/01/debbie-strange/"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><u>https://christinachin99blog.wordpress.com/2020/02/01/debbie-strange/</u></span></a></div><div><span style="color: white;"> </span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-yfenMJL2fx3-PoA0emgGJ01tolobBQA3EGoY07ORk0woKyAHOYUEgzDoVJdgQbRu7KLwUC_Ll7fOh8ZM-qNJgRLKGAR8tvGtHT3Suw4kGtC89Pq6NDW_ViZHxK-grNq-5iuyXeccGD6ttZIhebkSBbSymfRTtkv2cUvozJX_fbqiXAcxhWMFk7ou=s1140" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="808" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-yfenMJL2fx3-PoA0emgGJ01tolobBQA3EGoY07ORk0woKyAHOYUEgzDoVJdgQbRu7KLwUC_Ll7fOh8ZM-qNJgRLKGAR8tvGtHT3Suw4kGtC89Pq6NDW_ViZHxK-grNq-5iuyXeccGD6ttZIhebkSBbSymfRTtkv2cUvozJX_fbqiXAcxhWMFk7ou=w454-h640" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Language of Loss: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Haiku & Tanka Conversations</span></div><div><b>Winner of the Sable Books 2019 International Women’s Haiku Contest</b></div><div><i><span style="font-size: large;">“The Language of Loss contains tanka and haiku of exceptional quality. But it is the remarkable way in which the poet links tanka and haiku that elevated The Language of Loss into the winner’s circle. The poems on each page come together in a conversation of many layers. That these conversations will deepen and change for each reader is due to the author’s expertise. I am delighted to congratulate Debbie Strange on her winning collection.”</span></i></div><div> </div><p><i><span style="font-size: large;">“These exquisite poems illuminate the skill of the author in pairing haiku and tanka in conversation, one page at a time. On one page, the long ago past talks to the recent past. On another, the sorrow of the natural world is juxtaposed with that of the human world.”</span></i></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">— Roberta Beary, final judge</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08RZFYY5G/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1">https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08RZFYY5G/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1</a> </span></p><p><a href="https://debbiemstrange.blogspot.com/p/book-language-of-loss.html"><span style="font-size: large;">https://debbiemstrange.blogspot.com/p/book-language-of-loss.html</span></a></p><p><br /></p><p><b><u><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">SEE ALSO</span></u></b></p><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>Prairie Interludes</b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Winner of the 2019 Snapshot Press eChapbook Awards</span></b></div><div><a href="https://debbiemstrange.blogspot.com/p/prairie-interludes-haiku-echapbook.html">https://debbiemstrange.blogspot.com/p/prairie-interludes-haiku-echapbook.html</a></div><div> </div><div><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Mouth Full of Stones</span></i></b> </div><div><span style="font-size: large;">a book of haikai comprised of dark subject matter and black-and-white photographs released by Title IX Press, 2020</span></div><div><a href="https://debbiemstrange.blogspot.com/p/mouth-full-of-stones-haikai-ebook.html">https://debbiemstrange.blogspot.com/p/mouth-full-of-stones-haikai-ebook.html</a></div><div> </div><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhp0yFY4o6-3QqHq8LK6GhYWNF2eio9C5KWH3ilItUlsxExFvGzLI4Ny2UCFaNT-7rh1M6_Lfeh15WdQLnf-BL_Z5-ePIsaDwdAFlIZ2f_ZBzRhI9BEkeaw_2AMyfILhiL9E7O2mvROeXJycCI7uDy3K_VS3XRDspvi7uqwjYmIFxBBQaFWyUKE6OxF=s742" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="369" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhp0yFY4o6-3QqHq8LK6GhYWNF2eio9C5KWH3ilItUlsxExFvGzLI4Ny2UCFaNT-7rh1M6_Lfeh15WdQLnf-BL_Z5-ePIsaDwdAFlIZ2f_ZBzRhI9BEkeaw_2AMyfILhiL9E7O2mvROeXJycCI7uDy3K_VS3XRDspvi7uqwjYmIFxBBQaFWyUKE6OxF=w199-h400" width="199" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div><br /></div>Area 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463727677802213246.post-47498527255335938662021-11-05T03:37:00.019-07:002021-11-14T01:55:11.320-08:00Marcie Wessels and Keith Polette<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVu8WjRKoBxPP0m4sdYTc9lIuW7FjuEoAP5QA4MxzDSfmKcl6mqE8ggeX9MZB2YxwLSaUipQp_0JweYRRBass8pGyWaQQs0sm-wzWIK5kIfahUgnOWSXFalTqos5vaQx5r3llOwCy-YrPGOTgvVO8w2rYYqwuaT9RT9zFs5ktumXZIxYp8nwEVoWot=s436" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="436" data-original-width="435" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVu8WjRKoBxPP0m4sdYTc9lIuW7FjuEoAP5QA4MxzDSfmKcl6mqE8ggeX9MZB2YxwLSaUipQp_0JweYRRBass8pGyWaQQs0sm-wzWIK5kIfahUgnOWSXFalTqos5vaQx5r3llOwCy-YrPGOTgvVO8w2rYYqwuaT9RT9zFs5ktumXZIxYp8nwEVoWot=s320" width="319" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">cubicle curtain of falling leaves her whites yellow too</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Marcie Wessels</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Marcie’s STATEMENT:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>"My friend has been battling stage four breast cancer. Over the past three years, I’ve accompanied her to appointments and been privy to some difficult conversations. Watching her decline has been hard. Every time we say goodbye, I wonder if it will be our last visit."</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhobhmPv0dUdolxprK2nbx8wlFeZ0kU6gJeQ4uaWIsw3vF64P4Jk5spyKz2lR7hR89V19NomF52Lr_QGQ9STVgTIRMygsklP9P2d54FzYi3oCB7VhQ-aoGjIAWb2ExsX8fbHxujFzH42cwElmn55GtIH44LaDYdhLUE_6Fa0QYyc1pcswCd7AIcwHjp=s726" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="726" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhobhmPv0dUdolxprK2nbx8wlFeZ0kU6gJeQ4uaWIsw3vF64P4Jk5spyKz2lR7hR89V19NomF52Lr_QGQ9STVgTIRMygsklP9P2d54FzYi3oCB7VhQ-aoGjIAWb2ExsX8fbHxujFzH42cwElmn55GtIH44LaDYdhLUE_6Fa0QYyc1pcswCd7AIcwHjp=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> artwork by Marcie Wessels</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><u>Marcie’s FAVORITE HAIKU BY ANOTHER AUTHOR</u>:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">insomnia…</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">night rummages through me</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">looking for lost keys and loose change</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Keith Polette</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">from <b><i>The New World</i></b> haiku collection</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDlSpIkOMstfMBvNeCBqHHbIPvBiNmSUUGkDBjRBqqMb9TU703KabfyK1BEPCYWoeZ2c1pORPobxdYsC7bi5ZOZbAfLj6gCSxRQ_Uuzb6-T_TUk212AiFGSlvlRZ7JxULBjSYIfduokOmikRiWGxt1pJ8FN2gZ75at56GPT5f39krfyYxostuF2REZ=s1239" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1239" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDlSpIkOMstfMBvNeCBqHHbIPvBiNmSUUGkDBjRBqqMb9TU703KabfyK1BEPCYWoeZ2c1pORPobxdYsC7bi5ZOZbAfLj6gCSxRQ_Uuzb6-T_TUk212AiFGSlvlRZ7JxULBjSYIfduokOmikRiWGxt1pJ8FN2gZ75at56GPT5f39krfyYxostuF2REZ=w258-h400" width="258" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">See <u>Notes</u> further down</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Marcie says:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">WHY I LIKE “insomnia” by Keith Polette</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>'I love the personification of night. The verb “rummages” is a brilliant descriptor for the way so many of us insomniacs relive our failures in the middle of the night. I admire the long phrasing of the second and third lines and the internal musicality from the repetition of the “L” sound."</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>WITHNAIL AND GODOT QUOTES:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>"I’ve chosen the following quotes from <b>Withnail and I</b> and <b>Waiting for Godot</b>. They must be read together, in their entirety, and in order. They speak to the human condition and reflect my appreciation for the camaraderie that I’ve found in the #haiku community during the pandemic."</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>WITHNAIL AND I: </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Look at that, look at that. Accident black spot. These aren't accidents. They're throwing themselves into the road gladly. Throwing themselves into the road to escape all this hideousness. [<em>to a pedestrian</em>] Throw yourself into the road, darling, you haven't got a chance.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>POZZO:</b> I, too, would be happy to meet him. The more people I meet, the happier I become. From the meanest creature, one departs wiser, richer, more conscious of one's blessings. Even you . . . (<em>he looks at them ostentatiously in turn to make it clear they are both meant</em>) . . . even you, who knows, will have added to my store.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b>Notes:</b></span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9I2r_HtG9VUKL18i6UsCjk6XartGHdsA8PxmDeAtg5a2MuJ0EsKQWL-FS5nNFlrs0XWotr46xs09LmPJ9_WMwOm0zccgcCeube1UISipq6p-URuz4868T_wCfnHtBtqXPSTTEJ2eiAIlSmjYcBuRrP4gCBRZz7dHrK-d-6l-kl02egr_wR-BdlXRw=s657" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="657" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9I2r_HtG9VUKL18i6UsCjk6XartGHdsA8PxmDeAtg5a2MuJ0EsKQWL-FS5nNFlrs0XWotr46xs09LmPJ9_WMwOm0zccgcCeube1UISipq6p-URuz4868T_wCfnHtBtqXPSTTEJ2eiAIlSmjYcBuRrP4gCBRZz7dHrK-d-6l-kl02egr_wR-BdlXRw=w400-h279" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><strong>Marcie Wessels</strong> is the author of <i>Pirate’s Lullaby: Mutiny at Bedtime</i> (Doubleday BFYR, 2015); as well as <i>The Boy Who Thought Outside The Box</i> (Sterling Publishing, March, 2020) </span><span style="font-family: arial;">named </span><b style="font-family: arial;">Best Informational Book for Young Readers</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> by Chicago Public Library.</span></span></div><div><a href="https://marciewessels.com/"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">https://marciewessels.com</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">re:</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>Pirate’s Lullaby: Mutiny at Bedtime</i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Take a peek at the illustrator’s amazing process</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>Pirate's take over studio...</i></b></span></div><div><a href="http://timbowersart.blogspot.com/2014/10/pirates-take-over-studio.html"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">http://timbowersart.blogspot.com/2014/10/pirates-take-over-studio.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Also check out:</b></span></div><div><a href="https://marciewessels.com/blog/2014/3/12/dreams-find-a-way"><strong><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">https://marciewessels.com/blog/2014/3/12/dreams-find-a-way</span></strong></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Please do check out haiku by Marcie Wessels on <b><i>Twitter</i></b></span></div><div><div class="default-style"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/marciedwessels">https://mobile.twitter.com/marciedwessels</a></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><a href="https://twitter.com/MarcieDWessels">https://twitter.com/MarcieDWessels</a></span></div><div class="default-style"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"><span style="font-size: large;">@MarcieDWessels</span></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">crying baby</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">the midnight ache</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">in these dried-up breasts</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;">Marcie Wessels 2021</span></div></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">And <b><i>Instagram </i></b>for haiga and shahai</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Marcie Wessels (@mwessels)</span></div><div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/mwessels/?hl=en"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">https://www.instagram.com/mwessels/?hl=en</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: x-large;">Keith Polette</span></strong></div><div><strong><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCubwFCqBagCIJHqpaogjQinludI_yayB3KK8hrwCgSIr296OAI4Y4FnW1YggbUHnlpW8XWZmZlioekK2hbF9QJQGaaK5EI6zwTORtOXNK4_b4SMLd_8EAbEQOjcNlY7chbzQDmQN_XZN2ujNfbu7xHnILGaUalvt9dEDMBlVDmrsg6TV1qtKdY4CB=s150" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="150" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCubwFCqBagCIJHqpaogjQinludI_yayB3KK8hrwCgSIr296OAI4Y4FnW1YggbUHnlpW8XWZmZlioekK2hbF9QJQGaaK5EI6zwTORtOXNK4_b4SMLd_8EAbEQOjcNlY7chbzQDmQN_XZN2ujNfbu7xHnILGaUalvt9dEDMBlVDmrsg6TV1qtKdY4CB" width="150" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: xx-small;"> </span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: xx-small;"> </span></strong></div><div><a href="https://www.utep.edu/"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO</span></a></div><div><h1 aria-labelledby="title-aria" role="banner" style="background-color: #041e42; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #041e42; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"></h1></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.utep.edu/liberalarts/english/people/faculty-profiles/keith-polette.html">https://www.utep.edu/liberalarts/english/people/faculty-profiles/keith-polette.html</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Keith Polette's haibun collection:</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgN5SSE9gwmex-vfAKYLvG1xkx2UwqLKpY8SVABsP38gM7SQQQO_GgzVCiSJWeFPuB6J7Vq6a8zvtlke115dSNnq9OPTzhVRNCTWcEjAY30kzixlaTVPEDl6ldklr_Pj6AWCG0f99EPTasgg0XSWa25Za9seQT8jW4-cx9xdxINPDu0qycej19MBinj=s928" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="928" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgN5SSE9gwmex-vfAKYLvG1xkx2UwqLKpY8SVABsP38gM7SQQQO_GgzVCiSJWeFPuB6J7Vq6a8zvtlke115dSNnq9OPTzhVRNCTWcEjAY30kzixlaTVPEDl6ldklr_Pj6AWCG0f99EPTasgg0XSWa25Za9seQT8jW4-cx9xdxINPDu0qycej19MBinj=w259-h400" width="259" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://redmoonpress.com/product/strongipilgrimageistrong-haibun-of-keith-polette/">https://redmoonpress.com/product/strongipilgrimageistrong-haibun-of-keith-polette/</a> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Winner of a Merit Book Award, 2020, Haiku Society of America, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">and Shortlisted, 2020 Touchstone Distinguished Books Award (The Haiku Foundation)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Haiku Society of America</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Merit Books Awards for 2021</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Ce Rosenow and Bryan Rickert, judges</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Best Haibun Book:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Keith Polette. <em>Pilgrimage</em>. Winchester, VA: Red Moon Press, 2020.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><em><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Keith Polette’s book is filled with intensity, imagery, and artistry. He draws us into his work using descriptive and poetic language, making us feel the moment with all our senses and immersing us into a fantastic and sometimes surreal world. It is an excellent collection of haibun.</span></em></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.hsa-haiku.org/meritbookawards/meritbookawards2021.htm">http://www.hsa-haiku.org/meritbookawards/meritbookawards2021.htm</a> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Also see:</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://contemporaryhaibunonline.com/cho-16-2/keith-polette-pilgrimage/">https://contemporaryhaibunonline.com/cho-16-2/keith-polette-pilgrimage/</a> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><h4><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The New World</span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></h4></div><div><p style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYylaWFWuG98lE6IWAtrheMTlMBPPVxxJtaPOT72BAv0p_sfAiPJ0ooZ0gFuSOGx0ETTZ3tRP0hSK36XrJdUPqYxR2L_x-3rzdAN5imbVzEvUnteI8dDWxVZ8ceGM_D8lUYu7VeMRuMZAyN5YLQ1tcyoXLdvhEGxkDIaufv1BCIsYrn70TjT4fgXMU=s1239" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1239" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYylaWFWuG98lE6IWAtrheMTlMBPPVxxJtaPOT72BAv0p_sfAiPJ0ooZ0gFuSOGx0ETTZ3tRP0hSK36XrJdUPqYxR2L_x-3rzdAN5imbVzEvUnteI8dDWxVZ8ceGM_D8lUYu7VeMRuMZAyN5YLQ1tcyoXLdvhEGxkDIaufv1BCIsYrn70TjT4fgXMU=w259-h400" width="259" /></a></div><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><a href="https://redmoonpress.com/product/strongithe-new-worldistrong-haiku-of-keith-polette/"></a></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpYOq-IjdCswI31DF1NwrA9Udye4swtql__EWg4KHeCNErzgik437H1PWxO8S9q3RWR6pX5borYb_hu8rGilL8HkzuaJoLhJvtWKcAtVEaVE7n4CLRX_9V9hPMkBkkYGAARHGcM0KaU4wWzodovyAGvDD0ALXf31iKacgeg7uGSKgbLndulaIsu6WF=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1322" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpYOq-IjdCswI31DF1NwrA9Udye4swtql__EWg4KHeCNErzgik437H1PWxO8S9q3RWR6pX5borYb_hu8rGilL8HkzuaJoLhJvtWKcAtVEaVE7n4CLRX_9V9hPMkBkkYGAARHGcM0KaU4wWzodovyAGvDD0ALXf31iKacgeg7uGSKgbLndulaIsu6WF=w414-h640" width="414" /></a></span></div><span><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;">Keith Polette's New World haiku collection:</span><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><a href="https://redmoonpress.com/product/strongithe-new-worldistrong-haiku-of-keith-polette/">https://redmoonpress.com/product/strongithe-new-worldistrong-haiku-of-keith-polette/</a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><u><br /></u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;">And finally, check out:</span><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">three one-line haiku by Keith Polette</span></div><p></p></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://proletaria730964817.wordpress.com/2019/05/30/three-one-line-haiku-by-keith-polette/">https://proletaria730964817.wordpress.com/2019/05/30/three-one-line-haiku-by-keith-polette/</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYHmwWhCecwWjPJRobtCKwi6xCdVxjVXTdtZWiJr6h55wqB3BA7uDNgCvGjQgnHJfTfhn06GeAMuG1lnQOwP83b5H3MuE0qWmKSwD423HvByXDNp7piE63A0jmOAkrJ3N-0pMK-1O8CpHlLBEtzZxaJ55k2ZzvLzfhoIivCWjp0Zx-WpQuzl5AI6Be=s742" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="369" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYHmwWhCecwWjPJRobtCKwi6xCdVxjVXTdtZWiJr6h55wqB3BA7uDNgCvGjQgnHJfTfhn06GeAMuG1lnQOwP83b5H3MuE0qWmKSwD423HvByXDNp7piE63A0jmOAkrJ3N-0pMK-1O8CpHlLBEtzZxaJ55k2ZzvLzfhoIivCWjp0Zx-WpQuzl5AI6Be=w199-h400" width="199" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div>Area 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463727677802213246.post-3203500836854426882021-11-01T02:51:00.003-07:002021-11-01T02:51:42.953-07:00Issa and Eva Zimet<div class="default-style"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5FqvrS9mCjKTBi4RM-lmuNWP3OHk6sumVSsItAmOAqaWh_6vedDLF1KRbt-pqwhS3Kr4KmwEbg532zol13KB-TIZE7WFncnBfTDLmmP29sw3sqm_reQdDUm2m0q-7CTL1LP5nlljz4aPJE8NHWadu_tGAVN4yvQtGYQh9VCF0cGp_ZQBrpne8ZGal=s482" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="342" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5FqvrS9mCjKTBi4RM-lmuNWP3OHk6sumVSsItAmOAqaWh_6vedDLF1KRbt-pqwhS3Kr4KmwEbg532zol13KB-TIZE7WFncnBfTDLmmP29sw3sqm_reQdDUm2m0q-7CTL1LP5nlljz4aPJE8NHWadu_tGAVN4yvQtGYQh9VCF0cGp_ZQBrpne8ZGal=w284-h400" width="284" /></a></div><br /> </div><div class="default-style"> </div><div class="default-style"> </div><div class="default-style"> </div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">iron-barred window<br />so high up, beyond reach,<br />birds call out there</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Eva Zimet</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Eva’s statement</span></b><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><i>“He was introduced to me as Rinpoche. Six months like this, he said, holding his wrists together in front. And six months like this, his wrists together behind. And then he repeated the gestures. The window was very high and small, but it was enough to share with the birds in the sky, and keep him alive.”</i><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Eva’s favorite haikai poem by Kobayashi Issa</b></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">How much<br />are you enjoying yourself,<br />tiger moth?</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">translation by Robert Hass</span><br /><a href="https://inpressbooks.co.uk/products/the-essential-haiku-versions-of-basho-buson-and-issa"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://inpressbooks.co.uk/products/the-essential-haiku-versions-of-basho-buson-and-issa</span></a></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/books/reviews/view/9954">https://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/books/reviews/view/9954</a></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9781852249724/Essential-Haiku-Versions-Basho-Buson-1852249722/plp"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9781852249724/Essential-Haiku-Versions-Basho-Buson-1852249722/plp</span></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Eva says</span></b>:<br /><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">“Dialogue in haiku is so much fun! We don’t get the tiger moth’s reply, but it is clearly invited and the tiger moth is assumed capable of responding, if only we could understand the response. <br /><br />And thus the gist of the haiku, I think, is the narrator jealous?</span></i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>The question is not “if” but “how much” enjoyment the tiger moth experiences. Is this simple state unattainable for the narrator? How poignant! Or is the narrator aware that a tiger moth lives for only a fraction of the human life-line and is making fun of its frolic? How dim and banal! And how clever of the writer, who (in this interpretation) steps aside from the narrator.</i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>Or is it a moment of communion? How temporal, how temporary we are.”</i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Waiting for Godot</span></b><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Pozzo (to Vladimir): <i>Are you alluding to anything in particular?</i></span></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Withnail and I</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">“I”</span></b><span style="font-size: large;"> (to uncle Monty): </span><i style="font-size: x-large;">Perhaps it’s in the other bag.</i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>NOTES</u>:</b></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Eva Zimet</b></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.evazimet.com">https://www.evazimet.com</a></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Kobayashi Issa</b></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobayashi_Issa">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobayashi_Issa</a></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;">1820</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">.どれ程に面白いのか火とり虫</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">小林 一茶</span></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">dore hodo ni omoshiroi no ka hitorimushi</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;">Issa </span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">why is playing<br />with fire such fun...<br />tiger moth?</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">David Lanoue translation</span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>David says:</b></span><br /><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>In this haiku Issa questions the moth's Japanese name, hitorimushi: as Shinji Ogawa translates, "bugs that love to play with fire."</i></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>David Lanoue’s website about one </b></span><b style="font-family: arial;">of Japan’s most favourite haikai poets:</b></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://haikuguy.com/issa/">http://haikuguy.com/issa/</a></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Search for Issa haikai verses:</b><br /><a href="http://haikuguy.com/issa/search.php">http://haikuguy.com/issa/search.php</a></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">see also:</span></b><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2006/01/moth-ga.html">https://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2006/01/moth-ga.html</a></span></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5F2VUXjBh1IJIYma0o2sF17Ew07WdZUYaWg28EVw3CSpIw5qlQQCEBFlP7z3eXVAr2o72TPfsITApy06llvVU7OSEG4G_RxQZs4eZmZz0w-E-A3lfoH55KmULp9SRY5Nrvx_2r63SqpX8C1m_wzIoJm9jNXx3tzE4GfS2eSB813uoRFusX4d7xrcO=s420" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="336" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5F2VUXjBh1IJIYma0o2sF17Ew07WdZUYaWg28EVw3CSpIw5qlQQCEBFlP7z3eXVAr2o72TPfsITApy06llvVU7OSEG4G_RxQZs4eZmZz0w-E-A3lfoH55KmULp9SRY5Nrvx_2r63SqpX8C1m_wzIoJm9jNXx3tzE4GfS2eSB813uoRFusX4d7xrcO=w320-h400" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">deep wood and clouds</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">the tailgater </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">gesticulating </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">gun metal clouds </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Claire Vogel Camargo</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Claire says:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>"Driving in heavy traffic one cloudy afternoon, amidst laid-on car horns, screeching tires, and cars cutting in front, this haiku was born. Road rage incidents are increasing. A guy even followed me off the freeway years ago. The fright of another honking, tailgating, menacing guy remains with me." </i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b> Claire's choice of a favourite haiku is by Rachel Sutcliffe:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">deep woods happy to just be </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Rachel Sutcliffe </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Per Diem, The Haiku Foundation, October 2018 </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>photo:</b></span></div><div><a href="https://twitter.com/FreshoutMag/status/1084509602434203648/photo/1"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">https://twitter.com/FreshoutMag/status/1084509602434203648/photo/1</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Claire says:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">"Rachel Sutcliffe’s poetry can be wrenching. Having died much too early, suffering debilitating illness, Rachel wrote with an exquisiteness of expression; in a way that touched the raw ends and receptors in my mind, heart, and soul. Her poems bring me right into her pain, illness experiences, and feelings about life. Her monoku I chose to share stood out to me. In it, I can feel her sustaining and last gratitude maybe, but I also feel a message of positivity for the living."</span></i> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>“Waiting for Godot”: </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Vladimir: <i>“Extraordinary the tricks that memory plays.” </i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b> “Withnail and I” </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I:</span></b> </span><i style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Get out of it for awhile. Get into the countryside. Rejuvenate.”</span></i><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>NOTES</u>:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">the soft brush</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">of our hands folding sheets</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">cherry blossoms</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Claire Vogel Camargo</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Masters of Japanese Prints:</i> Haiku (Bristol Museum & Art Gallery)</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://exhibitions.bristolmuseums.org.uk/japanese-prints/haikus/">https://exhibitions.bristolmuseums.org.uk/japanese-prints/haikus/</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>More about the live and online events:</b></span></div><div><a href="https://www.callofthepage.org/events/haiku-at-bristol-museum/"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">https://www.callofthepage.org/events/haiku-at-bristol-museum/</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">adoption</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">re-coloring</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">a future</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Claire Vogel Camargo</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">HAIKU DIALOGUE – ink ed. kjmunro (July 2019)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>“Adoption or fostering is a gift to a child bereft of family, and of care and diligence, and love. Wonderful poem.” </i></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Alan Summers (adopted)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">just widowed</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">all she accomplishes</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">without him</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Claire Vogel Camargo</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">International Women’s Haiku Festival: Two Haiku by Claire Vogel Camargo</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">March 2018</span></div><div><a href="https://jenniferhambrick.com/2018/03/09/international-womens-haiku-festival-two-haiku-by-claire-vogel-camargo/"><span style="color: #ffd966; font-family: arial;">https://jenniferhambrick.com/2018/03/09/international-womens-haiku-festival-two-haiku-by-claire-vogel-camargo/</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Rachel Sutcliffe</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">(6 November 1977 – 23 January 2019)</span></div><div><a href="https://livinghaikuanthology.com/index-of-poets/livinglegacies/6699-sutcliffe,-rachel.html"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">https://livinghaikuanthology.com/index-of-poets/livinglegacies/6699-sutcliffe,-rachel.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Rachel Sutcliffe</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Flying Free: A Poetic Response to Illness </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">(Misfit Books Press 2018)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>free download</b>: </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/396b91_08d917b2c53747b59c06d71ec277ee71.pdf">https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/396b91_08d917b2c53747b59c06d71ec277ee71.pdf</a>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Poetry Corner: Seeing the World Differently</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Hosted by Kathabela Wilson</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">October 2018</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Rachel Sutcliffe</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>“Simple seasonal changes can also be seen at a deeper level as lessons worth learning in life.”</i></span></div><div><a href="https://coloradoboulevard.net/poetry-corner-seeing-the-world-differently/"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">https://coloradoboulevard.net/poetry-corner-seeing-the-world-differently/</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Halloween party</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">the surgeon</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">takes his skeleton</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Rachel Sutcliffe</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://putitintopoetry.wordpress.com/2021/10/31/rachels-haiku-34/">https://putitintopoetry.wordpress.com/2021/10/31/rachels-haiku-34/</a> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Half A Rainbow</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Haiku Nook: An Anthology</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Dedicated to Rachel Sutcliffe (1977-2019)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">& Haiku Nook G+</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Edited by Jacob Salzer</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Proceeds will be donated to Leeds Clinical Immunology Research Fund, </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Leeds Cares at St. James's University Hospital. </span></div><div><span style="color: #ffd966; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://jsalzer.wixsite.com/halfarainbowhaiku/rachel-sutcliffe">https://jsalzer.wixsite.com/halfarainbowhaiku/rachel-sutcliffe</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqXk3iD2bqOfIw5N-mMe_N5nZKouL5agRC6KZ3rqB44Kk-FDGj2618A12kPS9qbMAIh870_Zg9zESRqOJ67VJKESa5hrU01FuNqpW-yQVE91qX9b3efJ0no1ZTRDiXiK6RcwlBnqNFp2yxEwqKurqqZ7J0YkHJCfVN8HJBlrLOmMQ3qmskSy_RP5rZ=s742" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">sudden rain</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">am I a puddle</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">or the sea</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Vandana Parashar</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Vandana says:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em>"With all the uncertainty and volatility around us at present, I sometimes wonder</em><strong>—</strong><em>what if I found myself in something unpredictable or catastrophic? </em></span></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span></em></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em>Will it overwhelm me like the rain does to a puddle, or will I be able to tide it over with mettle and grace."</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>One of my favourite haiku is by Julie Schwerin.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">half a lifetime . . .</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">the lemon tree</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">yet to grow a peach</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Julie Schwerin</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><em>is/let</em>, April 2021</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://isletpoetry.wordpress.com/2021/04/04/5485/">https://isletpoetry.wordpress.com/2021/04/04/5485/</a> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Vandana says:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>"This masterful haiku by Julie shows how humans are bogged down by aspirations of their own and others, resulting in them becoming what they aren’t, and weren’t meant to be. In a very subtle and yet powerful way, she calls upon us to acknowledge and celebrate the individuality of every being."</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Favourite quote from “Waiting for Godot”</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>“We always find something, eh Didi, to let us think we exist?“</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Favourite quote from “Withnail and I” </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Change down, man, find your neutral space.</span></i> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Notes</u>:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Vandana Parashar</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://livinghaikuanthology.com/index-of-poets/alphabetic-index/412-p-poets/parashar,-vandana.html">https://livinghaikuanthology.com/index-of-poets/alphabetic-index/412-p-poets/parashar,-vandana.html</a></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://senryu.life/index-of-poets/134-index-p/parashar,-vandana.html">https://senryu.life/index-of-poets/134-index-p/parashar,-vandana.html</a></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><a href="https://akitahaiku.com/2020/08/20/world-haiku-series-2019-184-haiku-by-vandana-parashar/"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">https://akitahaiku.com/2020/08/20/world-haiku-series-2019-184-haiku-by-vandana-parashar/</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwycJuSeqn5Lj-GRLP7-7ks9H8Q7CgR9JRGDWzdZgaTivFlQU2Ijza4G26Esv5qojnWpDuAgcde_LZG7ifwbTM6Ci45-AjBI2bXM893h4nKrlOfJjiOXe1hGIMTlNi_EjEP2kOlmWHAlDEOfEHQanLxeJCyK2kZabGttNzXI4AQgvL27QGF2WH7a08=s586" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="586" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwycJuSeqn5Lj-GRLP7-7ks9H8Q7CgR9JRGDWzdZgaTivFlQU2Ijza4G26Esv5qojnWpDuAgcde_LZG7ifwbTM6Ci45-AjBI2bXM893h4nKrlOfJjiOXe1hGIMTlNi_EjEP2kOlmWHAlDEOfEHQanLxeJCyK2kZabGttNzXI4AQgvL27QGF2WH7a08=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I AM </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Vandana Parashar</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Title IX Press 2019</span></span></div><div><a href="https://tinyurl.com/parasharIAm"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">https://tinyurl.com/parasharIAm</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://thehaikufoundation.org/poet-details/?IDclient=866"><strong><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;">Julie Warther Schwerin</span></strong></a> <span style="font-size: medium;">is the associate editor at </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em>The Heron’s Nest</em> and member </span><span style="font-family: arial;">of the</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><a href="https://www.redmoonpress.com/catalog/?cPath=33" style="font-family: arial;"><strong><em>Red Moon Anthology</em></strong></a><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">editorial team.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Julie Warther Schwerin has been instrumental in establishing <i>The Forest Haiku Walk</i> in Millersburg, Ohio <a href="https://www.innathoneyrun.com/open-air-art-museum/haiku-walk/">https://www.innathoneyrun.com/open-air-art-museum/haiku-walk/</a> and the <i>Seasons of Haiku Trail</i> at The Holden Arboretum in Kirtland, Ohio. <b>PDF</b> available here:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.publicgardens.org/resources/words-bloom-making-visitor-connections-through-poetry-and-literary-programming">https://www.publicgardens.org/resources/words-bloom-making-visitor-connections-through-poetry-and-literary-programming</a> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">and <em>Words in Bloom: A Year of Haiku</em> at the Chicago Botanic Garden: <a href="https://www.chicagobotanic.org/blog/news/celebrate_national_poetry_month_garden_haiku">https://www.chicagobotanic.org/blog/news/celebrate_national_poetry_month_garden_haiku</a> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">More of Julie’s haiku can also be read at the<b> tinywords</b> site:</span></div><div><a href="https://tinywords.com/author/julie-warther/"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">https://tinywords.com/author/julie-warther/</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIeISmhE3yrEXdTJlYJo1cs3X4GSJ3TXLQIvceKYADkI_m0xBuq0dX8wsqZQtIYJzNB0vKLiBWhKji77aPP43PVYC5Y0iBN7yYS-F7A626aeqY0uxMOM4pfpLRk3-oRER8KO-0PzmBhMvSocC7xbY45mwai9O5FRweOdXoKIWb2cuiUr9l_oyCGTyS=s1360" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="971" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIeISmhE3yrEXdTJlYJo1cs3X4GSJ3TXLQIvceKYADkI_m0xBuq0dX8wsqZQtIYJzNB0vKLiBWhKji77aPP43PVYC5Y0iBN7yYS-F7A626aeqY0uxMOM4pfpLRk3-oRER8KO-0PzmBhMvSocC7xbY45mwai9O5FRweOdXoKIWb2cuiUr9l_oyCGTyS=w456-h640" width="456" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Julie Warther Schwerin</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>What Was Here</b></i> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">(Folded Word Press): </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/What-Was-Here-Julie-Warther/dp/1610192222/">https://www.amazon.com/What-Was-Here-Julie-Warther/dp/1610192222/</a> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I saw a cardboard carton of eggs lying in the middle of a busy road last week. In suburbia, no less. It was a freaking hot summer day, too, and I'm sure the poor wee eggs were cooked to squealing by the time someone bothered to stop and move them the hell out of the street. It was a moment so delightfully odd for its context that the juxtaposition was natural. </i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i>So there you go.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>A favorite haiku by another poet: </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">the porn star speaks</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">through an intermediary</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">cherry blossoms </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Cherie Hunter Day </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><em>is/let</em> poetry (May 18, 2018)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b> Jennifer Hambrick says:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">What I appreciate about this haiku is how it totally dismantles the übergendered evocative power of one of haiku's most cherished<strong>—</strong>and most overworked<strong>—</strong>images, namely cherry blossoms, by juxtaposing it against an image of the cynical smut of the post-modern media age. Huge poetic energy involved in so perfectly tipping a cow that sacred.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">My favorite quote from <em><b>Waiting for Godot</b></em>: </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>“Demain, quand je croirai me réveiller, que dirais-je de cette journée?”</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">("Tomorrow, when I think I've woken up, what will I say about today?" </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Translation mine </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">[Jennifer Hambrick]</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">.) </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong>A different quote from “Withnail and I?"</strong> </span> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Okay ... um, how about this:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>“Have you got soup? Why didn't I get any soup?”</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I often find myself wanting soup. I mean, don't we all?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>NOTES</u>:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Jennifer Hambrick, Ph.D.</span></div><div><a href="http://jenniferhambrick.com/"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">jenniferhambrick.com</span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://jenniferhambrick.com/tag/haibun/">https://jenniferhambrick.com/tag/haibun/</a> </span></div><div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://jenniferhambrick.com/order/">https://jenniferhambrick.com/order/</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLIFiQWa6WGHM_Sb5dlVqrfIJCghHNotlHiQtzeao6ghNn4CgtF5TENx5qESJFqvk9S-VXRNiZpCt9Q3KZlT8G1C3ifuP9e7fGL2UckgXdny8k0_M-RR2EUKgQPgs8hC00ZrVWzlG5s3CqmXjwwbiSWd1doly29i2Ix9C26Eno8lrSBikQxhJG5mhL=s483" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="483" data-original-width="351" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLIFiQWa6WGHM_Sb5dlVqrfIJCghHNotlHiQtzeao6ghNn4CgtF5TENx5qESJFqvk9S-VXRNiZpCt9Q3KZlT8G1C3ifuP9e7fGL2UckgXdny8k0_M-RR2EUKgQPgs8hC00ZrVWzlG5s3CqmXjwwbiSWd1doly29i2Ix9C26Eno8lrSBikQxhJG5mhL=w291-h400" width="291" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span data-keep-original-tag="false" face=""Open Sans", sans-serif"><span data-keep-original-tag="false"><b>Book Review:</b></span></span><span data-keep-original-tag="false" face=""Open Sans", sans-serif"> </span><span data-keep-original-tag="false" face=""Open Sans", sans-serif"><span data-keep-original-tag="false"><a href="https://contemporaryhaibunonline.com/cho-17-2-table-of-contents/book-review-joyride-by-jennifer-hambrick/" style="transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out;"><span style="color: white; font-family: helvetica;"><b>Joyride</b></span></a></span></span><span data-keep-original-tag="false" face=""Open Sans", sans-serif"><span style="color: white; font-family: helvetica;"><b> </b></span>by Jennifer Hambrick</span></span><br /><span data-keep-original-tag="false" face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;">Reviewed by Rich Youmans</span></div><div><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(58, 58, 58); color: #3a3a3a; font-size: x-large; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://contemporaryhaibunonline.com/cho-17-2-table-of-contents/book-review-joyride-by-jennifer-hambrick/">https://contemporaryhaibunonline.com/cho-17-2-table-of-contents/book-review-joyride-by-jennifer-hambrick/</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Living Haiku Anthology:</b></span></div><div><a href="https://livinghaikuanthology.com/index-of-poets/alphabetic-index/374-h-poets/hambrick,-jennifer.html"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">https://livinghaikuanthology.com/index-of-poets/alphabetic-index/374-h-poets/hambrick,-jennifer.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Cherie Hunter Day’s haiku</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">the porn star speaks</span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">through an intermediary</span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">cherry blossoms </span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div></span></div><div><a href="https://isletpoetry.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/1895/"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">https://isletpoetry.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/1895/</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Cherie Hunter Day says:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>This was written in response to Stephanie Clifford’s (Stormy Daniels) lawsuit against Donald Trump for hush monies he paid to her in October 2016 for their affair in 2006. Michael Avenatti was her attorney and he made statements on her behalf. I found it telling that she needed a representative to facilitate a media response. She is capable but somehow not believable due to her role and gender—the power dynamics in politics. The lawsuit was filed on March 6, 2018 and the subsequent media circus took place in peak blossom-viewing time. Cherry blossoms don’t seek permission to express their intentions. It’s all in the open. The historical details aren’t really necessary to enjoy this haiku because the story comes through in the context.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjpb4Pu38Tq4F2vGOh7jtAi_QscGzJ-21HXgrZkUSzww7QOxwGPh9_JZcRE9Dep6QXWPNWDDT7PkjGGO-jIJPtJeH_Z0v3Hz8yAeGX065d-Rwcw49Qo-1NEG-d2ykeMD4ftht1JQ_E5l6v7TAG8rPlIdEAWUkxbHcT9VFE3rThyQ59dknmb5jowinJ=s700" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="449" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjpb4Pu38Tq4F2vGOh7jtAi_QscGzJ-21HXgrZkUSzww7QOxwGPh9_JZcRE9Dep6QXWPNWDDT7PkjGGO-jIJPtJeH_Z0v3Hz8yAeGX065d-Rwcw49Qo-1NEG-d2ykeMD4ftht1JQ_E5l6v7TAG8rPlIdEAWUkxbHcT9VFE3rThyQ59dknmb5jowinJ=w256-h400" width="256" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Link to Cherie Hunter Day's most recent collection: </span></div><div><span><em><span style="color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">for Want</span></em><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> (Ornithopter Press, 2017)</span></span></div><div><a href="https://www.ornithopterpress.com/store/p4/FOR_WANT_by_Cherie_Day.html"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">https://www.ornithopterpress.com/store/p4/FOR_WANT_by_Cherie_Day.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Selected haiku from </span><em><span style="color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b>for Want</b></span></em><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> (Ornithopter Press, 2017)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://isletpoetry.wordpress.com/2017/09/10/book-recommendation-for-want-by-cherie-hunter-day/">https://isletpoetry.wordpress.com/2017/09/10/book-recommendation-for-want-by-cherie-hunter-day/</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDwRy6tQ2cSpmQELu_BHVV3x5l_zh_LEybY4tbcTFYsO1f61g7O2o97hDkeS6aj9TAxGy4OpIL8Qk4WN_K8rXv8On_gBu8dVUAtFsOQG7DR8G1v25LA4WJGxdHNjhZhsIuiVY_uw0qL4hSiXNXoNncQLSLdcfXUH_Ll6mPiqT4CelVEhWFoJlpy8lY=s742" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="369" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDwRy6tQ2cSpmQELu_BHVV3x5l_zh_LEybY4tbcTFYsO1f61g7O2o97hDkeS6aj9TAxGy4OpIL8Qk4WN_K8rXv8On_gBu8dVUAtFsOQG7DR8G1v25LA4WJGxdHNjhZhsIuiVY_uw0qL4hSiXNXoNncQLSLdcfXUH_Ll6mPiqT4CelVEhWFoJlpy8lY=s320" width="159" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div>Area 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463727677802213246.post-20181681648112977012021-10-22T03:54:00.000-07:002021-10-22T03:54:04.207-07:00Pravat Kumar Padhy is walking with dinosaurs as Neena Singh gently mourns, while Subir Ningthouja is held captive by Matsuo Bashõ<div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWIDtaEuZFZJoTptiEZbwRNV7Fe4YP2k6t641c3t8vV2eHrVhKSNVEOfQQXj3sDdIKak0ehYMsUa23khSVW2jTbsOiAovQLOrGRAXavDz3GqPP3OGevNMlzYsrPMNjfRWTFhsDIUyqWmXngNEMnjsIp3N5ErXupG71Dc0hXSqbw3NzZpV_2ABgcKY_=s340" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="340" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWIDtaEuZFZJoTptiEZbwRNV7Fe4YP2k6t641c3t8vV2eHrVhKSNVEOfQQXj3sDdIKak0ehYMsUa23khSVW2jTbsOiAovQLOrGRAXavDz3GqPP3OGevNMlzYsrPMNjfRWTFhsDIUyqWmXngNEMnjsIp3N5ErXupG71Dc0hXSqbw3NzZpV_2ABgcKY_=s320" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><h1 class="entry-title" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">the dinosaurs we have come a long way</span></h1><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Pravat Kumar Padhy </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Pravat's Statement:</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>Monoku is an interesting poetic form of release of compressed expression in brevity and creating a room to unfold the expanded meaning of it for the readers. </i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i> </i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>Dinosaurs used to walk on our planet 65 million years ago. The huge asteroid impact triggered the extinction of dinosaurs after walking on the Earth for about 165 million years.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i> </i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>The ku expands the vertical axis exploring the geological history. It corroborates the evolution history of human beings and the pragmatic scientific visualization on the stretch of the time plane.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>My favourite haiku by Neena Singh:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">quiet mourners</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">a half-eaten peach</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">on the table</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Neena Singh</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">is/let 12.2.2021</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://isletpoetry.wordpress.com/2021/02/12/5451/">https://isletpoetry.wordpress.com/2021/02/12/5451/ </a> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Pravat's Comment:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><b>Neena Singh</b> is a haiku poet with the reflection of originality and integrity in her writing. The ku creates an emotional resonance through the image <b>‘quiet mourners’</b>: the split of time for the life becoming lifeless. It juxtaposes an image of heavenly departure expressed through the word phrase <b>‘a half-eaten peach’</b>. Perhaps the poet narrates the incidence with a seasonal reference to autumn during the prevailing pandemic time.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i> </i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>It reminds me of Ezra Pound’s observation:</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">“</span></b>An “Image” is that which presents an intellectual and emotional complex in an instant of time….. It is the presentation of such a “complex” instantaneously which gives that sense of sudden liberation; that sense of freedom from time limits and space limits; that sense of sudden growth, which we experience in the presence of the greatest works of art.<b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">”</span></b></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Waiting for Godot:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>“For each one who begins to weep, somewhere else another stops. The same is true of the laugh.”</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">― Samuel Beckett, ‘Waiting For Godot’</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Withnail and I:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Uncle Monty: </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>“There can be no true beauty without decay.”</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">gibbous moon </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">the pond's captive </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">swims with fishes</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Subir Ningthouja</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Subir's Commentary:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>Who can forget first falling in love? </i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This is my first haiku, I seriously wrote, when I started falling in love with this kind of poetry. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The image of the moon in the pond fascinated me, despite the mosquitoes! Making up the poem in my mind, I dedicate it to all aspiring haiku poets, including myself.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">It's not like anything</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">they compare it to—</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">the summer moon.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Matsuo Bashõ</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">English version by Robert Hass</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The Essential Haiku: versions of Basho, Buson and Issa</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://inpressbooks.co.uk/products/the-essential-haiku-versions-of-basho-buson-and-issa">https://inpressbooks.co.uk/products/the-essential-haiku-versions-of-basho-buson-and-issa</a> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Subir's Commentary:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I like this one because </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1.</b> It is written so simply.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>2.</b> The moon has been compared to many things, as it has been in many aspects in various cultures and languages. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>3.</b> Many of these vary.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>4.</b> The moon can be associated with different perspectives in different persons. From a child to an aged person, persons of different regions, cultures, professions....</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>5. </b>Yet the moon is one shining above us all.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Waiting for Godot quotes </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>“I'm like that. Either I forget right away or I never forget.”</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i> </i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>“Nothing happens. Nobody comes, nobody goes. It s awful.”</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i> </i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>“If by Godot I had meant God I would have said God, and not Godot.”</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i> </i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>"Was I sleeping, while the others suffered? Am I sleeping now? Tomorrow, when I wake, or think I do, what shall I say of today?”</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i> </i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>“Don’t question me! The blind have no notion of time. The things of time are hidden from them too.”</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i> </i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>“When! One day, is that not enough for you, one day he went dumb, one day I went blind, one day we' ll go deaf, one day we were born, one day we shall die, the same day, the same second, is that not enough for you?”</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i> </i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>“For each one who begins to weep, somewhere else another stops. The same is true of the laugh.”</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>Withnail and I</i> quotes</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>“I feel like a pig shat in my head.”</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i> </i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>“I don't advise a haircut, man. All hairdressers are in the employment of the government. Hairs are your aerials. They pick up signals from the cosmos, and transmit them directly into you brain! This is the reason bald-headed men are uptight.”</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>NOTES</u>:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Pravat Kumar Padhy</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://pkpadhy.blogspot.com/">http://pkpadhy.blogspot.com</a> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Editor:</b> <i>Haibun, Haiga and Visual Haiku,</i> “Under the Basho”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Panelist:</b> The Haiku Foundation Touchstone Poem Awards</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Monoku: An Experiment with Minimalism in Haiku Literature</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">by Pravat Kumar Padhy</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.underthebasho.com/utb-2018/essays/2451-monoku-an-experiment-with-minimalism-in-haiku-literature.html">https://www.underthebasho.com/utb-2018/essays/2451-monoku-an-experiment-with-minimalism-in-haiku-literature.html</a> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Pravat Kumar Padhy’s zero</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://haikucommentary.wordpress.com/2020/06/16/pravat-kumar-padhys-zero/">https://haikucommentary.wordpress.com/2020/06/16/pravat-kumar-padhys-zero/</a> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Pravat Kumar Padhy on another haiku </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>by <span style="font-size: x-large;">Neena Singh</span>:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://thehaikufoundation.org/revirals-277/">https://thehaikufoundation.org/revirals-277/</a> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Neena Singh</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 47px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">World Haiku Series 2019</h1></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://akitahaiku.com/2020/06/15/world-haiku-series-2019-136-haiku-by-neena-singh/">https://akitahaiku.com/2020/06/15/world-haiku-series-2019-136-haiku-by-neena-singh/</a></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Subir Ningthouja</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Imphal, Manipur, India</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Subir Ningthouja is a physician. Initially, he wrote free verse and very short stories as a hobby. He writes that: </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>“After a friend introduced me to haiku, I have been swimming in haiku and related forms of writing as an enthusiastic novice.” </i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">His work has been published in the Moonlight Haiku Challenge September 2020 Anthology, Haikuniverse, and Haiku Dialogue, and the <b><i>Blo͞o Outlier Journal Winter Issue 2020</i></b>:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://bloooutlierjournal.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-bloo-outlier-journal-winter-issue.html">https://bloooutlierjournal.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-bloo-outlier-journal-winter-issue.html</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>BASHŌ'S HOKKU</b> by David Landis Barnhill</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.uwosh.edu/facstaff/barnhill/es-244-basho/bashos-hokku.pdf">https://www.uwosh.edu/facstaff/barnhill/es-244-basho/bashos-hokku.pdf</a></span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmqcIT552CRqppZdHLZghtgEVWBLDb5ORvJ31DaCc3gsw03n9DcVRMhLcYRk6WBW_MI7eUxxPDkwVlDAFxd7ly8rmawG81WwRlap_ah4ISp6k_FXpz3lLIt5kJ-tbd0IuRPikJRa1IAfwXTJB3Y4RwHZe2-pZZskBOYRVESBi74JRkYVJI3egRK9br=s742" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="369" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmqcIT552CRqppZdHLZghtgEVWBLDb5ORvJ31DaCc3gsw03n9DcVRMhLcYRk6WBW_MI7eUxxPDkwVlDAFxd7ly8rmawG81WwRlap_ah4ISp6k_FXpz3lLIt5kJ-tbd0IuRPikJRa1IAfwXTJB3Y4RwHZe2-pZZskBOYRVESBi74JRkYVJI3egRK9br=s320" width="159" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div>Area 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463727677802213246.post-80715606921252769772021-10-21T04:13:00.001-07:002021-10-21T04:13:40.115-07:00Roger Stevens goes biking and Mirjana Božin is listening to the soil's twilight <p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8ycUeElkV2AI_PbmP9Qf6qldPQaE7GI6_pHtTrzGyIqzxN8RXWlzWFk1hbKbgjmL-or8uhmQESoba55hZdhEWj6aHaINnTdmN5GXUowtWhrgSTEJZFBeeXOYPHV-saevV70PXZic9hTpIfhwBBpk8_HsoxBBwINTfKjCRBWVUPAtpsRqvd-ExQVVL=s509" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="363" data-original-width="509" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8ycUeElkV2AI_PbmP9Qf6qldPQaE7GI6_pHtTrzGyIqzxN8RXWlzWFk1hbKbgjmL-or8uhmQESoba55hZdhEWj6aHaINnTdmN5GXUowtWhrgSTEJZFBeeXOYPHV-saevV70PXZic9hTpIfhwBBpk8_HsoxBBwINTfKjCRBWVUPAtpsRqvd-ExQVVL=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">racing bicycles</span></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">on the road behind the hedge</span></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">late hawthorn blossom</span></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Roger Stevens</span></span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Roger says:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>After taking a haiku writing course with Alan Summers I began to grapple with the complexities of haiku. I managed one that seemed to be quite successful.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>This summer I started again, and wrote some whilst walking on the Sussex Downs. It began as I was thinking about how late the hawthorn blossom seemed.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>The comparison then fell into place. In fact there is a third layer to the story, the pace set by the poem's teller.</i></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Sussex Downs, now part of the South Downs National Park Authority</span> </div></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">which spreads across East Sussex, West Sussex and Hampshire (England):</span></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="default-style"><a href="https://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/trails/south-downs-way/"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/trails/south-downs-way/</span></a></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>After taking the above-mentioned course by Alan Summers I can't say I am absolutely sure what a haiku actually is. </i></span><i><span style="font-family: arial;">But I like this one by </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Mirjana Božin:</span></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">watering the garden</span></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I listen to the soil</span></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">whispering in the dark</span></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="default-style"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mirjana Božin</span></span></div><div> </div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Roger adds:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>It's about the sound of water seeping through the soil, and so it has a resonance with pleasant memories of gardening. But also because I've recently been reading about the sentience of trees, and how they communicate with one another through micro-organisms and fungus through the soil. As though whispering. </i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhD6TRtm7ojDq4TwQ4f41DwOCA_n02z3kWKKi-LEwmXOCehlauFCu9s_KcDZSyf_eHCP9ZWfud3vS1qUsmJaUUu6lbDuQOrtgdZKnApWNKPUngMNmx0a8OwfUm-8h-pcvQ2M6SlKdm7xWDFSPRHzRQiFxxhtpE4YwsZ5uTASF1eKqbNmNYLSAn0zNnH=s335" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="304" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhD6TRtm7ojDq4TwQ4f41DwOCA_n02z3kWKKi-LEwmXOCehlauFCu9s_KcDZSyf_eHCP9ZWfud3vS1qUsmJaUUu6lbDuQOrtgdZKnApWNKPUngMNmx0a8OwfUm-8h-pcvQ2M6SlKdm7xWDFSPRHzRQiFxxhtpE4YwsZ5uTASF1eKqbNmNYLSAn0zNnH=w181-h200" width="181" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I never was a big fan of <b><i>Withnail and I</i></b>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">And so I have no favourite quote. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">If that gets me banned from Mahmight, so be it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>I said:</b></span></p><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">So you don't like Shakespeare?! </span> 😉</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zEVZGuU3BU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zEVZGuU3BU</a></span></div><div> </div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Roger said:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I am a big fan of <i><b>Waiting For Godot</b></i> though. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">And Samuel Beckett.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Vladimir:</b> You should have been a poet.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Estragon: </b>I was. Isn't that obvious?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>Thank you. </i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Roger</i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>PS</b> <i>Regarding Marmite. I quite like it. </i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>NOTES</u>:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Roger Stevens</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>The Poetry Zone</b> <a href="http://www.poetryzone.co.uk">www.poetryzone.co.uk</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Shop</b> <a href="http://www.rogerstevensshop.com">www.rogerstevensshop.com</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Children's Poems on You Tube</b> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/rogerstevenspoet">http://www.youtube.com/user/rogerstevenspoet</a></span></p><p><a href="https://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/author/1192/Roger-Stevens.html"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">https://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/author/1192/Roger-Stevens.html</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>YouTube channel for grown-ups </b> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/happy2oblige">http://www.youtube.com/user/happy2oblige</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Music</b> <a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/rogerstevens">www.reverbnation.com/rogerstevens</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Twitter:</b> <a href="https://twitter.com/poetryzone?lang=en">https://twitter.com/poetryzone?lang=en</a></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTKMYPOjRMCoKsiVDgx_fkg5IeSlDJUt57qK7V_Y0hSoZ67o2wFLsxKuJn6WMeNbJlS-PPqFmfDpNH-LUlKhX-21cX5fXBqh7jf6BoteMPkquMY1Rq3Z8iuKjFIXkPI0r6ysTLgLUl95FuWf-mVN4VLWdG5-yze_bnU33QaMozLx_Hz_3EeDp-JS33=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1351" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTKMYPOjRMCoKsiVDgx_fkg5IeSlDJUt57qK7V_Y0hSoZ67o2wFLsxKuJn6WMeNbJlS-PPqFmfDpNH-LUlKhX-21cX5fXBqh7jf6BoteMPkquMY1Rq3Z8iuKjFIXkPI0r6ysTLgLUl95FuWf-mVN4VLWdG5-yze_bnU33QaMozLx_Hz_3EeDp-JS33=w422-h640" width="422" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/liz-brownlee/be-the-change/9781529018943"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/liz-brownlee/be-the-change/9781529018943</span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Mirjana Božin (Serbia) aka Mi Bo</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100025159083431">https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100025159083431</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="http://kamesanhaikublog.blogspot.com/2018/10/plodovi-duha-mirjane-bozin-12-novijih.html">http://kamesanhaikublog.blogspot.com/2018/10/plodovi-duha-mirjane-bozin-12-novijih.html</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="http://kamesanhaikublog.blogspot.com/2018/10/u-ponedeljak-8.html">http://kamesanhaikublog.blogspot.com/2018/10/u-ponedeljak-8.html</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://terebess.hu/haiku/nyugati/bozin.html">https://terebess.hu/haiku/nyugati/bozin.html</a></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghJ0N35SM6M97d6IJaivQ_FH9FbdZeNQuS_5G8RaFCKoMFEk5SeQIy_Xp-bkuktBFGYLmQ6b2Nn7_N9Jxkxq27NNs_md0SdPd9OCTC_V6eZOsvDNqVW_fWRKUZ0-KZBcBRgetY0lGfn-ALrPQ5hrue5BpWsKKSLHZ_ukizSr8lc5t5WZ8l2T6c4i1S=s1360" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="855" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghJ0N35SM6M97d6IJaivQ_FH9FbdZeNQuS_5G8RaFCKoMFEk5SeQIy_Xp-bkuktBFGYLmQ6b2Nn7_N9Jxkxq27NNs_md0SdPd9OCTC_V6eZOsvDNqVW_fWRKUZ0-KZBcBRgetY0lGfn-ALrPQ5hrue5BpWsKKSLHZ_ukizSr8lc5t5WZ8l2T6c4i1S=w402-h640" width="402" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDbvVpcMQlo64qRxKnY5d-NEMoBpNEnQv9GYvFsQPG3Gw0wb7MJ2EvTYefQKLxK6CIDcbav45cZoY3V63voi9v4lC2eNgvn9-kkoUV0xB79uuh3GBj4sUWGlQILhS9-muQUPgmXOjh1yP5Il4Drnm0CvZ0tyHDPlemRJjPgsfvn1Q2_l0IOwCnc6NH=s1360" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="855" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDbvVpcMQlo64qRxKnY5d-NEMoBpNEnQv9GYvFsQPG3Gw0wb7MJ2EvTYefQKLxK6CIDcbav45cZoY3V63voi9v4lC2eNgvn9-kkoUV0xB79uuh3GBj4sUWGlQILhS9-muQUPgmXOjh1yP5Il4Drnm0CvZ0tyHDPlemRJjPgsfvn1Q2_l0IOwCnc6NH=w402-h640" width="402" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>The next generation of poets includes a number of interesting voices. Mirjana Božin tends to the understated, concise, miniature form, sometimes witty, always original, generally a brief idea expressed in one breath, as may be seen in her volume of haiku poems (Answer to the Sun's Ray, 1990). Her volume of poems (Immaculate Conception, 1991) suggests a new strength and range, and a particular concern with the destiny and, frequently welcome, solitude of women.</i></span></p><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">From </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><em>“Voices in the Shadows: Women and Verbal Art in Serbia and Bosnia”</em> </b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">by Celia Hawkesworth</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">REVIEW:</span></b></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Women are conspicuously absent from traditional cultural histories of south-east Europe. This book addresses that imbalance by describing the contribution of women to literary culture in the Orthodox/ Ottoman areas of Serbia and Bosnia.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The first complete literary history in relation to women's writing in south-east Europe. The author provides a broad chronological account of this contribution, dividing the book into two main parts; the earlier period up until the eighteenth century concentrates on the projections of gender through the medium of oral tradition and the lives of a handful of educated women in medieval Serbia and the few works of literature they left. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Hawkesworth also looks at the written literature produced by women, first in the mid-nineteenth century and then at the turn of the century. The second part focuses on the trials and tribulations that affected feminism and women's literature throughout the twentieth century. The author finishes by highlighting the new women's movement, 1975-1990, a great period for women in Yugoslavia which created a stimulating atmosphere for outstanding pieces of women's journalism, prose and verse, culminating in the creation of new women's studies courses in many universities.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/austrian-history-yearbook/article/abs/hawkesworth-celia-voices-in-the-shadows-women-and-verbal-art-in-serbia-and-bosnia-budapest-central-european-university-press-2000-pp-281-illus-maps/8B7A2EA81528E9F4A0DF8706F277C1D2"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/austrian-history-yearbook/article/abs/hawkesworth-celia-voices-in-the-shadows-women-and-verbal-art-in-serbia-and-bosnia-budapest-central-european-university-press-2000-pp-281-illus-maps/8B7A2EA81528E9F4A0DF8706F277C1D2#</span></a></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;"><a href="https://www.abebooks.co.uk/Voices-Shadows-Women-Verbal-Art-Serbia/30245620682/bd">https://www.abebooks.co.uk/Voices-Shadows-Women-Verbal-Art-Serbia/30245620682/bd</a> </span> </span></div><div> </div><div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaPkkKBpHwypFzHZeG_YCj89j0NRU0U8ZYWHIZPOXfI6RVjDT9Qgmly0RS4Bcs_zOT7WhTbWOHUfCV-ml00q_lYPFQr8TF6Im29C9phz5wRqk0QtA5pTHbEUO-5h-ey7VLK2LinjDzVikjNC9Th3cVtauauzym3pZPfX8jH1HRn9uaImraKAtESMnM=s742" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="369" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaPkkKBpHwypFzHZeG_YCj89j0NRU0U8ZYWHIZPOXfI6RVjDT9Qgmly0RS4Bcs_zOT7WhTbWOHUfCV-ml00q_lYPFQr8TF6Im29C9phz5wRqk0QtA5pTHbEUO-5h-ey7VLK2LinjDzVikjNC9Th3cVtauauzym3pZPfX8jH1HRn9uaImraKAtESMnM=s320" width="159" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><p><br /></p>Area 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463727677802213246.post-88188780811674615782021-10-03T09:12:00.002-07:002021-10-03T09:12:46.051-07:00the lion roars with S.Radhamani with rain on the tiles by Rachel Sutcliffe<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrbeNU0pGaIi7EtZQMBs7k3yWtO5ywCouOX7NMYWYkgC1LbyqIthw6JiDmtVgGDISLFle75bg-9hAQgSa31PuATVSAhyJ-9-p_ZuRMJcDys98qjPJWKGlaWuPSZPoosRm7Bb6LBM4K3cM/s490/Mahmight+framed+lion+in+window+Radhamani+Screenshot+2021-10-03+at+16.53.58.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="357" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrbeNU0pGaIi7EtZQMBs7k3yWtO5ywCouOX7NMYWYkgC1LbyqIthw6JiDmtVgGDISLFle75bg-9hAQgSa31PuATVSAhyJ-9-p_ZuRMJcDys98qjPJWKGlaWuPSZPoosRm7Bb6LBM4K3cM/s320/Mahmight+framed+lion+in+window+Radhamani+Screenshot+2021-10-03+at+16.53.58.png" width="233" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">midnight city throb</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">the secret of a lion roars</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">across the window</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">S.Radhamani</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>S.Radhamani says:</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>As opposed to a serene hamlet, the hustle bustle of city, be it an excited crowd from the theatre, or an enthralling mall, or a speedy ambulance that is deafening, or cautioning the passersby, there is sometimes agitation silently passing into the heart of someone, for reasons beyond articulation, this juxtaposition brings out something anew for speculation.</i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">S.Radhamani chooses this atmospheric haiku:</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">cold rain</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">darkness trickles</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">off the tiles</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Rachel Sutcliffe</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lyrical Passion Poetry E-zine, 2018 (ed. Raquel Bailey)</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://lyricalpassionpoetry.yolasite.com/japanese-short-form-pg7.php " target="_blank">http://lyricalpassionpoetry.yolasite.com/japanese-short-form-pg7.php </a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">S.Radhamani talks about </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Rachel Sutcliffe's haiku:</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>Who will not like Rachel Sutcliffe? </i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>Wintry images of cold rain dripping and permeating darkness, with an impinging effect upon tiles, thereby both with combined effect and efface on tiles. </i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>The droplets or slow movement perhaps give a facelift to the tiles, change of color too. Contrast with darkness of cold rain showing on tiles with a telling effect, has a catch and immediacy. </i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>The poet’s wording effecting room ambience and color all depicted in a running image. I like the image of show and tell that is well depicted.</i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Quote from Waiting for Godot</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"> </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>VLADIMIR: </b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It'll pass the time. (Pause.) </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Two thieves, crucified at the same time as our Saviour.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Withnail and I scene:</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The Bathroom</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">[I is in the bath shaving.]</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I:</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> Speed is like a dozen transatlantic flights without ever getting off</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> the plane. Timechange. You lose, you gain. Makes no difference so long</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> as you keep taking the pills. But sooner or later you've got to get</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> out because it's crashing then all at once the frozen hours melt out</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> through the nervous system and seep out the pores.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">[Withnail enters with their lunch from the chippy]</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Alan notes</u>:</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Rachel Sutcliffe’s now posthumous blog</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Rachel Marie Sutcliffe 6.11.77 to 23. 1.19</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://projectwords11.wordpress.com">https://projectwords11.wordpress.com</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Marie Sutcliffe, Rachel’s mother continues the memory</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://putitintopoetry.wordpress.com">https://putitintopoetry.wordpress.com</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>Half A Rainbow</b></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Haiku Nook: An Anthology</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dedicated to Rachel Sutcliffe (1977-2019)</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">& Haiku Nook </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">ed. Jacob Salzer</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://jsalzer.wixsite.com/halfarainbowhaiku/rachel-sutcliffe">https://jsalzer.wixsite.com/halfarainbowhaiku/rachel-sutcliffe</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Profits from the book go to Rachel's favourite charity</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;"><b>St. James University Hospital, Leeds Care</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://jsalzer.wixsite.com/halfarainbowhaiku"><span style="font-size: x-large;">https://jsalzer.wixsite.com/halfarainbowhaiku</span></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMlHDQaUBvg3C7xVNQmvKCUELb1m47-tSr-1VmekXIJ5kO8Oq4u8dgZSx7hEmFxFYPW5zBlaNelH16qNv24usPn6ANC3jVDKBVseU2ymxh_mLXLx-Y05AuMvvh9-sQsa5FXtcJ7MnyQg8/s742/MahMight+fish+cactus+logo+jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="369" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMlHDQaUBvg3C7xVNQmvKCUELb1m47-tSr-1VmekXIJ5kO8Oq4u8dgZSx7hEmFxFYPW5zBlaNelH16qNv24usPn6ANC3jVDKBVseU2ymxh_mLXLx-Y05AuMvvh9-sQsa5FXtcJ7MnyQg8/s320/MahMight+fish+cactus+logo+jpg.jpg" width="159" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Area 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463727677802213246.post-17113859121223881722021-08-11T11:32:00.000-07:002021-08-11T11:32:14.379-07:00Mariangela Canzi and Ian Storr lending Presence into the MahMight Zone<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggn57ezYeuCSGrlcnoluBTBffBXmXfal4O_Qke0IPPjPRibueU8oAD_HyIyhxm1iq-0arOzcZ3J5ihG9PjmF4_srKuAnrq3n5gcyhIFnzDkAuhvQNkyi9lU3RjlhiNluVmB3QBVJ3UV8I/s445/fish+and+empathy+Screenshot+2021-08-11+at+19.15.57.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="438" data-original-width="445" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggn57ezYeuCSGrlcnoluBTBffBXmXfal4O_Qke0IPPjPRibueU8oAD_HyIyhxm1iq-0arOzcZ3J5ihG9PjmF4_srKuAnrq3n5gcyhIFnzDkAuhvQNkyi9lU3RjlhiNluVmB3QBVJ3UV8I/s320/fish+and+empathy+Screenshot+2021-08-11+at+19.15.57.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">bloody sunday</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">migrants work</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">in burning fields</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mariangela Canzi </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Mariangela Canzi said:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>"I would like to send you my most recent haiku. I wrote it in one go last Sunday after hearing terrible news on tv.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>Last Sunday breaking news: An African migrant died of a heart attack in southern Italy. He had been forced to work in the fields at noon. Fatigue and heat killed him.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>I felt deeply shocked and irate. Words suddenly flowed into my mind and I wrote this haiku."</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">traffic lights at red</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">a man with no fingers</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">asks for money</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Ian Storr</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Mariangela Canzi says:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>"Ian Storr's haiku profoundly struck me. I think a discreet yet powerful emotion seizes the reader and leads him to think about our life and our challenging world. A challenge we have to take up."</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span><b>Here is </b></span><b>Mariangela's quotation from </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>'Waiting for Godot'...</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Vladimir:</b> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>"There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the faults of his feet."</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>And from 'Withnail and I'...</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Withnail:</b></span></span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>"These are the sort of windows faces look in at?"</i></span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Alan Note</u>:</b></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ian Storr's incredible haiku comes from this sequence:</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;"><b>Blue Lotuses - Ian Storr</b></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.waleshaikujournal.com/bluelotuses-ianstorr">https://www.waleshaikujournal.com/bluelotuses-ianstorr</a></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ian Storr also helps make this amazing journal come alive </span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-size: large;">with his fellow editors:</span></p><h1 style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 3em; line-height: 1.5em; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: white;">Presence</span></h1><h2 style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;">Britain's leading independent haiku journal</span></h2><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>web links:</b></span> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://haikupresence.org">https://haikupresence.org</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://haikupresence.org/submit/">https://haikupresence.org/submit/</a></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>And all fine poetry journals need a bit of extra loving:</i></span></p><p><a href="https://haikupresence.org/subscribe/"><span style="font-size: x-large;">https://haikupresence.org/subscribe/</span></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpqtq83nMzxOUKJnFAcZwMOGh8NQqgixwUUVl6py4OWlBbqoKjXSuGOzIcShKoCvdpz8fWKJYVBV4j0TRlhYwr8eGzLGeTutRZ3omjdvXhUrocrtto9RncCcLdqft_2ZljsKbkQxOaZEY/s742/MahMight+fish+cactus+logo+jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="369" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpqtq83nMzxOUKJnFAcZwMOGh8NQqgixwUUVl6py4OWlBbqoKjXSuGOzIcShKoCvdpz8fWKJYVBV4j0TRlhYwr8eGzLGeTutRZ3omjdvXhUrocrtto9RncCcLdqft_2ZljsKbkQxOaZEY/w199-h400/MahMight+fish+cactus+logo+jpg.jpg" width="199" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div><br /></div>Area 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463727677802213246.post-73566489925568018992021-08-06T06:15:00.002-07:002021-08-06T06:15:46.235-07:00MahMight becomes poignant with Lorraine Padden and Chad Lee Robinson<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeLEMBoU5vI09w2AGlXWeaMhOILKoiMUUMsFJa3o15_wDHqdI4VQhRPGVadjpSQmlz6fXqaAP8wvJSG94QVyDPnGWDjAg7h7gut3e8v5eb3ZlRoE_9T5F94T2_hJ_Mra97EwEDt8l8wgA/s523/pink+fish+teddy+poignant+copy.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="523" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeLEMBoU5vI09w2AGlXWeaMhOILKoiMUUMsFJa3o15_wDHqdI4VQhRPGVadjpSQmlz6fXqaAP8wvJSG94QVyDPnGWDjAg7h7gut3e8v5eb3ZlRoE_9T5F94T2_hJ_Mra97EwEDt8l8wgA/w400-h353/pink+fish+teddy+poignant+copy.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">precious little sleep the tiny headstone</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Lorraine Padden</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Commentary:</b></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>"I’m fascinated by the various arrangements of words that make up small haiku-informed poems! How individual bits of meaning lead, follow, shift and co-mingle in a single stroke or across multiple gestures."</i></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Lorraine:</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>And, here's a favorite haiku by Chad Lee Robinson, The Heron's Nest 2020 Poet of the Year:</i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">stillborn lamb</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">the storm reduces itself</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">to quiet rain</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Chad Lee Robinson</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Lorraine's Commentary: </b></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>"This moment is full to overflowing with the juxtaposition of ferocious and tender energies. A force of nature whose furious self-confidence yields space and time for a reverential bearing witness to loss."</i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>A favorite quote from Waiting for Godot:</b></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>"Estragon: We always find something, eh Didi, to give us the impression that we exist?"</i></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>A favorite quote from Withnail and I:</b></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>"Withnail: This is ridiculous"</i></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Alan note</u>:</b></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Check out the latest tweets from </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Lorraine A Padden</i></b>:</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://twitter.com/LorraineAPadden">https://twitter.com/LorraineAPadden</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Chad Lee Robinson</u></b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">stillborn lamb</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">the storm reduces itself</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">to quiet rain</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Chad Lee Robinson</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Pierre, South Dakota</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The Heron's Nest</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Volume XXII, Number 3: September 2020</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Editors' Choices</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The Heron's Nest Award commentary</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Jeff Hoagland Commentary:</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.theheronsnest.com/September2020/editors-choices.html"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">https://www.theheronsnest.com/September2020/editors-choices.html</span></a></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Enjoy Chad Lee Robinson's other haiku in this journal:</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.theheronsnest.com/September2020/haiku-p6.html">https://www.theheronsnest.com/September2020/haiku-p6.html</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<div id="main"><div class="post-1722 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-haiku category-haiku-competition" id="post-1722"><h2><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><cufon alt="Chad " class="cufon cufon-canvas" style="height: 45px; width: 84px;"></cufon></span></h2></div></div><h2><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Interview with Chad Lee Robinson, </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Prizewinning author </span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">of <i>The Deep End of the Sky</i></span></p><div><a href="https://www.turtlelightpress.com/2015/09/chad-lee-robinson-on-haiku/" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">https://www.turtlelightpress.com/2015/09/chad-lee-robinson-on-haiku/</span></a></div></h2><div class="postcontent"><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>About<span style="color: #cc0000;">:</span> Chad Lee Robinson:</b></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://dakotaku.wordpress.com/about/"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">https://dakotaku.wordpress.com/about/</span></a></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">And his books including eBooks you can enjoy right now!</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://dakotaku.wordpress.com/haiku-collections/">https://dakotaku.wordpress.com/haiku-collections/</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ5jerhF4vs3VqixkGDCjXG3wh6TWzmd7r_cZvhsC-sm34a0e8KbnpZrW3IOBQBnouS9SAs31aBKxRKXkoOPKMqFbbU1eSt5gIAyWxjjjbfoyMwuAYB-jV3-eCcIB8BscvgdaPdnIqtbg/s742/MahMight+fish+cactus+logo+jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="369" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ5jerhF4vs3VqixkGDCjXG3wh6TWzmd7r_cZvhsC-sm34a0e8KbnpZrW3IOBQBnouS9SAs31aBKxRKXkoOPKMqFbbU1eSt5gIAyWxjjjbfoyMwuAYB-jV3-eCcIB8BscvgdaPdnIqtbg/s320/MahMight+fish+cactus+logo+jpg.jpg" width="159" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p>Area 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463727677802213246.post-27574104171536967742021-08-05T14:39:00.002-07:002021-08-05T14:39:53.549-07:00Last person standing in the MahMight zone with Linda L Ludwig and Kris Lindbeck<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6g-21cU_he7xJJy036xgCe6pB2kOOx6Z5tc_DUWomeCQZlNXR6_kksH05osrx_PFSZIcmwykYOOd-wWR-g9gG_kiomK4Ga-e256yFys25hjaTCs1sX7iNYHArDNvJV4MLiQllJikEw-w/s373/fish+carried+by+women+and+standing+tall+Screenshot+2021-08-05+at+20.02.28.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="365" data-original-width="373" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6g-21cU_he7xJJy036xgCe6pB2kOOx6Z5tc_DUWomeCQZlNXR6_kksH05osrx_PFSZIcmwykYOOd-wWR-g9gG_kiomK4Ga-e256yFys25hjaTCs1sX7iNYHArDNvJV4MLiQllJikEw-w/s320/fish+carried+by+women+and+standing+tall+Screenshot+2021-08-05+at+20.02.28.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div><br /></div><div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">she stood</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">through it all...</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Linda L Ludwig</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>"Life leaves marks upon the soul that heal but leave scars. As years pass we face new challenges that knock us down but every time we get up we are that much stronger. She is older, wiser and stronger through a year that tested everyone’s strength."</i></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The following is my new favorite haiku by <b>Kris Lindbeck</b>. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I love this because growing up and still the thought of flying was a part of my dreams and as an older person with white hair I identified. I want to learn to fly.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5_QDeD7i2rVilh7cBbS9maoHmZMnqgUv4AopbZSDteWFS7ZTB_PzBTOUimLWUf37fnGibdvw7up9AylPyWBroW3WgkG7t9c25jOSUP-wNKb1xMZYLwtaJVou2-J4lAfnQAzf-ngqX2is/s2048/MahMight+dandelion+photo%25C2%25A9Alan+Summers+DSC06715+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1675" data-original-width="2048" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5_QDeD7i2rVilh7cBbS9maoHmZMnqgUv4AopbZSDteWFS7ZTB_PzBTOUimLWUf37fnGibdvw7up9AylPyWBroW3WgkG7t9c25jOSUP-wNKb1xMZYLwtaJVou2-J4lAfnQAzf-ngqX2is/w640-h524/MahMight+dandelion+photo%25C2%25A9Alan+Summers+DSC06715+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">photograph©Alan Summers</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Withnail and I:</b> </span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>You wouldn't spike me, you're too mean. Beside there's nothing invented I couldn't take.</i></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Waiting for Godot:</b></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 11px;">“</span><i><span style="font-size: large;">Vladimir: I don't understand. </span></i></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>Estragon: Use your intelligence, can't you? </i></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>Vladimir uses his intelligence. </i></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>Vladimir: (finally) I remain in the dark.” </i></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Alan note</u>:</b></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">To keep up to date with Kris Lindbeck’s tweets:</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://twitter.com/KrisLindbeck"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">https://twitter.com/KrisLindbeck</span></a></p></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinqKClzgSJ4RDjqBMpKbc5Tt39t0-1OtydMlQ3oNdIm2FlAFd1g905jdDgpEvCgWrXJylsKiTlFtCGfzx-JjaOXbnfqDhV5RqLKNzEo1Oi5T1mRtd6S8lefWnw5B01z-SVtEZKb3PALNw/s742/MahMight+fish+cactus+logo+jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="369" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinqKClzgSJ4RDjqBMpKbc5Tt39t0-1OtydMlQ3oNdIm2FlAFd1g905jdDgpEvCgWrXJylsKiTlFtCGfzx-JjaOXbnfqDhV5RqLKNzEo1Oi5T1mRtd6S8lefWnw5B01z-SVtEZKb3PALNw/s320/MahMight+fish+cactus+logo+jpg.jpg" width="159" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Area 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463727677802213246.post-48352335485702683352021-07-18T11:12:00.006-07:002021-07-18T11:29:41.184-07:00visual artists Kayla Drouilhet and William Zote enter the MahMight Zone<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">sheet music </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">between sheets of rain </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">we laugh </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Kayla Drouilhet </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Artwork by Kayla </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Drouilhet:</span></span></b></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaJu3rptx0WDEhFt7U6kupLocJeZUoMJSF01oAxS8NiTFyxE4btMssd_Hjz-KLxwTS2w86Y1B8zknQ44X4-75zaLF6IuKDEfMj8gmQ55ir6qOTm4sLzt1CGKffQ8ZxzgK0IfcW31U3S-Y/s751/Kayla+Drouilhet%25C2%25A0+sheet+music.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="751" data-original-width="563" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaJu3rptx0WDEhFt7U6kupLocJeZUoMJSF01oAxS8NiTFyxE4btMssd_Hjz-KLxwTS2w86Y1B8zknQ44X4-75zaLF6IuKDEfMj8gmQ55ir6qOTm4sLzt1CGKffQ8ZxzgK0IfcW31U3S-Y/w480-h640/Kayla+Drouilhet%25C2%25A0+sheet+music.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Kayla says:</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>The best haiku have a story behind them. Though this was inspired by Mira Rehm after suggesting a haiku revision. A friend played a guitar rift for me a couple months ago, and I still remember laughing afterwards as the rain made standing puddles at our feet.</i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>We had fun!</i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Kayla's favorite haiku </b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">somewhere </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">between sunset and nightfall </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">the colour of parting</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">William Zote</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVn-cvDPGxuIH6WcbLqE-PwS0VYawtWFghNGE48HjWkf3O29QvgyPJXkSbhRbPitTUQQ1RDR1Bdr6eMR_GJI0DEuHuUmxbPxnjDmeJqxPNYM3fy2S6xU69v1TNu6WG1YIhPAZjp9a8EBw/s1080/William+Zote+somewhere.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="1080" height="590" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVn-cvDPGxuIH6WcbLqE-PwS0VYawtWFghNGE48HjWkf3O29QvgyPJXkSbhRbPitTUQQ1RDR1Bdr6eMR_GJI0DEuHuUmxbPxnjDmeJqxPNYM3fy2S6xU69v1TNu6WG1YIhPAZjp9a8EBw/w640-h590/William+Zote+somewhere.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Photograph and artwork©William Zote</span></div><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Kayla’s thoughts on William Zote previously unpublished poem </b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">(permission granted by the author)</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>William Zote is a haiku poet from India that has been inspiring me since I started out writing haiku poems. His work is the most saved in my phone! He is one of the best, and he should get recognition more for it. I chose this particular poem because the colour of parting both reminds me of going through my divorce and the hard road to discovering new love in the future ahead of me. </i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Favorite Quotes </b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>Waiting for Godot </i></b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>“For me it’s over and done with, no matter what happens.”</i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>Withnail and I </i></b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>“What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason! How infinite in faculties! How like an angel in apprehension! How like a god!”</i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Alan notes</u>:</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Kayla Drouilhet</u> </b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtglrnIvCeFOC4qM2CPa2r45h2yLOinIpe9izrFA2agN7S-gQLMKH1lzrP0qb2nrGPNYTbJjLoeymbRYtpQndcglE0J17TfGIsTBoRRbF-fqFS9e5lxxP1jX5p1KzF45US6-laKnKlIbk/s693/cover+of+Kayla+Give+and+Take+of+Waves.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="693" data-original-width="692" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtglrnIvCeFOC4qM2CPa2r45h2yLOinIpe9izrFA2agN7S-gQLMKH1lzrP0qb2nrGPNYTbJjLoeymbRYtpQndcglE0J17TfGIsTBoRRbF-fqFS9e5lxxP1jX5p1KzF45US6-laKnKlIbk/s320/cover+of+Kayla+Give+and+Take+of+Waves.png" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">eChapbook:</span><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>The Give and Take of Waves </i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Kayla Drouilhet</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Cover and interior artwork: Lori A Minor</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">First Published in 2019 by Title IX Press Virginia, USA</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Copyright © 2019 Kayla Drouilhet</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Title IX</span> </b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>A Press for Underrepresented voices</i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://titleixpress.wixsite.com/home/library">https://titleixpress.wixsite.com/home/library</a> </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Blush Fire Poetry</b> </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blushfirepoetry.blogspot.com">https://blushfirepoetry.blogspot.com</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Utsukushii Haiku Photography</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Utsukushii-Haiku-Photography-111512811080148/">https://www.facebook.com/Utsukushii-Haiku-Photography-111512811080148/</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Instagram:</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/kayladrouilhet/?hl=en">https://www.instagram.com/kayladrouilhet/?hl=en</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>William Zote</u></b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Instagram:</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/william_zote/?hl=en">https://www.instagram.com/william_zote/?hl=en</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Haiga Gallery:</b> <i>William Zote</i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://contemporaryhaibunonline.com/cho-16-2/william-zote-haiga-gallery/">https://contemporaryhaibunonline.com/cho-16-2/william-zote-haiga-gallery/</a></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNstmS0dbdRzhbXPwQa8bk462pbesWw4eGhgPbtXdBhwuIjvU9krkO3xunFizRE1PWd4vBERbrFA6z4mR1TJEHg0WVYdYwXGfiDJ8qZKVEX_wrVJw53z62TDvUlwiApCvTE3CRSE_hTmA/s742/MahMight+fish+cactus+logo+jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="369" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNstmS0dbdRzhbXPwQa8bk462pbesWw4eGhgPbtXdBhwuIjvU9krkO3xunFizRE1PWd4vBERbrFA6z4mR1TJEHg0WVYdYwXGfiDJ8qZKVEX_wrVJw53z62TDvUlwiApCvTE3CRSE_hTmA/w199-h400/MahMight+fish+cactus+logo+jpg.jpg" width="199" /></span></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p>Area 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463727677802213246.post-44160740940059091332021-07-15T04:52:00.004-07:002021-07-15T04:54:01.363-07:00Grix takes a millipede marching and Craig Kittner decides on a long lunch with butterflies.<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyuvzks8MKCrebXapgk-INalZgYUgKeGQy4uHYNrUcjJ2NOXwwFVkG63pEZ7vOb2HIIawOrrNMuIs0Hufbbk9zsaJtXe5_WoRFFIHKQf7qKrX2rGgZK-4Su0IY9g8Tz_SPnaBZH1N_xNY/s697/millipede+dragon+fish+Screenshot+2021-07-15+at+12.26.33.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="435" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyuvzks8MKCrebXapgk-INalZgYUgKeGQy4uHYNrUcjJ2NOXwwFVkG63pEZ7vOb2HIIawOrrNMuIs0Hufbbk9zsaJtXe5_WoRFFIHKQf7qKrX2rGgZK-4Su0IY9g8Tz_SPnaBZH1N_xNY/w400-h640/millipede+dragon+fish+Screenshot+2021-07-15+at+12.26.33.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">marching with its shadow the millipede casts doubt</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>GRIX</b></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Statement</u>:</b></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The millipede may be small but it can create quite the illusion of grandeur! My haiku was inspired by this video: <a href="https://youtu.be/z3RcAzBA6QE">https://youtu.be/z3RcAzBA6QE</a>. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This ku is also a metaphor for when we humans have to puff ourselves up to feel less intimidated . . . to hide within our protective shadows.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Once I had what I had to say written down, I played with the word choices and arrangement to allow for many readings:</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">marching / with its shadow / the millipede casts doubt </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">marching / with its shadow the millipede / casts doubt</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">marching with its shadow / the millipede casts doubt </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">marching with its shadow / the millipede / casts doubt</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">marching with its shadow / the millipede casts / doubt </span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>A fave haiku</u>:</b></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">long lunch</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">walking with butterflies</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">the ways I can't be shamed</span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Craig Kittner</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Human/Kind 2.1</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://humanhaikujournal.weebly.com/uploads/1/1/6/7/116792551/finalhk2.1.pdf"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">http://humanhaikujournal.weebly.com/uploads/1/1/6/7/116792551/finalhk2.1.pdf</span></a></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Statement from Grix</u>:</b></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I had the pleasure of publishing this haiku and it has always stuck with me. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">There is such a gentleness to how this poem was crafted – a sense of innocence (e.g. the rhythm in L3 evokes the feeling of skipping). But there is also a palpable sense of self-preservation (e.g. the way each line is gradually longer than the first). </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I appreciate the alliteration of the repeated L's and S's, which are noticeable as they roll off the tongue, but not in-your-face. I love that this poem makes me feel so many things at once and has so many potential readings, depending on the interpretation. </span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Withnail and I:</b> </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i>"My heart's beating like a fucked clock!" </i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Waiting for Godot:</b> </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i>"And I resumed the struggle."</i></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Grix says:</b><i> So appropriate for me!</i> 😜</span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Alan note</u>:</b></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">More about <b>Grix</b>:</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.grixartistix.com/about.html">https://www.grixartistix.com/about.html</a> </span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>See also:</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Haiku Society of America Conference - Signature Style: How Identity Informs Voice in Haiku</span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>and</b></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Interview with Julie Bloss Kelsey at The Haiku Foundation's New to Haiku: Advice for Beginners</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The links to these features:</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.grixartistix.com/presentations.html"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">https://www.grixartistix.com/presentations.html</span></a></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>About Craig Kittner:</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://twitter.com/craigkittner?lang=en"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">https://twitter.com/craigkittner?lang=en</span></a></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.pinterest.co.uk/craigkittner/">https://www.pinterest.co.uk/craigkittner/</a> </span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The Heron's Nest</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Volume XXI, Number 4: December 2019</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.theheronsnest.com/December2019/haiku-p9.html">https://www.theheronsnest.com/December2019/haiku-p9.html</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirH-eJoek69vyvV_j2UCCaKl1otsdWWNePHl8-dpCa4B4rnvByXPV_robImzKlyyN_1XGowoPDLhaiyNZKD9eF09hz50bQHe6a2AF802P-2ph4k7oT9MSMPMWFeKNcVUlG48lPBEa3r1s/s742/MahMight+fish+cactus+logo+jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="369" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirH-eJoek69vyvV_j2UCCaKl1otsdWWNePHl8-dpCa4B4rnvByXPV_robImzKlyyN_1XGowoPDLhaiyNZKD9eF09hz50bQHe6a2AF802P-2ph4k7oT9MSMPMWFeKNcVUlG48lPBEa3r1s/w199-h400/MahMight+fish+cactus+logo+jpg.jpg" width="199" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div><br /></div>Area 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463727677802213246.post-51124279224014407982021-07-13T05:10:00.012-07:002021-07-13T05:39:52.422-07:00Nicholas Klacsanzky discovers forsythia while walking with Santōka Taneda<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuWcNwhR5F3b4iZFwgOUC4mbhAZ3BDQDWOk7LjFtyzh8LnfMfUSP-BHUZTrBypZTIe_Ga9XGi2fkvQiFL115h1ZEiKNQiXiJXLX8XCt6WS7U-s9Ww9mN3Ad58E_iWrwc1MLlpat71BxYw/s748/fish+santoka+Screenshot+2021-07-13+at+12.49.17.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="748" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuWcNwhR5F3b4iZFwgOUC4mbhAZ3BDQDWOk7LjFtyzh8LnfMfUSP-BHUZTrBypZTIe_Ga9XGi2fkvQiFL115h1ZEiKNQiXiJXLX8XCt6WS7U-s9Ww9mN3Ad58E_iWrwc1MLlpat71BxYw/w640-h350/fish+santoka+Screenshot+2021-07-13+at+12.49.17.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">the suns </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">we haven’t discovered... </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">forsythia</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Nicholas Klacsanzky</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>“I am keen on science and physics in particular. I think there is a vast universe out there that we have barely understood and touched. Yet, on our small planet, there is a huge world of the unknown and undiscovered, even on our block. The beauty of forsythia blossoms, in their yellow hue, is something that people may overlook on their walk to work, for example. The macro and micro are always interacting in various ways.”</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Nicholas chooses </u></b><b style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><u><span style="font-family: arial;">Santōka</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> Taneda</span></u></b><b>:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Wordlessly I put on today's straw sandals</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Taneda Santoka</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">translated by Hiroaki Sato</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Nicholas says:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>“This haiku brings me into meditation and the life of Santoka immediately. It also gives me a sense of reverence for the straw that is fitted to be used as sandals. This in turn gives me a sense of respect for everything around that I use and is given by way of nature.”</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Favorite quote from <i>Waiting for Godot</i>:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>“To every man his little cross. Till he dies. And is forgotten.”</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Favorite quote from <i>Withnail and I</i>:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Danny:</b> <i>"I don't advise a haircut, man. All hairdressers are in the employment of the government. Hairs are your aerials. They pick up signals from the cosmos, and transmit them directly into your brain! This is the reason bald-headed men are uptight."</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Alan note</u>:</b></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim96nlADgrS3lTSD02kahxEF9ldOCAXfB9IxlUBNe2Iicy__Q5aZoZN2hNMjonUQvd9fy3RMI5Rks95XIOxRGoflLpz1N_39WYs2pN1xsLKfxRN1Ft8LnACq5YhzFbJAIZaFA_eXiSD9Y/s264/Santoka+photo+Nonin.1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="264" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim96nlADgrS3lTSD02kahxEF9ldOCAXfB9IxlUBNe2Iicy__Q5aZoZN2hNMjonUQvd9fy3RMI5Rks95XIOxRGoflLpz1N_39WYs2pN1xsLKfxRN1Ft8LnACq5YhzFbJAIZaFA_eXiSD9Y/w400-h303/Santoka+photo+Nonin.1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Santōka</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> Taneda (1882-1940) </span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>One of the most famous and influential haiku poets of twentieth century Japan</i>:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.chzc.org/Nonin.htm">https://www.chzc.org/Nonin.htm</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">種田 山頭火 Taneda Santōka, December 3, 1882 - October 11, 1940</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Birth name: Taneda Shōichi (種田 正一)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Buddhist monk name: Kōho (耕畝)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHLTkkLhC4ewIijLye9Oa_Vw2tEl6fR9j-nOyFeB0DMB_fhOmlUoj8PK0ug2HqmdyLA7-OMiQnZE9nn8ed2-uQJQ7OPVAITSwg06Ux5VOtlkYZzzh9Obsi-RPpwARZXvj-Y1iaCF3bnN0/s886/santoka+sandals+haiku+1+wordlessly.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="886" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHLTkkLhC4ewIijLye9Oa_Vw2tEl6fR9j-nOyFeB0DMB_fhOmlUoj8PK0ug2HqmdyLA7-OMiQnZE9nn8ed2-uQJQ7OPVAITSwg06Ux5VOtlkYZzzh9Obsi-RPpwARZXvj-Y1iaCF3bnN0/w640-h342/santoka+sandals+haiku+1+wordlessly.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Straw sandals wear out quickly, and pilgrims generally carry several pairs with them. Santōka pondered various kōans as he walked along, and on this particular occasion he felt especially resolute as he put on a fresh pair of sandals.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>From Robin D. Gill</b></span></p><p><a href="http://paraverse.org/robin.htm">http://paraverse.org/robin.htm</a></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.paraverse.org/newyear.htm">http://www.paraverse.org/newyear.htm</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.paraverse.org/fifthdescription.htm">http://www.paraverse.org/fifthdescription.htm</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.paraverse.org/fifthcoverback.htm">http://www.paraverse.org/fifthcoverback.htm</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.paraverse.org/orders.htm">http://www.paraverse.org/orders.htm</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fifth-Season-Poems-Re-create-World/dp/0974261890">https://www.amazon.com/Fifth-Season-Poems-Re-create-World/dp/0974261890</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuS4zAJFOh7fza771ydIvUfoCQxjfr7x8g9UmraBXbvTzvevqTPait_oms2TZqYYI4Ep3q443kGY4irfLT556uGgoymewcLuEVo2CqAZnf4wiA3Z2aasE04tTV7iRqlnD6jaYLXjkTTzQ/s1021/cover+of+santoka+grass+and+tree+cairn.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="1021" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuS4zAJFOh7fza771ydIvUfoCQxjfr7x8g9UmraBXbvTzvevqTPait_oms2TZqYYI4Ep3q443kGY4irfLT556uGgoymewcLuEVo2CqAZnf4wiA3Z2aasE04tTV7iRqlnD6jaYLXjkTTzQ/w400-h249/cover+of+santoka+grass+and+tree+cairn.png" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Santoka :: Grass and Tree Cairn</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">translations: <b>Hiroaki Sato</b> illustrations: <b>Stephen Addiss</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Back Cover Illustration by <b>Kuniharu Shimizu</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/omeka/files/original/e329a1f18efa6d99f4742f75c263348e.pdf ">https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/omeka/files/original/e329a1f18efa6d99f4742f75c263348e.pdf </a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>More about:</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Nicholas Klacsanzky</i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://livinghaikuanthology.com/index-of-poets/alphabetic-index/376-k-poets/klacsanzky,-nicholas.html">https://livinghaikuanthology.com/index-of-poets/alphabetic-index/376-k-poets/klacsanzky,-nicholas.html</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/nicholas_klacsanzky">https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/nicholas_klacsanzky</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://haikucommentary.wordpress.com/about/">https://haikucommentary.wordpress.com/about/</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVpPPFmn0gsZW4sIRzIlRgyuA3abtxTUhpKHgxGFT0Ftobs960RhqRug8l53rnsyJT0tfofAGtmRjX71NX5f50w8qTRNIlQuQ6wfWizCpveNhT3aqxpMCG71sz_Y6QZLy7b6RhzwfXU8s/s742/MahMight+fish+cactus+logo+jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="369" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVpPPFmn0gsZW4sIRzIlRgyuA3abtxTUhpKHgxGFT0Ftobs960RhqRug8l53rnsyJT0tfofAGtmRjX71NX5f50w8qTRNIlQuQ6wfWizCpveNhT3aqxpMCG71sz_Y6QZLy7b6RhzwfXU8s/w199-h400/MahMight+fish+cactus+logo+jpg.jpg" width="199" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Area 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463727677802213246.post-85455642943205257932021-07-04T23:29:00.001-07:002021-07-04T23:29:45.581-07:00The MahMight Zone with Philip Whitley & Alfred Booth with guest singer Jacques Brel<p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHa-DkCXSq3jpUIVcr2JvirpxoPibV8jWUsqWEszR8Sp9XBw-pDAhCqd31lsYoDrrotetn7fvo09nbMjqn-jo3LAK1IYCRrR5ny2gLxVrWoU4C3ADPIcDZf7LC1OjFPqTOfbl6kDxC8XY/s714/fish+with+cactus+and+dolphin+Screenshot+2021-07-05+at+06.55.56.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="714" data-original-width="396" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHa-DkCXSq3jpUIVcr2JvirpxoPibV8jWUsqWEszR8Sp9XBw-pDAhCqd31lsYoDrrotetn7fvo09nbMjqn-jo3LAK1IYCRrR5ny2gLxVrWoU4C3ADPIcDZf7LC1OjFPqTOfbl6kDxC8XY/w221-h400/fish+with+cactus+and+dolphin+Screenshot+2021-07-05+at+06.55.56.png" width="221" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">in tongues</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">a flatfish speaks with the lisp of twin rusted tuna cans</span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">a two line (duostich) haiku by:</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Philip Whitley</span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Philip says:</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>A good fish salad requires fresh fish from an elite school plus something with a crunch to make it salad, which an unhinged tongue could provide on its own. A taut string between two cans can transform them, if not overly rusted, into a communication device between otherwise disjunctive individuals.</i></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>QUOTES</u></b></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Waiting for Godot</span></i></b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: 11px; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">[ late in the first day ]</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">ESTRAGON:</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Yes. And they crucified quick.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Silence.</span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Withnail and I</i></b></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Danny</b>:<i> It is impossible to roll a Camberwell carrot with anything less [ than 12 papers ].</i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">[ <b><span style="color: white;"><u><span>note to the editor</span></u><span>:</span></span></b> does a Camberwell carrot relate in some way to Camberwell, the site of Marmite’s second factory? ]</span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Philip says:</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>Sometimes I experience the emotion of a haiku before understanding the author’s intent. I often find I’ve memorized the poem without realizing it and I know it will continue to resonate for as long as my short-term memory allows. </i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>Such is the case with Alfred Booth’s plaintive poem:</i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: white; font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><u>Alan insert</u>:</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Please play this song as you read the following haiku</b>: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_bq5mStroM" style="font-family: arial;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_bq5mStroM</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">wandering</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">in Paris cemeteries</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i>ne me quitte pas</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Alfred Booth</span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Philip continues</b>:</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>Spirits plead with the living to stay. The living implore the dead not to go. Both share the supplication that their faculties should remain at least a little longer. The haunting third line, <b>ne me quitte pas</b>, a song by Jacques Brel, sums up the human condition: the incomprehensible finality of death, whether of relationships or one’s own passing.</i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>The music, the assonance and consonance, of Alfred Booth’s haiku is no surprise. He is a professional musician, and an American ex-pat who has lived and taught piano in Paris for more than half his life.</i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: white; font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Alan notes</u>:</b></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b>Jacques Brel</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i>Ne me quitte pas</i> </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">[English subtitles]</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_bq5mStroM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_bq5mStroM</a></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>The Camberwell question answered:</b></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdWY7x5kp3mvqwV9kXE8UeC8-Y2RBv9f82fJbmzjBWxXpFh2I06dRhdo_7jE1kDW5xwdsJY62d1dB_PPEQAnlXB0-TICe43DhWhsVmwTY2AzFmbgnjsk6aP0Tf82-VitLpxwqve72KBms/s621/The+Marmite+Museum.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="621" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdWY7x5kp3mvqwV9kXE8UeC8-Y2RBv9f82fJbmzjBWxXpFh2I06dRhdo_7jE1kDW5xwdsJY62d1dB_PPEQAnlXB0-TICe43DhWhsVmwTY2AzFmbgnjsk6aP0Tf82-VitLpxwqve72KBms/s320/The+Marmite+Museum.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="369" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiopqbSYh_lWdnAbwo3GGkHMMfWEynXEf1Eo-YUINZis31udvKskStFqkS61Hbg05AkGvTEN_ip_5b86jcIE2jVydmWoBlvXwPAuyEFULmqHqaRdntWM3W1oFvzI9wykAWVEMUuu7tIVTI/w199-h400/MahMight+fish+cactus+logo+jpg.jpg" width="199" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>Area 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463727677802213246.post-48810217654315948702021-06-25T07:10:00.000-07:002021-06-25T07:10:24.101-07:00Bee Jay is breathing and Susan Burch finds a love note<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">i am the joey</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">breathing in my dead mother’s</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Bee Jay</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Bee Jay says:</b></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>“Sometimes a haiku can take years of thought and revisions. Sometimes one pops out seemingly fully formed. This haiku came out of me suddenly after I spent a few weeks reading experimental haiku and Japanese gendai on social media and in journals such as Heliosparrow, is/let, and Otoroshi.</i></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>I placed my fresh haiku into a workshop group to gauge responses and to see how I could improve it, but despite the sentence structure and the personification/anthropomorphism, the reaction to it was very positive, including a surprising request from Alan Summers to submit it to his new journal.”</i></span></p>
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<p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><u>one favourite haiku and why</u></span></b></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>I compiled a list of 30 of my fave contemporary haiku and then selected Susan Burch's haiku out of that. </i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">washed jeans―</span></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">his love note</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">still dirty</span></p>
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<p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Susan Burch</span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Honourable Mention 4th Annual Senryu Contest, </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Sonic Boom July 2018</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Bee Jay says:</b></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>“In 2014, Susan Burch was one of the first poets to write constructive comments and expert advice on my haiku and she later gave me the confidence to begin submitting my work. Her haiku and senryu often move me and this one is one of my faves. </i></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>In this poem I see a fresh, new romance where lust and passion colours everything and even the most simple sentence contains sexual innuendo. I can imagine the kinds of words written in that note. The jeans could be hers or his but I prefer to think they’re hers. The love note is ‘still’ dirty which makes me believe she’s read it before. </i></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>On the other hand, there is also the possibility that this is a dark poem about an illicit love affair and that she finds this dirty note in his jeans. This kind of ambiguity is one I admire in a haiku, I luv the idea that a haiku can be seen as positive in one reading and then so negative in another.”</i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>favourite quote from Waiting for Godot</b></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>“There's no lack of void.”</i></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Withnail and I</b></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>“Give me a Valium, I'm getting the fear.”</i></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Alan note</u>:</b></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>Also enjoy my own commentary, as the contest judge, on Susan Burch’s haikai verse:</i></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>“Being Human - the ordinary intensity”</i> </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">a look at senryu</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://area17.blogspot.com/2018/06/being-human-ordinary-intensity-look-at.html">https://area17.blogspot.com/2018/06/being-human-ordinary-intensity-look-at.html</a> </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Check out <b><i>Femku</i></b> guest editor issue with Susan Burch: </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin30QxZDiJ3Ie8LID5XBOFJOv8D80h06KT1rCusYZH_TZEMy9Wgz7LTObyhxtaquiJ8TUf3tZ1G4HlNXBC65iJeagmIPqs4TDSqYDvB-nZutBR6RLNaqBU5f9M5OrFXlYo_iKE-x0Hxvg/s629/femku+%252321+susan+burch+guest+editor.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="472" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin30QxZDiJ3Ie8LID5XBOFJOv8D80h06KT1rCusYZH_TZEMy9Wgz7LTObyhxtaquiJ8TUf3tZ1G4HlNXBC65iJeagmIPqs4TDSqYDvB-nZutBR6RLNaqBU5f9M5OrFXlYo_iKE-x0Hxvg/s320/femku+%252321+susan+burch+guest+editor.png" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">Femku PDF web link:</span></b> <a href="https://69b046c2-a7e1-4a9a-9a22-1c70986eaa24.filesusr.com/ugd/f4c0ea_05ace7dcead141fb9236f9d4460f7f5a.pdf">https://69b046c2-a7e1-4a9a-9a22-1c70986eaa24.filesusr.com/ugd/f4c0ea_05ace7dcead141fb9236f9d4460f7f5a.pdf</a> </span></p>
<p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><u>Mentioned journals</u>:</b></span></p>
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font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyfvCDYAgDwVDt6lTc_pb2hh1BXC53yH-Hq67fTeWW98h7HhffERcoH1rByDe6mo3pmbSlJrsq_nUF9OjbV7ANQqrx-cZraTzxLwf21fFDGKfkTZOj5vBwkElpWhOqZ0NxRo6nZ124Nfc/s622/fish+guitar+Screenshot+2021-06-21+at+19.42.04.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="622" data-original-width="313" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyfvCDYAgDwVDt6lTc_pb2hh1BXC53yH-Hq67fTeWW98h7HhffERcoH1rByDe6mo3pmbSlJrsq_nUF9OjbV7ANQqrx-cZraTzxLwf21fFDGKfkTZOj5vBwkElpWhOqZ0NxRo6nZ124Nfc/w322-h640/fish+guitar+Screenshot+2021-06-21+at+19.42.04.png" width="322" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b>I still beside the river</b></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Margaret Walker</span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Margaret says:</b></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>“This piece is one that simply came fully formed into my mind.”</i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>“I did debate briefly about the use of the word "still" - might it also be an adverb? Yes. An adjective? I don't know.”</i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>“There are several “cuts” in this monoku. Each adds to the richness of the poem.”</i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>“Water, always my refuge. The ocean, rivers of black water overhung with cypress and Spanish moss, salt water marsh, rushing mountain streams, or trickling brooks. My body settles into itself. My thoughts wander without direction. Peace.”</i></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><u>Alan note ONE</u>:</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>“We use still to show that something continues up to a time in the past, present or future. It goes in front of the main verb…”</i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>British Council </b> “still-and-no-longer…”</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>Still is an adverb and an adjective.</i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Cambridge Dictionary</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Alan says:</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">"I see the intriguing act of putting </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">“am”</span><span style="font-size: large;"> into the invisible country (of negative space)..."</span></i></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>A Favorite Haiku</u></b></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">family gathering old stories shared with the leftovers</span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Pris Campbell </span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Margaret says:</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>The art of oral storytelling. Tales passed from generation to generation preserving family memories. The glue of our togetherness. </i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>“…Memories of how things used to be…” </i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>(from “Waiting For the Story to Begin” and Judson Hair: Six String Poet)</i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>“My choice of Pris' monoku was not because she is my friend but because it is a true favorite. She doesn't write a lot of monoku but this is one that has stuck with me because of the sheer familiarity of the scene and the host of memories it evokes.”</i></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>“Waiting for Godot”</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>“I realized as I started reading "Waiting for Godot" that I had previously read it only in French. My French was once ok but I literally lost a lot in translation.”</i></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Vladimir</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>“Let us do something, while we have the chance…at this place, at this moment of time, all mankind is us, whether we like it or not. Let us make the most of it before it is too late.”</i></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>“Withnail and I”</b></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>“I”</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>“I’ve got a crick in my mouth from grinning.”</i></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Alan note TOO</u>:</b></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Judson Hair: Six String Poet</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><b>The Merced River</b> cascades out of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and rushes quickly down into the Yosemite Valley where its icy waters flow swiftly through spectacular granite peaks magnificent forests. A great deal of rapid settlement took place here following the California Gold Rush in 1849. Fortunes were made and lost along the way. And lives were affecte</i>d ways both good and bad. This song tells the story of one troubled young girl who has lost hope and sees the river as her salvation ... </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WKj3zoHBpo"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WKj3zoHBpo</span></a></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>and</b></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Before I Feel the Rain</b> ... </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">words and music by Judson Hair 2015</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cJ-BZe445s"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cJ-BZe445s</span></a></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQDcQY29EGEYp1WgAKJFVUGOw4aad2wbolaUuL8gznrXvdBGSKHYo5l3TlsdzV9Jiy8I1BVG8-o4FOlLleFoW0Z5UnduUe-tIP3L9FmFQVqqDswTh3RJii2ASPn1K0PUkPT6ra1Yeeng/s496/OnDownTheRoad-HSA-2017.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="325" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQDcQY29EGEYp1WgAKJFVUGOw4aad2wbolaUuL8gznrXvdBGSKHYo5l3TlsdzV9Jiy8I1BVG8-o4FOlLleFoW0Z5UnduUe-tIP3L9FmFQVqqDswTh3RJii2ASPn1K0PUkPT6ra1Yeeng/s320/OnDownTheRoad-HSA-2017.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">family gathering old stories shared with the leftovers</span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Pris Campbell </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><b>“on down the road”</b></i> </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Haiku Society of America Anthology 2017 </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">ed. LeRoy Gorman</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.hsa-haiku.org/member-anthol.htm">https://www.hsa-haiku.org/member-anthol.htm</a> </span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi16ldevtM9NkaSkhQ4vT1OvbYReTxu4dFZyYpGt0VKmhFvNnSHJcW3j1IptjrX7tREkMMxi67k-XyjFAUqeTnSMIvv8pBTOt5txDlhQAF0rotqCPtFMUy-5OAJqxsL1-BlNHA6x9vc6AM/s742/MahMight+fish+cactus+logo+jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="369" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi16ldevtM9NkaSkhQ4vT1OvbYReTxu4dFZyYpGt0VKmhFvNnSHJcW3j1IptjrX7tREkMMxi67k-XyjFAUqeTnSMIvv8pBTOt5txDlhQAF0rotqCPtFMUy-5OAJqxsL1-BlNHA6x9vc6AM/s320/MahMight+fish+cactus+logo+jpg.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>Area 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463727677802213246.post-30723886717136273102021-06-19T05:36:00.028-07:002021-06-19T18:17:57.578-07:00Donna Fleischer joins the MahMight jet stream & John Hawkhead goes all MahMight quantum with guests Ōmine Akira & Helen Buckingham<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-nt0x0HSgFkHMqLkb-YhkOwPwvxK9n3JZiO9RZq7ugOEoaYcCXg3_gCapIZEQARRNIuMcSlyxEen5HtItIwn4ejRNmkKCPd_13eU9hgV0qM7lwdo6qg-ZOLSbd9L4z3A2R1H5UCv2-g4/s754/jet+fish+with+flowers+Screenshot+2021-06-19+at+13.11.19.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="754" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-nt0x0HSgFkHMqLkb-YhkOwPwvxK9n3JZiO9RZq7ugOEoaYcCXg3_gCapIZEQARRNIuMcSlyxEen5HtItIwn4ejRNmkKCPd_13eU9hgV0qM7lwdo6qg-ZOLSbd9L4z3A2R1H5UCv2-g4/w640-h256/jet+fish+with+flowers+Screenshot+2021-06-19+at+13.11.19.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">a jet</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">out of a cloud </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">white peony</span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Donna Fleischer</span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>About my haiku:</b></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>“From the time of its writing this haiku is 20 days old, and I am fond of it for being new, and for springing anew each time it is read. </i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>It mimes human perception as it collides within itself and within immediacy and brevity, and a juxtaposition of two very dissimilar nouns, entities: One manmade, mechanical, stealthy, and loud and the other of earthmade, organic beauty and quiet creation, holding a communal mnemonic of thousands of years of ancient Chinese wilderness and classical Chinese poetry. </i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>Lastly, it unifies all of the above in time and space. Thanks to the postmodern imagination for listening.”</i></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>A favorite</b></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">On a night of insects</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">and in a sky of stars</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">the earth afloat</span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Ōmine Akira</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Translated by Kōko Katō and David Burleigh</span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>"This haiku is also the title of the new “The Earth Afloat Anthology of Contemporary Japanese Haiku” (Kadokawa Shoten, 2021), edited by Kōko Katō, and translated with commentary by Kōko Katō and David Burleigh. I favor it for being vast and timeless, momentary and small, and how it positions earth between time and space."</i></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>from <i>Waiting for Godot</i>:</b></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Pozzo’s Shriek of Words to Vladimir: </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>Have you not done tormenting me with your accursed time! It's abominable! When! When! One day, is that not enough for you, one day he went dumb, one day I went blind, one day we'll go deaf, one day we were born, one day we shall die, the same day, the same second, is that not enough for you? They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more.</i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">from Withnail and I:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11px;"> </span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">such zany, profane, and Godotesque dialogue, it’s difficult to choose, but here’s a favorite piece from Marwood —</span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i>“We are not drunks, we are multi-millionaires!”</i></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Alan note</u>:</b></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Ōmine Akira</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">author of <i>The Genealogy of Sorrow: Japanese View of Life and Death</i> </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Translated by Taitetsu Unno </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">published in The Eastern Buddhist New Series 25 (2),14-29 (1992)</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Translator <b>Kōko Katō</b> is also co-editor of <i>A VAST SKY, Anthology of Contemporary World Haiku</i> (2015) ed. Bruce Ross, Kōko Katō, Dietmar Tauchner, Patricia Prime.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">You also get a bonus haiku from Donna if you click onto the link:</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://donnafleischer.wordpress.com/2015/05/01/a-vast-sky-an-anthology-of-contemporary-world-haiku-2015-paperback-bruce-ross-koko-kato-dietmar-tauchner-patricia-prime-editors/"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">https://donnafleischer.wordpress.com/2015/05/01/a-vast-sky-an-anthology-of-contemporary-world-haiku-2015-paperback-bruce-ross-koko-kato-dietmar-tauchner-patricia-prime-editors/</span></a></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Translator <b>David Burleigh</b> is author of <i>In and Out of Japan: The Contours of Haiku</i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>In response to Professor Shirane's emphasis on literary allusion in Japanese haiku, David Burleigh notes the relative absence of allusion to Western literary or artistic history in haiku collections from the West, compared with several Japanese examples, with Paul Muldoon the notable exception.</i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>see In and Out of Japan: The Contours of Haiku</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Presented at the Haiku North America Conference, Ottawa, Canada, August 2009.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Parts 1 & 2</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://haikureality.theartofhaiku.com/archives/esejeng76.htm">http://haikureality.theartofhaiku.com/archives/esejeng76.htm</a> </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://haikureality.theartofhaiku.com/esejeng81.htm"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">http://haikureality.theartofhaiku.com/esejeng81.htm</span></a></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>The Earth Afloat: Anthology of Contemporary Japanese Haiku</i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Kôko Katô, Editor<br />
Translated by Kôko Katô & David Burleigh</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/translations/earthafloat.html">https://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/translations/earthafloat.html</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Juxtaposition in haiku:</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>The Moon is Broken</i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://area17.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-moon-is-broken-juxtaposition-in.html">https://area17.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-moon-is-broken-juxtaposition-in.html</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;"><i><b><span>And now </span><span>John Hawkhead's</span><span> haiku plus his nominated guest poet's haiku...</span></b></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>Scroll down further! 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Approximately 99% of the human body is empty space with the remaining 1% being particles that have existed for billions of years. Now that’s a bar room discussion worth a pint or two!”</i></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Favourite haiku</b></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">the over</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">and over</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">of over</span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Helen Buckingham</span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>“I read this haiku some years ago and it still resonates with me today. It is a bravura example of how brevity and concise simplicity can carry great depth and meaning when the writer is as skilled as this.The repetition over the word ‘over’ mirrors how we can struggle to come to terms with the end of a relationship and search for answers to life questions where none may be forthcoming.”</i></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Waiting for Godot Quote - Vladimir:</b> </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i>To have lived is not enough for them</i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Withnail and I Quote - Uncle Monty:<i> </i></b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i>There can be no true beauty without decay</i></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Alan notes</u></b></span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: x-large;"><b>:</b></span></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">the over</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">and over</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">of over</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Helen Buckingham</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Publication credits:</b></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i>moongarlic</i></b> 5, 2015</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">ed. Sheila Windsor Brendan Slater</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Artwork</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Ink on paper: Sheila Windsor </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Back Cover: Fabio Sassi</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">page 25</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/omeka/files/original/53071ea10a25fe426023b142ccdccf3f.pdf">https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/omeka/files/original/53071ea10a25fe426023b142ccdccf3f.pdf</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b style="font-size: large;">Collection:</b> <i><span style="font-size: x-large;">sanguinella</span></i><span style="font-size: medium;"> (Red Moon Press, 2017)</span></span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://area17.blogspot.com/2018/02/helen-buckingham-latest-haiku.html">https://area17.blogspot.com/2018/02/helen-buckingham-latest-haiku.html</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">&</p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://redmoonpress.com/product/strongisanguinellaistrong-haiku-of-helen-buckingham/">https://redmoonpress.com/product/strongisanguinellaistrong-haiku-of-helen-buckingham/</a> </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Also in <b><i>moongarlic</i></b> 5 by Helen Buckingham:</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">page 46:</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">festive cystitis </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">pine needles</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">drip</span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">page 52:</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">single to the terminus</span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">All </span><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">moongarlic</span></i></b><span style="font-size: large;"> issues</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/omeka/items/show/1786">https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/omeka/items/show/1786</a> </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNeqzi1MOTERwGHR_Z9hKlh9r4hz3dOk4ZfN6vFOscLMKA8uv3quSgOpRMMAR4lJaGGBqvIvMyR-bloNDI7ygwJz6ZCpdFz5R8aVtCrGRJc5phA1ydXVQ7KFqMiQ600uo5HM0x75mrLDQ/s667/MahMight+full+logo+fish+blue+and+red+Screenshot+2021-06-19+at+10.23.07.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="656" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNeqzi1MOTERwGHR_Z9hKlh9r4hz3dOk4ZfN6vFOscLMKA8uv3quSgOpRMMAR4lJaGGBqvIvMyR-bloNDI7ygwJz6ZCpdFz5R8aVtCrGRJc5phA1ydXVQ7KFqMiQ600uo5HM0x75mrLDQ/w394-h400/MahMight+full+logo+fish+blue+and+red+Screenshot+2021-06-19+at+10.23.07.png" width="394" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div><br /></div>Area 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463727677802213246.post-15106854913878207722021-06-18T03:57:00.001-07:002021-06-18T03:57:53.895-07:00Hifsa Ashraf lends her keen ear to the past and now<p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1WSi0c48GUQFvxASH5gCz9yUJBE2aFinGtIZsliuq1ZLrs2sX1hC9yoE4bVXT2DtJjA3mMgrXBjyTDWIcgM1R0R9xlK4QHOBxqb5kmw-iy2JiKfqotWnKbpPTaNo6t8VqH_01qJpDocs/s494/fish+on+horns+Screenshot+2021-06-18+at+11.32.18.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="494" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1WSi0c48GUQFvxASH5gCz9yUJBE2aFinGtIZsliuq1ZLrs2sX1hC9yoE4bVXT2DtJjA3mMgrXBjyTDWIcgM1R0R9xlK4QHOBxqb5kmw-iy2JiKfqotWnKbpPTaNo6t8VqH_01qJpDocs/w400-h389/fish+on+horns+Screenshot+2021-06-18+at+11.32.18.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">markhor’s horns—</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">the ancient wind spins </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">some war stories </span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Hifsa Ashraf</span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>"Markhor have been classified as an endangered species by IUCN due to excessive hunting, poaching, and lack of habitat. The high demand of its horns made poachers and hunters go for the illegal hunting of markhor for years. </i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>Besides defence, a male markhor uses their horns when fighting for females during the mating season, and that’s why it is not less than a war between markhors, and also between markhor and hunters/poachers, that silently take place on the gigantic himalayan peaks. </i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>However, a few stories have been revealed in the media recently that have led to some strict actions against the illegal hunting of this endangered species."</i></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">More information about Markhor is available here. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markhor">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markhor</a></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">my glasses missing</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I see impressionistic</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">paintings all day</span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">George Klacsanzky</span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>"I</i></span><i style="font-family: arial;"> have recently written a commentary on this haiku for the Commentary Haiku blog. This haiku reflects many perspectives of life that we miss due to our limited insight or vision. I loved the way George presented and admired the artistic work out of any materialistic touch."</i></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i>“We should turn resolutely towards Nature.”</i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Waiting for Godot</b></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i>“Those with the money are eccentric. Those without, insane.”</i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Withnail and I</b></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Alan notes</u>:</b></span></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">According to the KPK Wildlife report, in 1993 there were 275 animals throughout Pakistan but now the population of Markhor is 3500. In Pakistan, the Markhor's population has been recovered now, so Pakistan has requested IUCN to remove its name from red list.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Click onto Read More:</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">https://dailytimes.com.pk/321015/pakistans-national-animal-markhor-faces-extinction/</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">see Hifsa's commentary, and others on this haiku: </span><a href="https://haikucommentary.wordpress.com/2021/03/09/george-klacsanzkys-glasses/"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://haikucommentary.wordpress.com/2021/03/09/george-klacsanzkys-glasses/</span></a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Here is another one from George Klacsanzky</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://haikucommentary.wordpress.com/2021/05/27/george-klacsanzkys-moth/ " target="_blank">https://haikucommentary.wordpress.com/2021/05/27/george-klacsanzkys-moth/ </a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">More about George Klacsanzky:</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://livinghaikuanthology.com/index-of-poets/livinglegacies/2699-george-klacsanzky.html">https://livinghaikuanthology.com/index-of-poets/livinglegacies/2699-george-klacsanzky.html</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Books by Hifsa Ashraf:</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://hifsayz.wordpress.com/books-reviews/">https://hifsayz.wordpress.com/books-reviews/</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid69N7NkmM8vNaIw2V-MJfNibgoHZIG9y2Ue6Gl-_tvWvy73tii6he2Vabl__3xfv1eWjibCKVxbUzN2nWij0BIxk2ynwpI1CTAh3H4PLmIRzq0hIyKLB-Ws4CjCzFjqCMJ-oy-oQIPTg/s742/MahMight+fish+cactus+logo+jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="369" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid69N7NkmM8vNaIw2V-MJfNibgoHZIG9y2Ue6Gl-_tvWvy73tii6he2Vabl__3xfv1eWjibCKVxbUzN2nWij0BIxk2ynwpI1CTAh3H4PLmIRzq0hIyKLB-Ws4CjCzFjqCMJ-oy-oQIPTg/s320/MahMight+fish+cactus+logo+jpg.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div><br /></div>Area 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.com2