NEWS UPDATE!
re:Virals, The Haiku Foundation’s weekly poem commentary on some of the finest haiku ever written in English features Karen Hoy's early dark haiku:
https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2018/05/11/revirals-139/
selected haiku from Karen Hoy
early dark
the cathedral visible
only as windows
Karen Hoy
First publication credit:
Blithe Spirit Vol. 13 No. 1, (March 2003), ISSN 1353-3320
Anthology credit:
Another Country: Haiku Poetry from Wales (Gomer Press 2011, ISBN: 9781848513068) ed. Nigel Jenkins, Ken Jones and Lynne Rees.
Feature:
Haiku from Wales feature: Per Diem, Wales, The Haiku Foundation (May 24th 2015)
Siena rooftops
sketching the shapes
in my mind
Karen Hoy
sketching the shapes
in my mind
Karen Hoy
Publication credit:
Yomiuri Shimbun, Go-Shichi-Go Haiku in English / Using poetic color in haiku (Japan, 2004)
Anthology Credit:
Fifty-Seven Damn Good Haiku by a Bunch of Our Friends
ISBN 978-1-878798-31-2 (2010) ed. Michael Dylan Welch & Alan Summers pub. PRESS HERE Sammamish, Washington USA
winter sleep-in—
a stomach rumble
from one of us
Karen Hoy
Anthology credit:
Fifty-Seven Damn Good Haiku by a Bunch of Our Friends
ISBN 978-1-878798-31-2 (2010) ed. Michael Dylan Welch & Alan Summers
pub. PRESS HERE Sammamish, Washington USA
long dry season
the last flower
a baboon snack
Karen Hoy
Award Credit: Runner-up, The Haiku Calendar Competition 2004 (August)
Publication Credit: The Haiku Calendar 2005, (Snapshot Press, 2005)
n.b. the long dry season runs through June to September into October.
Anthology credit:
Fifty-Seven Damn Good Haiku by a Bunch of Our Friends
ISBN 978-1-878798-31-2 (2010) ed. Michael Dylan Welch & Alan Summers pub. PRESS HERE Sammamish, Washington USA
The Serengeti Connection:
Karen Hoy was based mainly in the Serengeti National Park as principle sound recordist and creative supervisor on African wildlife films. Films included The Leopard Son (production 1993 to 1995 and released in 1996), and Serengeti Symphony (1998) for wildlife filming pioneer and director Hugo van Lawick and the Discovery Channel.
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Karen Hoy working in the Serengeti National Park on wildlife films, c. 1994. Karen says: "If I look tired, it’s the 84+ hour weeks, I don’t have ME yet."
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a new month –
different seeds
on the spaniel’s ears
Karen Hoy
Publication credit:
The Haiku Calendar 2003, Snapshot Press, ISBN 1-903543-05-3
naad anunaad: an anthology of contemporary international haiku ed. Shloka Shankar, Sanjuktaa Asopa, Kala Ramesh ISBN-10: 9385665332 ISBN-13: 978-9385665332 (India, 2016)
Fifty-Seven Damn Good Haiku by a Bunch of Our Friends
ISBN 978-1-878798-31-2 (2010) ed. Michael Dylan Welch & Alan Summers pub. PRESS HERE Sammamish, Washington USA
crowded carriage
the breeze around
a lone ragwort
Karen Hoy
Publication credit:
Publication credit:
The Haiku Calendar 2003, Snapshot Press, ISBN 1-903543-05-3
Anthology credit:
A Vast Sky, An Anthology of Contemporary World Haiku
(Tancho Press 2015)
(Tancho Press 2015)
Bruce Ross (Editor), Koko Kato (Editor), Dietmar Tauchner (Editor), Patricia Prime (Editor)
ISBN-10: 0983714126 ISBN-13: 978-0983714125
insomnia
the comfort of his breath
down my spine
Karen Hoy
Publication credit:
Presence (2003) ISSN 1366-5367
Anthology credit:
Another Country: Haiku Poetry from Wales
(Gomer Press 2011, ISBN: 9781848513068)
(Gomer Press 2011, ISBN: 9781848513068)
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Paris to Milan train
the baby cries
in every language
Karen Hoy
Publication credit:
Blithe Spirit Vol. 19 No.4 (December 2009), ISSN 1353-3320
Anthology credits:
Another Country: Haiku Poetry from Wales
(Gomer Press 2011, ISBN: 9781848513068)
naad anunaad: an anthology of contemporary international haiku ed. Shloka Shankar, Sanjuktaa Asopa, Kala Ramesh ISBN-10: 9385665332 ISBN-13: 978-9385665332 (India, 2016)
Another Country: Haiku Poetry from Wales
(Gomer Press 2011, ISBN: 9781848513068)
naad anunaad: an anthology of contemporary international haiku ed. Shloka Shankar, Sanjuktaa Asopa, Kala Ramesh ISBN-10: 9385665332 ISBN-13: 978-9385665332 (India, 2016)
not knowing what to do
