tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237319012024-03-07T13:50:41.796+00:00Area 17Alan Summers, Japan Times Award (2002), President, United Haiku and Tanka Society, and co-founder of Call of the Page, providing literature, education & literacy projects, often based around Japanese genres.
For events & workshops contact us through our Call of the Page website: <a href="http://www.callofthepage.org"><b>Call of the Page</b></a>.Area 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.comBlogger465125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23731901.post-60899110914026081732022-01-10T12:03:00.075+00:002022-02-05T10:10:09.487+00:00New site linktree and new Babylon Sidedoor haibun!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXTbdQ4Grpy1HwXaaCMxGE_TCCrkNSuePRFD0mxEixhhrErJI0UoKG5SOPmZNt8WJ7BrhDpQ9nBuJHNG3ZUavXJLNEZYF3KbK4H1-F8iLi2if2CGicatgKJgVSH0geDPb6ctr4Zpg2x1Dxq7OJHvxxgBX2gQZl_Eow1T0WMgtZZZqOlOytk6k=s755" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="428" data-original-width="755" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXTbdQ4Grpy1HwXaaCMxGE_TCCrkNSuePRFD0mxEixhhrErJI0UoKG5SOPmZNt8WJ7BrhDpQ9nBuJHNG3ZUavXJLNEZYF3KbK4H1-F8iLi2if2CGicatgKJgVSH0geDPb6ctr4Zpg2x1Dxq7OJHvxxgBX2gQZl_Eow1T0WMgtZZZqOlOytk6k=w640-h362" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Submissions to Babylon Sidedoor:</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://babylonsidedoor.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-babylon-sidedoor-submission.html">https://babylonsidedoor.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-babylon-sidedoor-submission.html</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 23px;">
</span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Signs of Other Times</span></b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">by Pris Campbell </span><span style="font-size: 23px;">
with Russian translation from Russell H. Ragsdale</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Tanka chūmon (短歌注文)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://babylonsidedoor.blogspot.com/2022/02/tanka-chumon-signs-of-other-times-by.html"><span style="font-size: large;">https://babylonsidedoor.blogspot.com/2022/02/tanka-chumon-signs-of-other-times-by.html</span></a></div><div style="font-size: 23px; text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 23px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">POLYGLOT</span></h3><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start; text-transform: uppercase;">A HAIBUN BY CAROLINE GILES BANKS</h3><div><a href="https://babylonsidedoor.blogspot.com/2022/01/polyglot-haibun-by-caroline-giles-banks.html">https://babylonsidedoor.blogspot.com/2022/01/polyglot-haibun-by-caroline-giles-banks.html</a></div><div><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Separations</span></b>, a haibun by Lynne Jambor</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://babylonsidedoor.blogspot.com/2022/01/separations-by-lynne-jambor.html">https://babylonsidedoor.blogspot.com/2022/01/separations-by-lynne-jambor.html</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">"GETTING IT WRONG" A HAIBUN BY MARGARET WALKER (BABYLON SIDEDOOR WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE)</h3></div><a href="https://babylonsidedoor.blogspot.com/2022/01/getting-it-wrong-haibun-by-margaret.html"><span style="font-size: large;">https://babylonsidedoor.blogspot.com/2022/01/getting-it-wrong-haibun-by-margaret.html</span></a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://linktr.ee/haikutec">https://linktr.ee/haikutec</a>:</span><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCvAMc3eeAndJVdEKRxY8o_SJ9smWOEsTjPFNi8ARj0wr6CMHroWs9lH3r_JYC-IPkaRx7oB3QgkXtVadJ9VXuQhkQY6pB22IRK2uS0zNDirKvR2NcBGxk4Yvh284hkbPNPbXstihprOnldiyQkuyoUV24YDonEj79Q-HXiGt39ZfNoVUpl8c=s1336" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: left;">editor-in-chief Alan Summers</span></div><p></p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="caret-color: rgb(255, 238, 221); font-size: 30px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>The Haiku Reader</i> submission guidelines: </span></h3><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="caret-color: rgb(255, 238, 221); font-size: 30px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">How does it work?</span></i></h3><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="caret-color: rgb(255, 238, 221); font-size: 30px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://thehaikureader.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-haiku-reader-submission-guidelines.html">https://thehaikureader.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-haiku-reader-submission-guidelines.html</a></span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6KvVcb3KAQkMEVl5WXkhgexsF74WnCQuAjPjAxubIMoQ9blU5Rc_xzYlVpe32IeYPfHKtxyqiyAF5gS9cq0gjap0F7672VZVk17Z2g2YHvJXuxP0xzscpdQVrSa7n36LFhDLQdw72BWp2b2CYqc50NUOWj5_wUc45YvxKwjwo8VcgZyJ-UEI=s701" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="427" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6KvVcb3KAQkMEVl5WXkhgexsF74WnCQuAjPjAxubIMoQ9blU5Rc_xzYlVpe32IeYPfHKtxyqiyAF5gS9cq0gjap0F7672VZVk17Z2g2YHvJXuxP0xzscpdQVrSa7n36LFhDLQdw72BWp2b2CYqc50NUOWj5_wUc45YvxKwjwo8VcgZyJ-UEI=s320" width="195" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Frequently Asked Questions</u>:</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://thehaikureader.blogspot.com/2021/12/frequently-asked-questions-faqs.html">https://thehaikureader.blogspot.com/2021/12/frequently-asked-questions-faqs.html</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEzM_DSMTUOa9DkHAjmaSjpLoIu8PO_vY49NrG6n0MnnZ6NlA9LPqI4G6IctUW89HXx5kuCfhLp9EiovWag9RlneLiE0So1CXxy1qFckSc8MPqvUnXmLPpiq0AN4IvBDdpAXfpYHx6v2lJShSHOkS227BL04AgKaRx8v4jSIlNlaFkqt08Oow=s320" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="320" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEzM_DSMTUOa9DkHAjmaSjpLoIu8PO_vY49NrG6n0MnnZ6NlA9LPqI4G6IctUW89HXx5kuCfhLp9EiovWag9RlneLiE0So1CXxy1qFckSc8MPqvUnXmLPpiq0AN4IvBDdpAXfpYHx6v2lJShSHOkS227BL04AgKaRx8v4jSIlNlaFkqt08Oow" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">About The Haiku Reader Editor-in-Chief: </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><b>Alan Summers</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://thehaikureader.blogspot.com/2021/12/about-haiku-reader-editor-in-chief-alan.html">https://thehaikureader.blogspot.com/2021/12/about-haiku-reader-editor-in-chief-alan.html</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-A4UU2XMNu2SXyWRS03OZeJMezQ2fzE-DVDdG8GZseg7JdJK2QpAfs4N9u39_AGhaMiLzanGQ3N6JR-3CGANh97amBn5SyQPHsdjobEGWd88DZhjWDUBlQvpn831CYa1WZI9y7ute3AHfRgg2t6S7DucqpTySywfVmKjvoma6Y99YAThMb2U=s1016" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1016" data-original-width="1016" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-A4UU2XMNu2SXyWRS03OZeJMezQ2fzE-DVDdG8GZseg7JdJK2QpAfs4N9u39_AGhaMiLzanGQ3N6JR-3CGANh97amBn5SyQPHsdjobEGWd88DZhjWDUBlQvpn831CYa1WZI9y7ute3AHfRgg2t6S7DucqpTySywfVmKjvoma6Y99YAThMb2U=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Alan Summers</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">founder, Call of the Page</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.callofthepage.org">https://www.callofthepage.org</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><p></p><br /><p><br /></p>Area 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23731901.post-69531102089943088922021-12-20T13:08:00.000+00:002021-12-20T13:08:25.355+00:00The Royal Photographic Society and Photography and Haiku Poetry with Alan Summers and Karen Hoy<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: 3.157rem; letter-spacing: -0.03em; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Photography </h1><h1 class="t-event__title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--theme-color, #0082bb); font-family: "Avenir Next", "Avenir LT Std", Raleway, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 3.157rem; letter-spacing: -0.03em; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">and </h1><h1 class="t-event__title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--theme-color, #0082bb); font-family: "Avenir Next", "Avenir LT Std", Raleway, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 3.157rem; letter-spacing: -0.03em; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Haiku Poetry </h1><h1 class="t-event__title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--theme-color, #0082bb); font-family: "Avenir Next", "Avenir LT Std", Raleway, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 3.157rem; letter-spacing: -0.03em; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">with </h1><h1 class="t-event__title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--theme-color, #0082bb); font-family: "Avenir Next", "Avenir LT Std", Raleway, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 3.157rem; letter-spacing: -0.03em; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Alan Summers </h1><h1 class="t-event__title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--theme-color, #0082bb); font-family: "Avenir Next", "Avenir LT Std", Raleway, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 3.157rem; letter-spacing: -0.03em; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">and Karen Hoy</h1><dl class="m-details t-event__metadata" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 30, 30); font-family: "Avenir Next", "Avenir LT Std", Raleway, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; grid-column-end: metadata; grid-column-start: metadata; grid-row-end: metadata; grid-row-start: metadata; margin: 1.5rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="m-details__item" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1e1e; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><dt class="m-details__key" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: "cpsp"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.1em; margin: 0px 0px 0.25rem; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">DATE AND TIME</dt><dd class="m-details__value" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.67; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><time style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Wednesday March 30th 2022</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">7pm - 8.30pm</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/photography-and-haiku-poetry-with-alan-summers-and-karen-hoy-tickets-230001630067" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-skip: objects; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">[To book this event click here]</span></a></p></time></dd></div><div class="m-details__item" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><dt class="m-details__key" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1e1e; font-feature-settings: "cpsp"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.1em; margin: 0px 0px 0.25rem; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">VENUE ADDRESS</dt><dd class="m-details__value" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.67; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Virtual Meeting</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><u>Further information</u>:</span></b></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1e1e; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://rps.org/events/regions/east-midlands/2022/march/photography-and-haiku-poetry-with-alan-summers-and-karen-hoy/"><span style="font-size: x-large;">https://rps.org/events/regions/east-midlands/2022/march/photography-and-haiku-poetry-with-alan-summers-and-karen-hoy/</span></a></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">More about <b><i>The Royal Photographic Society</i></b></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">(founded in 1853)</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://rps.org/about/">https://rps.org/about/</a></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">More about Karen and Alan </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">and <i>Call of the Page</i></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p></dd></div></dl>Area 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23731901.post-19416688969755919842021-11-14T11:59:00.000+00:002021-11-14T11:59:06.352+00:00Bath Spa University Student Magazine Article<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bsvBfekvbuM/RpzGFA24AxI/AAAAAAAAAPY/im8IqFxjAEQ/s1600-h/Magazine+haiku+article"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bsvBfekvbuM/RpzGFA24AxI/AAAAAAAAAPY/im8IqFxjAEQ/s400/Magazine+haiku+article" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088159468453626642" /></a><br /><br />Please click onto images to get larger text.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPJoYKT0yH0dOOei7Hh_6MMbr69ysi0KFyCO9pGItF-fenNYsbHTKQvMdXj07-bouW7a_jdaeJcGJjH6gLd6N9iHitQmkXHVaJjgZwP709Q1bM19yYP_KdGzgiJfZdwko0D6vn/s1600-h/magazine+cover"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPJoYKT0yH0dOOei7Hh_6MMbr69ysi0KFyCO9pGItF-fenNYsbHTKQvMdXj07-bouW7a_jdaeJcGJjH6gLd6N9iHitQmkXHVaJjgZwP709Q1bM19yYP_KdGzgiJfZdwko0D6vn/s200/magazine+cover" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078526974099576194" /></a> . <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bsvBfekvbuM/RnqNYDFx1ZI/AAAAAAAAAK4/ElDWKCbDolk/s1600-h/magazine+statement"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bsvBfekvbuM/RnqNYDFx1ZI/AAAAAAAAAK4/ElDWKCbDolk/s200/magazine+statement" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078526974099576210" /></a><br /><br /> <pre>Article & images©Aesthetics Magazine 2007</pre>Please click onto image for large text format.Area 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23731901.post-27264338071486110942021-08-31T16:03:00.006+01:002021-09-01T08:36:39.516+01:00Blo͞o Outlier Journal issue #3 submission guidelines - nature, wildlife, natural history, wilderness haiku only!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wK575TIGwdI/YS5BI9EHQ6I/AAAAAAAAHVI/T9aQuncbj5oSJmZHrux3GYBvzL0Jai-2QCLcBGAsYHQ/s894/Blo%25CD%259Eo%2BOutlier%2Bwildlife%2Bwilderness%2Bnatural%2Bhistory%2Bhaiku%2Bcall%2Bout.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="894" height="390" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wK575TIGwdI/YS5BI9EHQ6I/AAAAAAAAHVI/T9aQuncbj5oSJmZHrux3GYBvzL0Jai-2QCLcBGAsYHQ/w521-h390/Blo%25CD%259Eo%2BOutlier%2Bwildlife%2Bwilderness%2Bnatural%2Bhistory%2Bhaiku%2Bcall%2Bout.png" width="521" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="color: #212121; float: left; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px; max-width: calc(100% - 48px);">Blo͞o Outlier Journal issue #3 submission window is <span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">now open</span>!</h3><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://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4BPMVHptjkM/YS5CibK3YuI/AAAAAAAAHVY/-MIuVolcxEwt7NHwIKU76xceaVYuOBQKACLcBGAsYHQ/s1293/close%2Bup%2Bbirds%2Band%2Bplanes%2BScreenshot%2B2018-12-06%2Bat%2B17.08.14%2Bcopy.png" style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="1293" height="279" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4BPMVHptjkM/YS5CibK3YuI/AAAAAAAAHVY/-MIuVolcxEwt7NHwIKU76xceaVYuOBQKACLcBGAsYHQ/w557-h279/close%2Bup%2Bbirds%2Band%2Bplanes%2BScreenshot%2B2018-12-06%2Bat%2B17.08.14%2Bcopy.png" width="557" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(117, 117, 117); color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(117, 117, 117); color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">photo©Alan Summers</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(117, 117, 117); color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><u><br /></u></span></b></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(117, 117, 117); color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><u>Please see this link for what I am looking for</u>: </span></b></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(117, 117, 117); color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://bloooutlierjournal.blogspot.com/2021/08/bloo-outlier-journal-issue-3-is-haiku.html" style="color: #2196f3; text-decoration: none;">https://bloooutlierjournal.blogspot.com/2021/08/bloo-outlier-journal-issue-3-is-haiku.html</a></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(117, 117, 117); color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(117, 117, 117); color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(117, 117, 117); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>NEW EMAIL ADDRESS!</b></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(117, 117, 117); color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>The new haiku submission email address</u>:</b></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(117, 117, 117); color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;"><p style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">haikutec101@gmail.com</span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Please send submissions of wildlife/nature/wilderness/natural history haiku to this email address only.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Please don't rush any submissions, take your time.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Submission window open from today:</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Saturday 21st August to Monday October 1st 2021</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Send up to five (5) haiku</span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Theme:</b></span> <i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">wildlife, wilderness, natural history</span></b></i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's also worth looking at the two issues of </span><b><i><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">Muttering Thunder</span></i><span style="font-size: large;">:</span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Just to warn you that they are big files, but highly worth the wait:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://thehaikufoundation.org/omeka/items/show/3087" style="background-color: transparent; color: #2196f3; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">https://thehaikufoundation.org/omeka/items/show/3087</span></span></a></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SzPTlwRhDsk/YS5B7rNKeTI/AAAAAAAAHVQ/6Z-GApu_fD8XsyyljePFt87K19e4vwZQgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2673/wildlife%2Bimage%2Bfor%2Boutlier%2Bannouncement.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1177" data-original-width="2673" height="177" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SzPTlwRhDsk/YS5B7rNKeTI/AAAAAAAAHVQ/6Z-GApu_fD8XsyyljePFt87K19e4vwZQgCLcBGAsYHQ/w402-h177/wildlife%2Bimage%2Bfor%2Boutlier%2Bannouncement.jpeg" title="photograph©Alan Summers" width="402" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">photo©Alan Summers</span></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i>Make it your own experience, past or present, </i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i>in the wilderness. </i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i>Own that wilderness in your unique way.</i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i>Good luck!</i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i>Alan</i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;">Alan Summers</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;">Editor-in-chief</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Blo͞o Outlier</span></i></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://bloooutlierjournal.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2196f3; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://bloooutlierjournal.blogspot.com</a> </span></span></div><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; 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font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div></div>Area 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23731901.post-15789149630714489362021-06-18T18:24:00.001+01:002021-06-18T18:26:39.146+01:00New to Haiku: Advice for Beginners – Alan Summers<p> </p><h1 class="single-post-title entry-title wpex-text-3xl" itemprop="headline" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #648894; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 1.846em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">New to Haiku: Advice for Beginners </h1><h1 class="single-post-title entry-title wpex-text-3xl" itemprop="headline" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #648894; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 1.846em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">–<span style="font-size: 1.846em;"> </span><span style="font-size: 1.846em;">Alan Summers</span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gQQ2eG-vDXE/YMzUvDykaGI/AAAAAAAAHNE/IiW2KXqVT3QG9AzNNsc8t9HvYOKTcS84gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Alan-and-bamboo-portrait-photo1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="320" height="364" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gQQ2eG-vDXE/YMzUvDykaGI/AAAAAAAAHNE/IiW2KXqVT3QG9AzNNsc8t9HvYOKTcS84gCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h364/Alan-and-bamboo-portrait-photo1.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://thehaikufoundation.org/new-to-haiku-advice-for-beginners-alan-summers/"><span style="font-size: x-large;">https://thehaikufoundation.org/new-to-haiku-advice-for-beginners-alan-summers/</span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3gnaAiMW4dc/YMzVoII1s4I/AAAAAAAAHNM/gO2p3vx9jNEhZXDotrjwPrLeWTnQo3lrwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1016/Call%2Bof%2Bthe%2BPage%2B-%2BFinal%2Blogos-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1016" data-original-width="1016" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3gnaAiMW4dc/YMzVoII1s4I/AAAAAAAAHNM/gO2p3vx9jNEhZXDotrjwPrLeWTnQo3lrwCLcBGAsYHQ/w200-h200/Call%2Bof%2Bthe%2BPage%2B-%2BFinal%2Blogos-1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Alan is founder of <b><i>Call of the Page</i></b>: <a href="http://www.callofthepage.org">www.callofthepage.org</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>founding editor of two online journals:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mq_FQNXEnVY/YMzV9AZd9HI/AAAAAAAAHNU/jeStCHRhucMsUgRFTmYSGYV0XaTowFdVACLcBGAsYHQ/s606/Blo%25CD%259Eo%2BOutlier%2BPress%2Blogo%2Btest.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="459" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mq_FQNXEnVY/YMzV9AZd9HI/AAAAAAAAHNU/jeStCHRhucMsUgRFTmYSGYV0XaTowFdVACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Blo%25CD%259Eo%2BOutlier%2BPress%2Blogo%2Btest.png" /></a></div></div><div><a href="https://bloooutlierjournal.blogspot.com"><span style="font-size: x-large;">https://bloooutlierjournal.blogspot.com</span></a></div><div><br /></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kcJmA_NsIik/YMzWGIKFZjI/AAAAAAAAHNY/7PSDZtAgU-YVQQpOd2ezfdpsQL-BJHSxwCLcBGAsYHQ/s742/MahMight%2Bfish%2Bcactus%2Blogo%2Bjpg.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://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kcJmA_NsIik/YMzWGIKFZjI/AAAAAAAAHNY/7PSDZtAgU-YVQQpOd2ezfdpsQL-BJHSxwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/MahMight%2Bfish%2Bcactus%2Blogo%2Bjpg.jpg" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://mahmighthaikujournal.blogspot.com/2021/05/a-mahmight-introduction-to-new-haiku.html">https://mahmighthaikujournal.blogspot.com/2021/05/a-mahmight-introduction-to-new-haiku.html</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: white;">.</span></div>Area 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23731901.post-85741524816648425172021-04-06T11:31:00.002+01:002021-04-06T11:31:37.406+01:00The Haiku Foundation Librarian’s Cache: Poet of the Month – Alan Summers<p> </p><h1 class="single-post-title entry-title wpex-text-3xl" itemprop="headline" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #648894; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 1.846em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">Librarian’s Cache: </h1><h1 class="single-post-title entry-title wpex-text-3xl" itemprop="headline" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #648894; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 1.846em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">Poet of the Month – Alan Summers</h1><div>by Dan Campbell</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pB9Xr11T1aQ/YGw4D_Q7UhI/AAAAAAAAHGM/MAacZhofSEcV-zb1TUuREpGA2Dn71QA9wCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/librarian%2527s%2Bcache.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="261" data-original-width="500" height="334" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pB9Xr11T1aQ/YGw4D_Q7UhI/AAAAAAAAHGM/MAacZhofSEcV-zb1TUuREpGA2Dn71QA9wCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h334/librarian%2527s%2Bcache.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://thehaikufoundation.org/librarians-cache-poet-of-the-month-alan-summers/"><span style="font-size: x-large;">https://thehaikufoundation.org/librarians-cache-poet-of-the-month-alan-summers/</span></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I am delighted to be given the honor of being Poet of the Month by The Haiku Foundation.</div>Area 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23731901.post-10698158071933654942021-04-06T11:09:00.001+01:002021-04-06T11:09:10.840+01:00Last Train Home: an anthology of contemporary haiku, tanka, and rengay<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VjM24bstV4M/YGwvpM6uVrI/AAAAAAAAHF8/xZgZg7aKMq0ch14y8oo-qazoj75gCinAQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1520/Last%2BTrain%2BHome%2Bcover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="1063" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VjM24bstV4M/YGwvpM6uVrI/AAAAAAAAHF8/xZgZg7aKMq0ch14y8oo-qazoj75gCinAQCLcBGAsYHQ/w280-h400/Last%2BTrain%2BHome%2Bcover.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><br /><h1 class="a-spacing-none a-text-normal" id="title" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 28px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 36px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;">Last Train Home: an anthology of contemporary haiku, tanka, and rengay</span></h1><div><span class="a-size-extra-large" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 36px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Launched on February 26, 2021 by Jacqueline Pearce (editor) </span></span></div><div><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>LAST TRAIN HOME</i></b> is an international collection of haiku and related poetry about trains and train travel. Edited by award-winning Canadian poet and children's book author Jacqueline Pearce, the anthology features close to 600 haiku, tanka, rengay, and haiku sequences by 193 poets from 22 different countries.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Last-Train-Home-anthology-contemporary/dp/1999180801/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=last+train+home&qid=1617702851&sr=8-3"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://www.amazon.com/Last-Train-Home-anthology-contemporary/dp/1999180801/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=last+train+home&qid=1617702851&sr=8-3</span></a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">This is a gorgeously produced book that is not only for fans of trains, stations, and travel by rail, for adventure or romance, or both, but anyone who misses the sheer atmosphere of a train racing through cities and countryside!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Here are a few of Jacquie's newer haiku about trains (lately, they are more about her local transit trains):</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;">heat wave</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;">the night train rumbles</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;">into my wakefulness</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;">Skytrain whine</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;">my thoughts become</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;">white noise</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;">subway tunnel</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;">a waft of warm air</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;">takes me back</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">And one of </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;">Jacquie's</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> own favourite haiku (by her) from the anthology:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;">warm prairie breeze</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;">the porter plays harmonica</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;">in the open door</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><b>Jacquie says:</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><i>"I like it because it takes me back to my first long-distance train trip across Canada with my brother in the early 1980s (with our VIA Rail youth passes). We were on a quiet branch line between Calgary and Edmonton that no longer exists, and it felt like we were travelling through the Old West—passing rolling prairie, roaming cattle, a bleached steer skull beside the tracks, the carriage doors left open to the warm September air as we travelled, the lonely sound of the harmonica…."</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D_YnFU0nECE/YGwxRbxRjTI/AAAAAAAAHGE/zbl0xHpt4hgYN0jKvoRxhFMZKpb9J9gdACLcBGAsYHQ/s4608/prairie%2Btrain_JP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D_YnFU0nECE/YGwxRbxRjTI/AAAAAAAAHGE/zbl0xHpt4hgYN0jKvoRxhFMZKpb9J9gdACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/prairie%2Btrain_JP.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">The </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">photo by Jacqueline Pearce</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"> is from a similar part of the country, on a different train trip.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">I'm fortunate to have a few of my own haiku in there, here's one:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">train station</span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">the heat of the platform</span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">in my blood</span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;">Alan Summers</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">
</span></p><p style="font-family: Times; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>NHK World TV, Japan:</b></p><p style="font-family: Times; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Europe meets Japan - Alan's Haiku Journey</i> (September 2015)</p><p style="font-family: Times; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VS36AGVI6s"><span style="font-size: large;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VS36AGVI6s</span></a></p>Area 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23731901.post-91949861704258172522021-03-09T12:35:00.001+00:002021-03-09T12:35:23.569+00:00Haibun and the Blo͞o Outlier Journal Special issue #2, 2021 UPDATE <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RZgz6_d1_vE/YEdo41d8JLI/AAAAAAAAHEk/kfktKC0Zn0UGoFoM_L4jApswVvOkT31JgCLcBGAsYHQ/s622/Iceland%2BExeter%2BHotel%2Bbar%2Bglass%2Bwith%2Beyeball%2Bknife%2B%2Band%2Bdice%2Bwindow%2Bdesign%2Bphotograph%2Bby%2BAlan%2BSummers.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="622" height="369" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RZgz6_d1_vE/YEdo41d8JLI/AAAAAAAAHEk/kfktKC0Zn0UGoFoM_L4jApswVvOkT31JgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h369/Iceland%2BExeter%2BHotel%2Bbar%2Bglass%2Bwith%2Beyeball%2Bknife%2B%2Band%2Bdice%2Bwindow%2Bdesign%2Bphotograph%2Bby%2BAlan%2BSummers.png" title="photograph by Alan Summers" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">photograph by Alan Summers</div><p></p><p><span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;"><b>Wearing two hats today!</b></span></p><p><i><b><br /></b></i></p><p><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8JIcwWA_ZkY/YEdqoh_dR_I/AAAAAAAAHEs/0tynaqMF_NkUWnrICbeSvGwFZra1h2S8ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1016/Call%2Bof%2Bthe%2BPage%2B-%2BFinal%2Blogos-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1016" data-original-width="1016" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8JIcwWA_ZkY/YEdqoh_dR_I/AAAAAAAAHEs/0tynaqMF_NkUWnrICbeSvGwFZra1h2S8ACLcBGAsYHQ/w200-h200/Call%2Bof%2Bthe%2BPage%2B-%2BFinal%2Blogos-1.jpg" width="200" /></a></i></div><i><br /><b><br /></b></i><p></p><p><b><i>Call of the Page</i></b> regularly has one-to-one sessions with poets and their haibun and tanka story:</p><p><a href="https://www.callofthepage.org/courses/special-payments/">https://www.callofthepage.org/courses/special-payments/</a></p><p>There are plans afoot to create another group haibun course too, so do keep checking the website:</p><p><a href="https://www.callofthepage.org/courses/">https://www.callofthepage.org/courses/</a></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ycc3t5yv4LI/YEdqzcwAVUI/AAAAAAAAHEw/mGgS0A-v15M7xBzl6THLr4r1FlfJD7sMACLcBGAsYHQ/s606/Blo%25CD%259Eo%2BOutlier%2BPress%2Blogo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="459" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ycc3t5yv4LI/YEdqzcwAVUI/AAAAAAAAHEw/mGgS0A-v15M7xBzl6THLr4r1FlfJD7sMACLcBGAsYHQ/w151-h200/Blo%25CD%259Eo%2BOutlier%2BPress%2Blogo.png" width="151" /></a></div><br /><p><b>The Blo͞o Outlier Journal's second issue</b> focuses on the art of combining prose and poetry. Namely the two genres of haibun and tanka story. Although you can surprise us and perhaps come up with a new or different haikai or tanka genre that uses poems with prose!</p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b>Blo͞o Outlier Journal Special issue #2, 2021 UPDATE </b></span></p><p><a href="https://bloooutlierjournal.blogspot.com/2021/03/bloo-outlier-journal-special-issue-2.html">https://bloooutlierjournal.blogspot.com/2021/03/bloo-outlier-journal-special-issue-2.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Area 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23731901.post-7615681003002896802021-01-08T12:35:00.013+00:002021-01-08T12:39:46.925+00:00Introducing... Haiku a friendly immersive course designed by Karen Hoy, with feedback from Alan Summers<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C-DSUcNgxvE/X_hHU8uMYpI/AAAAAAAAG_4/793c2k7DV3EwJXRlLQN7Q2VzqskObUS4wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1016/Call%2Bof%2Bthe%2BPage%2B-%2BFinal%2Blogos-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1016" data-original-width="1016" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C-DSUcNgxvE/X_hHU8uMYpI/AAAAAAAAG_4/793c2k7DV3EwJXRlLQN7Q2VzqskObUS4wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Call%2Bof%2Bthe%2BPage%2B-%2BFinal%2Blogos-1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="n module-type-header diyfeLiveArea" style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 5px;"><h1 style="background-color: #005776; border-bottom-right-radius: 1.85em; border-top-left-radius: 10px; border-top-right-radius: 15px; box-shadow: rgba(220, 184, 149, 0.4) 0px 2px 3px, rgb(0, 87, 118) 15px 0px 100px inset; color: #fefefe; font-size: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 0px -44px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 42px; text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="diyfeDecoration">Introducing... Haiku</span></h1></div><div class="n module-type-text diyfeLiveArea" style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 5px;"><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.4px; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> </p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #c2185b;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Winter 2021 course, from January 11th to March 8th, is now fully booked, so we have scheduled the another <b><i>Introducing... Haiku!</i></b> </span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #c2185b;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #c2185b;"><span style="font-size: large;">The course starts at the end of April 2021. The payment button on this <b><a href="https://www.callofthepage.org/courses/haiku-courses/introducing-haiku/" target="_blank">weblink</a></b> is now open for the April course. Thank you!</span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #c2185b;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #c2185b;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>weblink</u>:</b></span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.callofthepage.org/courses/haiku-courses/introducing-haiku/">https://www.callofthepage.org/courses/haiku-courses/introducing-haiku/</a></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #c2185b;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #c2185b;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><u style="color: #353535;"><b>Start Date</b></u><span style="color: #353535;"><b>:</b> Tuesday 27th April 2021</span> </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #353535;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u>End Date</u>: </b>Tuesday 22nd June 2021</span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> </p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #353535;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><u>Level</u>:</b> This course is designed to be gentle enough for complete beginners (at haiku, or at creative writing), but at the same time stimulating enough to introduce haiku as a new form to those who are already writing poetry or prose. It can also be used as a "warm-up" to our intermediate course. It's also a "back to what we first loved about haiku" for writers who would enjoy a reset. A highly pleasurable course to run, and we trust, take part in!</span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> </p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #353535;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><u>No of Assignments and Feedback</u>:</b> </span><span style="font-size: large;">3</span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> </p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><br /></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #353535;"><b><u>Group Size</u>:</b> up to 7.</span> <span style="color: #c2185b;">April course now booking.</span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> </p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><br /></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #353535;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Course Description</u>:</b> Participants are sent introductory materials on the start date, which will include the first assignment briefing. </span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #353535;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #353535;"><span style="font-size: large;">We'll engage with haiku as a reader, using gentle and evocative prose exercises to expand our understanding of what these tiny haiku can do. </span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #353535;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #353535;"><span style="font-size: large;">As the course continues, we'll consciously encourage our own senses of observation, and learn to key in to moments and observations that inspire haiku. </span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #353535;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #353535;"><span style="font-size: large;">By the third and final assignment (or sooner if you are ready) we'll have built up to writing complete haiku poems. </span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #353535;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #353535;"><span style="font-size: large;">There'll be feedback from the tutor on the prose exercises, line exercises, and the complete poems, in a safe and nurturing atmosphere. </span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #353535;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #353535;"><span style="font-size: large;">By the end of the course you should have three poems, and an inspiring foundation on which to move forward with your writing. </span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> </p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u style="color: #353535;"><b>Full Cost</b></u><span style="color: #353535;"><b>:</b> £108 (approximately US$146).</span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #353535;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Early Bird Rate</u>:</span></b><span style="font-size: medium;"> £99 (approximately US$134)</span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #353535;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #353535;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #353535;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #353535;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JCxCWjn5Cmc/X_hLi5ZLT1I/AAAAAAAAHAE/GfESEzK6F3kufQSs4C-ZjcKbExsU49EbgCLcBGAsYHQ/s936/nice%2Bsmile%2BAlan%2Bportrait%2Bprofile.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="624" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JCxCWjn5Cmc/X_hLi5ZLT1I/AAAAAAAAHAE/GfESEzK6F3kufQSs4C-ZjcKbExsU49EbgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/nice%2Bsmile%2BAlan%2Bportrait%2Bprofile.jpg" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #353535;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-family: Charter; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Alan Summers</span></b> is the main online tutor & mentor for Call of the Page relating to haiku, its related genres, and tanka poetry. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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<p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-family: Charter; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">He is also the founding editor of <i><span style="background-color: white;">The Blo</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">͞</span></i><span style="background-color: white;"><i>o Outlier Journal</i>, and a Pushcart nominated poet for <i>haiku</i>. As well as being a Japan Times award-winning writer Alan is also both a Pushcart Prize nominated, and Best Small Fictions nominated poet, for <i>haibun</i>.</span></span></p>
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<p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-family: Charter; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">For more details, and my “provenance” to reveal that I will take great care and diligence, do check out: <a href="https://area17.blogspot.com/2017/01/happy-new-year-and-brand-new-honour.html"><span style="background-color: transparent;">https://area17.blogspot.com/2017/01/happy-new-year-and-brand-new-honour.html</span></a> </span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-family: Charter; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-family: Charter; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3cO6OwOVt70/X_hSSbbIePI/AAAAAAAAHAY/FqbznwphhUEiiIfjDzDN_M8_k5zQK_4ZgCLcBGAsYHQ/s606/Blo%25CD%259Eo%2BOutlier%2BPress%2Blogo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="459" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3cO6OwOVt70/X_hSSbbIePI/AAAAAAAAHAY/FqbznwphhUEiiIfjDzDN_M8_k5zQK_4ZgCLcBGAsYHQ/w151-h200/Blo%25CD%259Eo%2BOutlier%2BPress%2Blogo.png" width="151" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-family: Charter; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Blo<span style="font-family: "Lucida Grande"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">͞</span>o Outlier Journal Winter Christmas Eve Special Issue 2020 (Issue #1) ed. Alan Summers</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #103cc0; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SdwR7QdRK7QP73c3ezhCEWBf5I4r8AGb/view?usp=sharing " target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SdwR7QdRK7QP73c3ezhCEWBf5I4r8AGb/view?usp=sharing </a></span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-family: Charter; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-family: Charter; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-family: Charter; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9AEZCVteOZA/X_hMQYP_Z-I/AAAAAAAAHAM/bSoeLb6SAEkkR_Rpibdd23bYesahoLZdQCLcBGAsYHQ/s427/Karen%2BHoy%2Bphotograph%2Bmwl_karen_v08.jpg.gallery.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9AEZCVteOZA/X_hMQYP_Z-I/AAAAAAAAHAM/bSoeLb6SAEkkR_Rpibdd23bYesahoLZdQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Karen%2BHoy%2Bphotograph%2Bmwl_karen_v08.jpg.gallery.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>Karen Hoy</b> (Newport, Wales), poet, filmmaker, is <i>Courses Director </i>of Call of the Page. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Karen has been tanka editor for Blithe Spirit, the journal of the British Haiku Society. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Her haiku appear in many of the major haiku anthologies including:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Another Country: Haiku Poetry from Wales, Naad Anunaad, A Vast Sky, Wishbone Moon, Another Trip Around the Sun: 365 Days of Haiku for Children Young and Old, Last Train Home, haiku, tanka and rengay. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Karen's poetry is included in <i>Stairs and Whispers: D/deaf and Disabled Poets Write Back</i> (Nine Arches Press 2017). Other poetry that Karen appears in are: "My Mother Threw Knives" (Second Light Publications 2006) as well as <a href="https://mslexia.co.uk" target="_blank">Mslexia</a>.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Karen also appears in ‘Ten Years On’ the Welsh Poetry Competition Anthology 2012-2016.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>‘Ten Years On’ is a celebration of the best poetry submitted to the international Welsh Poetry Competition between 2012-2016. A diverse look at the world we inhabit - alive, energetic, melodic, unrepentant and moving. This anthology is for all poets who truly feel. For the brave, the exuberant, the feisty, the outrageous and the rule breakers. A chance to revel in the moment and not be afraid. After 10 successful years and nearly 5,000 entries from all over the world the competition is now firmly established on the international literary calendar. This collection contains some formidable poetry, written by established poets as well as many new voices, all of whom were fearless enough to push back the boundaries. The book also includes the judges’ comments by famous Welsh writers John Evans, Sally Spedding and Eloise Williams. ‘Ten Years On’ is a beautiful collection of bright, modern poetry.</i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></p><p style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Her documentary and wildlife credits include work for the BBC, Channel 4, National Geographic, and Discovery Channels. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span></i></p><p style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Karen has also been Highly Commended in the </span><i style="background-color: transparent;">BBC Wildlife Magazine's Nature Writer of the Year</i><span style="background-color: transparent;"> competition (2009).</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p></div><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #353535;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p></div>Area 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23731901.post-31031626926159137792020-10-05T19:37:00.132+01:002020-12-19T13:21:12.987+00:00Autumn 2020 haiku, haibun, and monoku group online courses, and Skype one-to-one sessions!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKkZYObOhZPRA0Q5wvinOvkgMGYVPm5D6BrY97SDMG_ACgxajt8Oi5hc6Tm1dQEfHgoL8cEKqDg1SypUtDJNq_uJkiICRqLkZGD5MW31uDuP3r07PNEzMUa5pyiKO8q6Tz7saP/s1016/Call+of+the+Page+-+Final+logos-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1016" data-original-width="1016" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKkZYObOhZPRA0Q5wvinOvkgMGYVPm5D6BrY97SDMG_ACgxajt8Oi5hc6Tm1dQEfHgoL8cEKqDg1SypUtDJNq_uJkiICRqLkZGD5MW31uDuP3r07PNEzMUa5pyiKO8q6Tz7saP/w200-h200/Call+of+the+Page+-+Final+logos-1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Alan Summers & Karen Hoy</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.callofthepage.org">https://www.callofthepage.org</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-family: Georgia, serif;"><div style="color: #353535; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #353535; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #353535; font-size: x-large;">Find out about our </span><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><i>January 2021</i></span></b><span style="color: #353535; font-size: x-large;"> courses and other ways to stay engaged with haiku and related genres!</span></span></span></div><div style="color: #353535; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #353535; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #353535;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #353535; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.callofthepage.org/courses/">https://www.callofthepage.org/courses/</a></span></span></div><div style="color: #353535; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #353535; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #353535; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #353535; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #353535; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #353535; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="color: #353535; font-size: large;">Scheduling of our </span></span><strong style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #353535; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-large;">autumn/fall course offerings for 2020</strong><span style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #353535; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-large;"> is almost complete. </span></span><p></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #353535; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;">The following courses have now been scheduled:</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> </p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #353535;">•</span><span style="color: #8b8b8b;"> </span><a href="https://www.callofthepage.org/courses/haiku-courses/intermediate-haiku/" target="_self"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Intermediate Haiku</span></a></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="color: #353535;">(3 session course) starting Thursday 15th October 2020.</span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> </p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">•</span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"> <a href="https://www.callofthepage.org/courses/haiku-courses/one-line-haiku/" target="_self">One-Line Haiku</a> </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #353535;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(5 session course) starting Tuesday 13th October 2020.</span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> </p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">• <a href="https://www.callofthepage.org/courses/haibun-courses/haibun-2x2/" target="_self">Haibun 2 x 2</a> </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #353535;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(2 double sessions) starting Monday 19th October 2020.</span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">After feedback from writers (thank you!), this is now a course for shorter haibun, averaging just 200 words.</span></i></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #353535; font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #353535;"><span style="font-size: large;">Do keep checking Call of the Page for updates:</span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.callofthepage.org">https://www.callofthepage.org</a></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><br /></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">Or email Karen and Alan at:</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><a href="mailto:admin@callofthepage.org">admin@callofthepage.org</a></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><br /></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><br /></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Skype sessions</u></b></span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We also run regular one-to-one Skype sessions that are very popular:</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #03579b;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">ONE TO ONES</span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #353535;">Aside from the above courses for autumn, </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Alan</span><span style="color: #353535;"> continues to be</span><span style="color: #353535;"> available for individual</span><span style="color: #8b8b8b;"> </span><a href="https://www.callofthepage.org/courses/special-payments/" style="color: #8b8b8b;" target="_self"><span style="color: #c26e60;">one to one</span></a><span style="color: #8b8b8b;"> </span><span style="color: #353535;">students via email and/or video call (Skype or Zoom). </span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span><span style="color: #353535; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #353535;">Please contact us for further info, but in the meantime, you can see prices and a basic description of how the one to one sessions operate on our 'special payments' booking page</span><span style="color: #8b8b8b;"> </span><a href="https://www.callofthepage.org/courses/special-payments/" target="_self"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a><span style="color: #353535;">: </span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><a href="https://www.callofthepage.org/courses/special-payments/"><span style="font-size: x-large;">https://www.callofthepage.org/courses/special-payments/</span></a></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); 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A double Japan Times award-winning writer, he was filmed by NHK Television (Japan) for <i>“Europe meets Japan – Alan’s Haiku Journey.”</i> </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #0a0a0a;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #0a0a0a;">He is a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet for haiku, and haibun, and Best Small Fictions nominated for haibun. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #0a0a0a;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #0a0a0a;">Alan is President of the <i>United Haiku & Tanka Society</i>, former General Secretary of the <i>British Haiku Society </i></span></span><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-size: large;">(1998-2000), and Editor Emeritus for the multi-award-winning </span><i style="color: #0a0a0a;">Red Moon Anthologies</i><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-size: large;"> for best haikai literature 2000–2005. He resides in Chippenham, England.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #0a0a0a;"><br /></span></span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><u>He has seven Collections of haiku poetry</u>: </span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><u>PRINT</u>:</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Does-Fish-God-Know-Alan-Summers/dp/1479211044/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2WQSXOSZKEM4N&dchild=1&keywords=does+fish-god+know+haiku&qid=1591188438&sprefix=does+fish-%2Caps%2C221&sr=8-1" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Does Fish-God Know</span><span style="color: #6699cc;"> </span></span></a></b></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">(YTBN Press 2012) </span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The In-Between Season </span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></span></b></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">(With Words Pamphlet Series 2012)</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Sundog Haiku Journal: an Australian Year</span></b><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">(Sunfast Press 1997)</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Moonlighting</span></b><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">British Haiku Society Intimations Pamphlet Series (1996)</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><u>ePamphlet/Chapbooks</u>:</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Comfort of Crows</span></b><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333;">(A collaborative/joint haiku collection with Hifsa Ashraf) </span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Velvet Dusk Publishing (2019)</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://www.velvetduskpublishing.com/uploads/3/7/5/9/37595991/the_comfort_of_crows_ebook.pdf">https://www.velvetduskpublishing.com/uploads/3/7/5/9/37595991/the_comfort_of_crows_ebook.pdf</a></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Glint</span></b><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">(Proletria 2020)</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://proletaria730964817.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/glint.pdf">https://proletaria730964817.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/glint.pdf</a></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Forbidden Syllables</b> </span></span></div><p style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">(Bones Library 2020)</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://bonesjournal.com/books/Alan_Summers-Forbidden-Syllables-bones-ed.pdf">https://bonesjournal.com/books/Alan_Summers-Forbidden-Syllables-bones-ed.pdf</a></span></div><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #0a0a0a;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #0a0a0a;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5_hkzd9ESNw/X3tmBmxyOnI/AAAAAAAAG5s/YbZJzffp6Ew7eIe0o4HcfCjgPsiDKt-yQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Karen%2BHoy%2Bphoto%25C2%25A9Alan%2BSummers%2B2019%2Bfor%2Bhaikupedia.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5_hkzd9ESNw/X3tmBmxyOnI/AAAAAAAAG5s/YbZJzffp6Ew7eIe0o4HcfCjgPsiDKt-yQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Karen%2BHoy%2Bphoto%25C2%25A9Alan%2BSummers%2B2019%2Bfor%2Bhaikupedia.jpeg" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b>Karen Hoy</b></span><span style="color: #0a0a0a;"><span style="font-size: large;"> (Newport, Wales),</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">poet, filmmaker, and courses director of <i>Call of the Page</i>. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Her documentary and wildlife credits include work for the BBC, Channel 4, National Geographic, and Discovery Channels.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Karen Hoy’s poetry is included in <i>Stairs and Whispers: D/deaf and Disabled Poets Write Back</i> (Nine Arches Press 2017). </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Her haiku appear in various important anthologies including:</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="color: #0a0a0a;"><i>Another Country: Haiku Poetry from Wales</i>; <i>Naad Anunaad</i>; <i>A Vast Sky</i>; <i>Wishbone Moon</i>; <i>Another Trip Around the Sun: 365 Days of Haiku for Children Young and Old</i>; <i>The Signature Haiku Anthology</i>; and </span></span><span style="color: #0a0a0a;"><i>Last Train Home, haiku, tanka and rengay</i>. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #0a0a0a;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #0a0a0a;">Karen resides in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.callofthepage.org/about-1/">https://www.callofthepage.org/about-1/</a><br /><span style="color: #0a0a0a;"><br /></span></span></p></div><br /><p style="caret-color: rgb(139, 139, 139); color: #8b8b8b; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0.105em 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><br /></p>Area 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23731901.post-10927563993045372632020-08-30T16:11:00.000+01:002020-08-30T16:11:15.341+01:00The Area 17 Profile Poet Series: Orrin Tyrell<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); 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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Orrin Tyrell</b>, also known as <i>matsukaze</i>, and many other names is a classical music singer who lives in Texas. He is known for his experimental, sensitive, lyrical and detailed down to earth expression in the manner of the Japanese masters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A man of many names but only one style, that of engaging many of us with highly original work via numerous poetic art forms, here Area 17 focuses on his “single line haiku” aka monoku.</span></div>
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“Hey there, my name is Orrin and I'm a Black poet. Like Black artists before me, I seek to tell my black-stories & experiences as well as speak on black cultural/social matters through the medium of poetry. I am also a black actor & vocalist.”</div>
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Black Regards,</div>
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O. Tyrell PréJean</div>
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As Orrin had this recently posted up on The Haiku Foundation organisation’s banner, I couldn’t resist adding this to the monoku that Orrin had sent me on request.</div>
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The Haiku Foundation’s Per Diem theme of Crimes of Passion curated by Michael H. Lester (Friday 7th August 2020)</div>
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We instantly have a haiku with an automatic seasonal note (“kigo” in Japan) letting us know it’s Autumn (the Fall). </div>
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The next two words are startling and foreboding, and ‘artfully arranged’ makes me wonder if this is an art installation, or has there been a murder? Throughout this feature Orrin will tell us about his haiku, and that many though fictionalized are ALWAYS with an element of truth that burns brightly.</div>
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My introduction to haiku and tanka came in 2006 through poet/professor/activist <b>Dr. Sonia Sanchez</b>. I was immediately intrigued by this small poetic form that could hold the entirety of existence in it. It would be some years before I decided to look at the ku tradition through the eyes of <b>Basho</b>, <b>Buson</b>,<b> Issa</b>, and <b>Shiki</b>.</div>
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I’d been in a love/hate relationship with haiku since the beginning. I struggled to find my voice and make haiku adapt to my daily needs. I didn't understand kigo and wasn't sure it was necessary for me. I felt <span style="font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">'i'm not Basho, im not even Japanese'</span> and so i wrestled with it and got frustrated with it and walked away with it. </div>
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I discovered <b>Marlene Mountain</b>, <b>R. C Matsuo-Allard</b>, and eventually <b>Hiroaki Sato</b> and immediately fell in love with the monoku/monolinear approach of writing haiku; and by Marlene Mountain i saw that haiku could indeed hold what many told me it could not. It was then that I turned to senryu.</div>
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Of course I learned of senryu via <b>Blyth</b>; but I didn't like what i was reading. I wanted my senryu to be diaristic in nature, i wanted them to be more literary, haikuish, and even tanka-like. There were a few senryu poets that eventually attracted me to that type of senryu: <b>Mizuhara Setsuko</b>, <b>Tokizane Shinko</b>, <b>Onishi Yasuyo</b>, and a few Japanese-American Senryuist (<b>Sanae</b>, <b>George Oyo</b>, <b>Kaho Honda</b>, <b>Gengoro</b>, <b>Jakki</b>, <b>Sunny Seki</b>) and a few others that showed me that senryu could read like a diary entry or such.</div>
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Also after really immersing myself in the haiku of Marlene Mountain, I subsequently fell in love with the haiku of Fay Aoyagi and <b>Roberta Beary</b>; who put so much of themselves in ku. It was <b>Fay Aoyagi</b> that said in the preface to her book <b>"Chrysanthemum Love"</b> that "If you believe haiku must be about nature, you may be disappointed with my work.”</div>
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There is a lot of “me” in my haiku. I write very subjectively. I am not interested in Zen and the oriental flavor to which some Western haiku/tanka poets are attracted. I love the shortness and evocativeness of haiku. I don’t write to report the weather. I write to tell my stories." I would extend this sentiment by saying, i also write to tell my fantasies/imaginations; this is why I write…</div>
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<b>sunset: most of my ku fictionalized</b></div>
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most of what i write is fictionalized. not all of it, but most of it. not sure how many can remember or even know about the ‘haiku wars’ of the seventies, but a part of those haiku wars were those who composed what was called ‘desk-ku;’ or haiku that was written from an idea or putting together words; not the normal moment of inspiration etc. this is largely what i do when writing. </div>
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as this world becomes what it has always been, which is too mad, too loud etc some of us are striving to find simple beauty anywhere. for me i happened to catch a commercial or something on television that had falling rain and a black car driving through it. these kinds of images are what i consider romantic...even sensual.</div>
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<b>Dante's 9th circle - a night spent drinking cheap wine</b></div>
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I was watching a favorite horror/supernatural genre show on Netflix, incidentally titled “Supernatural.” and one of the characters made mention of a certain place in Hell that immediately brought Dante’s 9th circle to mind. i was also indulging in Crown Royal Whiskey, which I don’t consider cheap (smile), but somehow having the whiskey in this ku; cheapened seems to complete the picture. </div>
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when it comes to drinking, im what’s called a ‘lightweight.’ meaning i can’t really drink too much of anything strong; otherwise it will put me out! ive never been a drinker. i usually stick with wines and even wine-coolers. lately, ive fallen in love with Crown Royal mixed with Coca-Cola and the dark color of both whiskey and coca cola are another one of those things i consider to be sensual. the Blues is also in that category. the Blues which are usually associated with sorrow and were called ‘sorrow-songs’ originated in the Deep South of the USA. They come from a mix of work-songs, and spirituals, as well as call-and-response songs who’s tradition goes back to traditional African music. They are kind of like secular ‘spirituals.’ The Blues were always based on melancholy and sorrow, and as they evolved; they also became songs that touched on every minutiae of the human condition.</div>
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David G. Lanoue’s commentary says that the phrase “life in a burning house” is a playful allusion to a passage in the Lotus Sutra in which people lost in delusion are as three children playing in a house fire. for me the phrase ‘life in this burning house’ references this world and the current state it is in all over; and that even in the midst of all this bedlam and ‘burning,’ there are many great things that can still be found and experienced (ie love).</div>
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<b>brushwood fence no haiku moment when i write'em</b></div>
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the first time i ever saw haiku/ku written about haiku was in the ku of Marlene Mountain. Mountain is the first poet I discovered within the haiku community that took haiku and made it her own. Mountain wrote about things that I thought could not be included in a haiku, and she didn’t call it a senryu or zappai. what i want to convey here is that when it comes to writing haiku/monoku...im always in a haiku moment, not waiting for one to arrive etc. </div>
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this ku is interesting because another thing, when i write haiku i often ‘bite off of’ another haiku poet. i’ll usually use a phrase or two from a haiku or tanka poet’s piece to make my own ku. there’s an ancient technique present in Japanese waka/tanka tradition called, ‘honkadori’ which is the allusive borrowing of phrases and units from well known poets and using those phrases/units to make a wholly different ku or ka (tanka). this is a practice that pays homage to a certain person’s ku or ka; while using that particular piece in order to make a fresh ku/ka that may or may not have anything to do with the ku or ka you borrowed from. this particular ku was done kind of when i was outside of myself, and somehow i thought about Basho’s cicada cry sinking into stone: </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>emptying the trash he likes Tacitus and Kendrick Lamar</b></span></div>
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beauty can be found anywhere in life, im discovering; even in the juxtaposition of Tacitus, a Roman historian/politician with Kendrick Lamar American Rapper, Songwriter, Businessman, Actor and Pulitzer winner.</div>
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This poem actually came out of a few conversations i had with a dear poet/mentor about another of my favorite poets. this mentor was telling me how great of a poet this haikuist was until she let all of her anger into her poems. </div>
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as Spring turns into Summer, i wonder at least a few times daily; what this life will amount too.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">casual sex darkness of aged whiskey</span></b></div>
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depression and anxiety are old ‘friends’ that often run through my family. one afternoon here comes a severe thunderstorm and there i am, just there with memories, and trauma/pain.</div>
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today is Father’s Day. i lost my father when i was eighteen, back in 1998. today i looked into myself and observed my inner child weeping, just weeping. </div>
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writing this one, i thought of the lyrics, “everything must change, nothing stays the same…’ </div>
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i ran across a beautiful painting of roses (i think) by the amazing Alexis Rotella; and instantly out of my subconscious came this ku. At this time in my life, I am thirty-eight, soon to be thirty-nine in October; and for the fist time in many years...im beginning to discover myself bit by bit. Its a sweet-painful situation...like roses (fragrance and thorns); but that is as it should be. </div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">I begin with this free verse poem because the word, <b>Yes</b>, has always propelled me forward even when afraid—most often then. My mother taught me at a young age to look at the world with a </span></i><i><span style="font-size: large;">positive attitude. It began with the uncertainty of walking to the garage in the dark. She walked with me the first time, then asked me to try. I did and felt such a wave of excitement that I could do something while feeling petrified. Yes, moving forward, has been my nudge throughout the life crisis we all encounter. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">I visited Washington DC to see the Vietnam memorial for the first time in 1986 and in 1998 </span></i><i><span style="font-size: large;">was able to find my friend’s name. The cherry trees were in full bloom as my friend had been when he left for the war. What a reminder of impermanence.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the fifties, we moved to South Dakota, and Dad bought a Magnavox TV. The signal blew hot and cold over the plains from Iowa so he instructed my mother to keep the set on. We woke each morning to a test pattern, watched through a snowy screen the denotation, the formless rising, and finally the large mushroom mushroom cloud. The process repeated itself all that hot summer.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">When the looting and rioting began here in 2020, our cities burning in the US, it triggered that time in ‘67. Music helped center me and brought some good times into our lives as we all gathered around the piano. </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the time of Martin Luther King and Detroit in flames, my children and I gathered around an old upright each night to learn the songs of Pete Seeger. We sang with gusto <i>We Shall Overcome,</i> Guantanamera, <i>What Side Are You On Boys</i>. We mixed peaceful protest with Roger’s and Hammerstein’s <i>Dites-moi,</i> <i>Getting to Know You,</i> and others. The songs wafted out the open windows that hot summer and after weeks of hearing us, a few of the neighbors began to sing along.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">My husband and I have many birdfeeders, and a large birdbath. Watching the comings and goings, nest building, and social gatherings of birds is a constant joy throughout the day. The incident I wrote about reminds me of our relearning with grown children. They’d come back home and to us they’re still our kids. We’d forget they were adults. Birds don’t tolerate interference either.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">All afternoon robins come. Six, seven at a time to the birdbath. They push like kids at a pool. One, fully immersed, splashes the others. Two more wait on the railing for a turn. In all the years we’ve courted birds, nothing like this has ever happened. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At the expert’s suggestion, we hang pneumonia-soaked rags on the chimney. One night while we’re outside with neighbors, a guy says, <i>Hey, there’s a raccoon.</i> He has a white rag in his paw, and we all laugh. It looks down at us as we look up. <i>So much for that</i>, my husband says. The next suggestion—play a radio and blare hard rock from inside the fireplace. It drives us crazy, but soon we hear squealing, crying noises that tunnel up from the ash pit. We know just how much Mother was bothered by hard rock. We turn off the radio and call a truce for four weeks, giving her time with the babies. We can’t screen in the chimney with no escape for the raccoons. Or leave it open for more to come. Finally, we order a high-pitched sound gismo. Raccoons find the high frequency intolerable. Humans can’t hear it. But we find humans can hear the heart-piercing cries of an animal’s distress. The sound hurts in a different way. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">And now I hand you over to Praniti Gulyani herself!</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I come from the heart of India, the capital city – New Delhi. I was introduced to haiku by the poet Kala Ramesh in 2017, I have been obsessing over the form ever since.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">A few months after venturing into haiku, I developed an interest in haibun, a 400 year old art. I would like to begin my feature by quoting a haiku from each of my two mentors: Kala Ramesh and Paresh Tiwari who have guided me through haiku and haibun respectively. These two haiku can be seen as the absolute inspiration which led me to haikai poetry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>This haiku came from many places, or rather, many points of loneliness incorporated within me. I guess the composition of this haiku was a slow process, as I realized the beauty of ‘getting used to one’s self’, getting acquainted with one’s own whims, longings and desires. For me, this haiku highlights the solitude I have always longed for, and further emphasizes on the joy of ‘getting used to myself’.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>The inspiration behind this haiku is my primary school English teacher, Kavita ma’am, the very first person who told me I could write! She has a tendency to pronounce my name by emphasizing on the ‘I’, and hence calls me ‘Praneeeti’ rather than ‘Pran-i-ti’! Even as a child, I loved the way she would pronounce my name and would often imitate it, because this particular pronunciation made my name sound so very unique. It is strange though, how a six year old practice can inspire haiku, but I guess, that it is the beauty of the form!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">long journey . . . </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>This haiku comes from a very deep place, and I see this haiku not as a poem, but as a close friend, a companion and a mate. There is a small story behind this specific haiku and I want to narrate part of it over here. When we go on long journeys, we can observe the moon ‘accompanying us’ at the window of our car, but when we enter a twist or a turn, the moon tends to ‘go away’. My haiku is inspired by all those moments in my life, when the people I held closed chose to move away, leaving me on my own</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>with comments by Praniti Gulyani!</b></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><i>Okay, now I would like to gracefully present my first love and reason for survival…’HAIBUN’!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>If I can write any good haibun at all today, I owe it all to my Haibun mentor, who is Paresh Tiwari. His constant guiding has helped me shape my work, and by composing such beautiful and magical poetry himself, he has inspired me to reach for the stars!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">When father came back from the far, far land where he had gone, he came with a pocketful of shadows. And just as I put my hands into his pockets to see what he had got me, the shadows dripped down, forming small puddles around my feet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">There were all kinds of shadows—shadows of revolvers, bullets, shadows of grass-blades, of dew, of overturned bottles, of baskets, of rough, dry beds, of cardboard, of medicine-strips imprinted with the smallest lettering. . .</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">"I bring you my life, son," he said, smiling, "a life which you too will have to live one day. Tell me, which part do you like best?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Contemporary Haibun Online, April 2020)</span></span></div>
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I have cried many a tear, but never a tear of this kind. A heavy weighted tear, that pulls down the eye lid, and the eye lash, but barely touches the white sands of my eyes. A tear that fills up within, but does not slide down the cleft of my cheek, and just teeters on the absolute tip of it.<br />
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It has always been words and words alone that ignite tears within me. I have always cried because of someone, but not for someone. And, I wouldn't call this crying. It's just a sudden, uncanny wetness, and hollowness, emptiness, the feeling of being numb, injected by the permanent anesthesia of failed emotion.<br />
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Yet, I know deep within, that this is so, so much more than momentary moisture.<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Narrow Road, December 2019)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>All of us have had a myriad experiences in our life. Not all experiences have been particularly delightful, and not all experiences have been absolutely sad either. But, it is strange --- how the experiences which seem the ‘saddest’ of all can actually inspire some true, heartfelt poetry. ‘Tears of A Different Kind’ is extremely close to me, because this haibun actually ‘happened’ to me. I actually cried ‘tears of a different kind’ for someone, and even as I write this, I can remember the heaviness of those tears. It is something which I can never, ever forget no matter how hard I try. In the heart of this haibun, I can actually relive the heaviness of that tear, and thus this piece is so close to my soul.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">After mother’s retirement, I often found her standing at the balcony, gazing at the sunset. She would stand for ages, watching the shift of colors in the sky, missing out on her evening tea, and completely oblivious to our calls.</span></div>
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Little girls come into this world as small bundles of pink. Maybe, I too, was a pink bundle. But, I have thought often about what did my mother think of me when I was placed in her arms, red faced and crying. Did she know that in her arms, she held a child who would grow up to be no less than a druggie, a hard core alcoholic, drunk on words and poetry? Did she know that I would not be the sensible student that she was, I would fail in math, while she had topped, I would be baggy and careless, while she had always been perfectly fitted and neatly combed? Did she know that this howling infant would come up to her fifteen years later, and say that "I don't like economics, maths does not interest me, I have decided, I am going to study literature and become a writer. I am sure... "<br />
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"This is... " she says, her voice breaking. I see a tear drop off her cheek, and softly land of my name. It is a momentary magnifying glass, as it falls on my name, making my name seem all the more bigger....<br />
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<span style="color: #252525; font-size: 12px;"><i>Sometime muck heap philosopher, thinker, dreamer, birdwatcher, poet, and occasional writer.</i></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 12px;"><i> </i></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">In the beginning ...</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">This is what I like to think of as my signature haiku - in concept the first I wrote, but it has been reworked a good few times as I gain understanding and confidence in the craft of writing haiku.</span><span style="color: black; font-kerning: none;"> </span></div>
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<i><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Ostensibly written after rain swept up the valley obliterating the forest as I was watching for a Goshawk from the viewpoint looking out over Exeter forest at Haldon. Just as quickly the rain cleared the sun came out and I could see the forest stretching for miles and miles and miles …</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black;"> </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-kerning: none;">But I also had in mind walking in Savernake forest in the rain – as the rain cleared and the sunbeams shone through the leaves onto the woodland floor the forest woke with the noises of rain dripping from the leaves and a myriad other sounds – creaks, groans, sighs of the great oaks ‘stretching’ in the warming sun – the song of the wood – the forest alive and joyful during the day but which can become frightening at night as ‘shadows crowd the spaces’ – an oblique reference to old Moley getting lost in the WildWood. And of course you don’t get shadows in spaces – or do you …</span><span style="color: black; font-kerning: none;"> </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">The wonder of the supermoon - its closeness to earth, the stars and beauty of the Pleiades ... then the shadows creep in - a darker side - the interplay between our fear of the dark and crowded spaces, whether in the wildwood, city spaces or corners of our mind, and our self confidence in challenging our demons - the only real shadow is our own, cast by moonlight. Oh joy!</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black;"> </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Memories ... old gas lamps - shadows on the wall, shadows larger than life, lurking in unlit corners - shadow boxing, and making shadow puppets before bed ... at sunrise the lamp post moves out of its own shadow. Perhaps someone will fix it today.</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black;"> </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Draw back the curtains, throw open the windows and enjoy both the beauty of an April sunrise and the cuckoo’s call - its ventriloquial call full of sunshine itself. No more shadows! Only echoes.</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black;"> </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">As the dark days of winter give rise to the sunny days of spring, on the morning of Passover a magpie flew up from the lawn into the the blackthorn hedge. I was glad when it was joined by another with a twig in its beak. They flew higher and disappeared into the ivy, where the poplar forked.</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black;"> </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-kerning: none;">So the magpie nest could either refer to the nest structure itself or the act of magpie going about their business of nesting.</span><span style="color: black; font-kerning: none;"> </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-kerning: none;">So in this one there is a degree of symbolism with the magpie bringing both sadness and then joy, as in the old rhyme.</span><span style="color: black; font-kerning: none;"> </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-kerning: none;">There is also the potential play on words in the use of the phrase ‘passes over’ and the symbolic reference to thorns both in the hedge and magpie nest. I mean no offence.</span><span style="color: black; font-kerning: none;"> </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">A contrast here between the Murmuration of starlings - a cacophony of sound which quietens to a murmur or whisper before total silence and the rhythmic sound of waves crashing onto the beach and pebbles caught in the backwash - the sound can be quite hypnotic.</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black;"> </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-kerning: none;">[…]In the thick foliage of this belt of firs the starlings love to roost. If you should be passing along any road—east, north, west, or south —a mile or two distant, as the sun is sinking and evening approaching, suddenly there will come a rushing sound in the air overhead: it is a flock of starlings flying in their determined manner straight for the distant copse. From every direction these flocks converge upon it: some large, some composed only of a dozen birds, but all with the same intent. Viewed from a spot three or four fields away, the copse in the evening seems to be overhung by a long dark cloud like a bar of mist, while the sky is clear and no dew is yet risen. The resemblance to a cloud is so perfect that any one—not thinking of such things—may for the time be deceived, and wonder why a cloud should descend and rest over that particular spot. Suddenly, the two ends of the extended black bar contract, and the middle swoops down in the shape of an inverted cone, much resembling a waterspout, and in a few seconds the cloud pours itself into the trees. Another minute and a black streak shoots upwards, spreads like smoke, parts in two, and wheels round back into the firs again. On approaching it this apparent cloud is found to consist of thousands of starlings, the noise of whose calling to each other is indescribable—the country folk call it a “ charm,” [murmuration] meaning a noise made up of innumerable lesser sounds, each interfering with the other. The vastness of these flocks is hardly credible until seen; in winter the bare trees on which they alight become suddenly quite black.[…]</span><span style="color: black; font-kerning: none;"> </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">When starlings flock together, wheeling and darting through the sky in tight, fluid formations, we call it a murmuration.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>The rains make me nostalgic. It teleports me back to my childhood and those carefree days. The color of nostalgia for me is blue. It is the same color of the first time my cousin took me into an open field and taught me how to ride a bike. The same blue of my uniform in 8</i></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><i><sup>th</sup></i></span><span style="font-kerning: none;"><i> grade. The blue that I sometimes see on a flitting butterfly outside my window. The sound of a fountain pen gliding on paper. But of them are faded, melted into the oblivion, lost in time and forgotten into the past. Even though you see blue skies, green trees, cotton candies and pinwheels with hints of joy bubbling underneath, nostalgia has much more taste than color and it tastes like abandon.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>Even though being a dog person, I’m always fascinated by the weird antics of cats. They are very playful and have this devil-may-care attitude. According to science, liquid takes the shape of the container without changing its volume. Yes, cats are liquids! You can never find an animal that fits into everything. They’re curious, perky and adorable. Our building cat always scratches on some hard surface as if preparing for a fight with other alley cats. If you find your glass of water precariously placed on the edge of the table got knocked over, BLAME THE DOG!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>Honestly, we have all been there. I am always struck up in a conversation with my neighbors when I take out the garbage; go for a walk or grocery shopping. Even if I find a reason to leave, someone else would come, say hello, join in the conversation and eventually out of courtesy I’ll stay a little longer and the loop continues.</i></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">We've always loved the terrace at our grandma's. Flanked by coconut trees on one side, and mango, guava trees, on the other, it was our playground. We'd play all day, rain or shine. Even in the scorching sun, a slight breeze would fan our faces fresh and the game would go on. Granny used to make us tea and snacks when we come home and halt after play. Her house has always been filled with children and grandchildren. It has been years since I stepped foot on that house. We sold that house, we don't live there anymore but whenever I drive past this once beautiful home of ours, I could smell strong nostalgia simmering in a mud pot, on her stove, in the backyard. Sometimes I could hear the sounds of TV and laughter of my cousins emanating through the hallways. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I get emotionally attached to places. After I got married and shifted to Pune, my husband and I lived in a 2BHK apartment of a high-rise for two years and our favorite spot was the balcony where we used to sit together for hours during the day to watch people & birds and at night to admire the city lights and sigh about how insignificant we are in this vast expanse of universe. Recently our landlord increased the rent threefold and we had to shift to a new society not very far from this place. At times now, I miss the balcony, the view, and the happy pigeons strutting into our kitchen for some snack.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I have this habit of bringing tacky souvenirs from the places I visit. I like to put them in a bag and cherish them forever. When I returned from my honeymoon, to Mauritius, I had a bit of 7 Colored Earth, seashells, SIM cards, boarding passes, sleep masks, bills, miniature bottles of shampoo, conditioners, soaps etc. in a bag that I totally forgot about. Recently, when I was cleaning the wardrobe, I stumbled upon and sniffed at a bag to see what it held. Poof, I was immediately teleported! I’m tormented by everything that’s beautiful: sound of the waves, salty breeze on my hair, sunset colors among the mountains, sceneries that look like Windows Wallpaper, Bolognese pasta, the Undersea walk, the Sega music to which the African women danced every night during our stay at the hotel, shopping at the Port Louis city, a little bit of Creole I managed to learn and Ed Sheeran's <i>Thinking Out Loud</i> to which we walked slowly along the beach and so on.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">There's the girl with bunches and her dad's T-shirt</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">says books for prisoners with only twenty-six people</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">who can enter the elevator at any one time though </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">my melancholy is drawn to “figures on the road”</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">like prison exercise yards of Cummings and Dore</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">we mill around</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">and sometimes Vincent appears as a slow dance</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">with music both on pause and coded, directing us, somehow</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">there’s a blue winter hat that becomes a boy's T-shirt</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">of red-winged birds still unknown to this planet</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">whose footsteps on mock wood floors</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">fall between coughs</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">as two officials gesticulating to each other</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">without an audience</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">girls are quiet with their mother</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">and the polka dots on one is bending air</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">as close as wheatfields</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">with hushed tones of two frames creaking</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">into each other whenever people </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">stop looking</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">the song of the next shift</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">has words that travel to bare arms, or ankle bones</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">clicking and knitting their roseate hair</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">that end up as washing instructions</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">all lit up by sunflowers</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">a woman has petals</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">from her dress</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">into someone with lycra and a bicycle chain</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">adorning just one arm that turns into silver</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">in his eyes someone else’s teeth </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">clenches a friend's camera lens</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">in front of Van Gogh staring back</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">the camera sighs</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">knowing another selfie will be done</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">before he can turn back to wheat</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">the moon and stars on all our lower arms</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">sing a tattoo of gratefulness</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b>Publication credit: </b>Blithe Spirit Vol. 29 No. 4 (November 2019) </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Haibun title:</b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>The People of Van Gogh </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">from the Afterword by Alan Summers for Ekphrasis </span><i style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">Between Image and Word</i></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">When we attempt ekphrastic forays, into the landscape of painting, haiku could be seen as two brushstrokes frozen in mid-air. Or, using another analogy, while attempting to capture the energy of painting, it’s not unlike the techniques made famous in The Matrix movie; freeze frames that an actor moves around, at will, while everyone and everything else is an individual ‘still life,’ or an intimate and suspended panorama.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">When I write about a painting through my own poetry I am both telling a story, but also attempting to tell a story, all at the same time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">[T]ravel the paintings, hear the echoes in between, and tell your own story too. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">Afterword extract from Alan Summers from the book:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The idea of a collaborative book came around at least as far back as September 2018 when Hifsa revealed a series of fantastic and startling illustrations that caught the spirit and energy of crows.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Anna Maris</b> writes haiku in Swedish and English. She is the chair of the literary section of the Swedish Author’s Union and a board member of the Swedish Haiku Society. She teaches haiku in schools and has a haiku circle at the temple of Yangtorp in the South of Sweden. Anna has won many awards for haiku, senryu and renku. Her bilingual single collection <i>Lifedeathetc</i> (2016) is published by Red Moon Press. She has two earlier haiku books, published in Swedish. Her work has been included in numerous anthologies, including <i>A New Resonance 11</i>. She is currently employed as a journalist and media trainer in Sweden and Ukraine.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A former President of the Haiku Society of America, and former editor of the HSA journal, Frogpond, one of the oldest and most widely circulated journals of English-language haiku. He is the Managing Editor of Heron’s Nest, while his own haiku have won awards in innumerable competitions. He is co-founder of the Route 9 Haiku Group, which creates the Upstate Dim Sum journal. He is one of the most highly regarded living haiku poets in the world.</span></div>
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<br />Area 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23731901.post-33289239334057605422019-11-29T17:37:00.000+00:002019-11-29T17:45:27.355+00:00Van Gogh – painter, artist: a haibun by Alan Summers (incorporating a body of words with haiku)<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Van Gogh’s combat fatigues</b></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">the man who isn’t</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">with anyone</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">stops alongside</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">different people</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">choosing them</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">over the paintings</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">he has birds</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">in his arms</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">and loose locks</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">of hair made from thought</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">there are small lives </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">within the frames of paintings</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">having candlelit dinners</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">and the last door </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">out of the exhibition</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">will begin to sound </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">like a trombone</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">taking leave </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">of someone</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">we hear the chatter</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">between airlocks</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">it’s news of a hundred </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">and two decades old</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">as the hours close</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">in on themselves</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">the trombone reflects </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">on Louis Armstrong</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">talking to Vincent</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">backend rain…</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">a pair of canvas boots</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">framed by the door</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Weird Laburnum ed. Michael O’Brien (August 2019)</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Note:</b> </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Published on the morning of the last day of the exhibition with thanks to editor Michael O'Brien</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">THE EY EXHIBITION VAN GOGH AND BRITAIN </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: black;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">27 MARCH – 11 AUGUST 2019: <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: blue;"><a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/ey-exhibition-van-gogh-and-britain">https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/ey-exhibition-van-gogh-and-britain</a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">backend rain…</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">a pair of canvas boots</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: blue;"><b>Seasonal Note:</b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"> backend = autumn rain (North of England)</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">If Vincent van Gogh could visit one of his exhibitions in modern times:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Vincent Van Gogh Visits the Gallery </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Vincent And The Doctor | Doctor Who</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>Oku no Hosomichi</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none;"> (</span><span style="font-family: "pingfang sc"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">奥の細道</span><span style="font-kerning: none;">, originally </span><span style="font-family: "pingfang sc"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">おくのほそ道</span><span style="font-kerning: none;">, meaning "Narrow road to/of the interior"), translated alternately as The Narrow Road to the Deep North and The Narrow Road to the Interior, is a major work of haibun by the Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō, considered one of the major texts of Japanese literature of the Edo period. </span><span style="color: navy; font-kerning: none;">WIKIPEDIA</span></div>
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A rare opportunity to discover the sensory nature of haiku in the beautiful surroundings of the museum. A haiku is a form of short Japanese poetry that evokes images and feelings.</div>
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Discover how to write your own haiku inspired by a visit to our <a href="https://www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/bristol-museum-and-art-gallery/whats-on/masters-of-japanese-prints-nature-and-seasons/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #009ec7; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "din next w01 italic" , sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Masters of Japanese Prints: Nature and Seasons</span></a> exhibition which features the iconic <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "din next w01 italic" , sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Great Wave off Kanagawa</span> by Hokusai.</div>
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The event will be facilitated by poetry experts Bertel Martin, Alan Summers and Karen Hoy, and a selection of participants’ haiku will be read aloud on the night.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">For those who have written haiku for a while now, these online courses might assist with a useful 2019 revisit:</span><br />
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