with his belly button fluff -
I put it back
with his belly button fluff -
I put it back
Karen Hoy
Anthology credits:
‘Hidden' British Haiku Society Members Anthology 2002 Hub Haiku Series ISBN 1-903746-26-4; Another Country: Haiku Poetry from Wales (Gomer Press 2011, ISBN: 9781848513068)
‘Hidden' British Haiku Society Members Anthology 2002 Hub Haiku Series ISBN 1-903746-26-4; Another Country: Haiku Poetry from Wales (Gomer Press 2011, ISBN: 9781848513068)
working from home
in my best business voice
and my nightie
Karen Hoy
Publication credit:
Blithe Spirit Vol. 12 No. 3 (September 2002), ISSN 1353-3320
Anthology credit:
Fifty-Seven Damn Good Haiku by a Bunch of Our Friends
ISBN 978-1-878798-31-2 (2010) ed. Michael Dylan Welch & Alan Summers pub. PRESS HERE Sammamish, Washington USA; The Humours of Haiku ed. David Cobb ISBN 978-0-9565725-4-7 (Iron Press 2012)
leaving his place
the heels of man-socks
around my ankles
Karen Hoy
Anthology credit:
Another Country: Haiku Poetry from Wales
(Gomer Press 2011, ISBN: 9781848513068)
(Gomer Press 2011, ISBN: 9781848513068)
train to catch
shaving just a leg patch
for ripped jeans
Karen Hoy
Anthology credit:
Another Country: Haiku Poetry from Wales
(Gomer Press 2011, ISBN: 9781848513068)
(Gomer Press 2011, ISBN: 9781848513068)
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roadworks at dawn
walking home
in my evening dress
Karen Hoy
Blithe Spirit ISSN 1353-3320 Vol. 12 No. 3 (September 2002)
in the cool of the ladies
four identical faces -
twins check their make-up
Karen Hoy
Blithe Spirit ISSN 1353-3320 Vol. 12 No. 3 (September 2002)
http://www.poetrymagazines.org.uk/magazine/record.asp?id=11692
four identical faces -
twins check their make-up
Karen Hoy
Blithe Spirit ISSN 1353-3320 Vol. 12 No. 3 (September 2002)
http://www.poetrymagazines.org.uk/magazine/record.asp?id=11692
n.b. 'cool' is a kigo for Summer
More about kigo, and about Karen's haiku:
difficult day
the rice lid rocks
from side to side
Karen Hoy
Publication credit:
Lakeview International Journal of Literature and Arts
Vol.1, No.2 August 2013
front & backpacks
who will she be
when she stops
Karen Hoy
Publication credit:
Lakeview International Journal of Literature and Arts
Vol.1, No.2 August 2013
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KAREN HOY
Karen has been published in a number of haiku-based publications, including anthologies:
naad anunaad: an anthology of contemporary international haiku ed. Shloka Shankar, Sanjuktaa Asopa, Kala Ramesh ISBN-10: 9385665332 ISBN-13: 978-9385665332 (India, 2016)
A Vast Sky, An Anthology of Contemporary World Haiku
(Tancho Press 2015) ed. Bruce Ross; Koko Kato; Dietmar Tauchner; and Patricia Prime
The Humours of Haiku, ed. David Cobb (Iron Press, 2012)
As one of Wales’s haiku pioneers in Another Country: Haiku Poetry from Wales (Gomer Press 2011) edited by Nigel Jenkins, Ken Jones and Lynne Rees.
naad anunaad: an anthology of contemporary international haiku ed. Shloka Shankar, Sanjuktaa Asopa, Kala Ramesh ISBN-10: 9385665332 ISBN-13: 978-9385665332 (India, 2016)
A Vast Sky, An Anthology of Contemporary World Haiku
(Tancho Press 2015) ed. Bruce Ross; Koko Kato; Dietmar Tauchner; and Patricia Prime
The Humours of Haiku, ed. David Cobb (Iron Press, 2012)
As one of Wales’s haiku pioneers in Another Country: Haiku Poetry from Wales (Gomer Press 2011) edited by Nigel Jenkins, Ken Jones and Lynne Rees.
She was Specially Commended in the International Welsh Poetry Competition 2015; and appears in Mslexia; Sixfold; My Mother Threw Knives (Second Light Publications 2006); Highly Commended in the BBC Wildlife Magazine’s Nature Writer of the Year competition (2009); as well as haiku and tanka in Lakeview International Journal of Literature and Arts Vol.1, No.2 August 2013; Presence; Snapshot Press; and Blithe Spirit.
Karen is the Call of the Page Course Director, as well as a tutor in her own right. In 2006 Karen founded the TV development company Gilded Lily having previously worked on documentaries and wildlife films for the BBC, National Geographic, the Discovery Channels and other leading broadcasters.
For online courses on haiku or tanka and other related genres, or other information please do contact Karen at: