The
October 2007 Sketchbook is now on-line. This month
all readers are invited to participate in a kukai vote for the
most significant “night chill” haiku submitted in October. Let
your voice be heard: Read the kukai
and send us your vote.
A new
feature this month is the Little Black Book,
designed as a monthly collection of poems that rejoice in their
off beat subjects, their unconventional appearance and form, and
their minimal structures. Read the
Little Black Book.
One
feature in the October issue is a collection of rengay. These
authors participated: Hortensia Anderson, Marlane Buitelaar,
Angelika Bygott, John Daleiden, John Davey, Billie Dee, Michele
Harvey, Vidur Jyoti, Benita Kape, Betty Kaplan, Karina Klesko,
Shanna Baldwin Moore, Yvonne Myers, Zhanna P. Rader, Vaughn
Seward, Sprite, Lynne Steele, Ron Moss, Cindy Tebo, Max Verhart,
Ella Wagemakers.
Read the Rengay Poems.
Tanka
Triads and Tanka Series are also featured in this issue. Tanka
authors include Marjorie Buettner, Maria Steyn, Cindy Tebo,
Karina Klesko, Yuri Runov, Betty Kaplan. Cindy Tebo has been
appointed as Sketchbook tanka editor. Send your
submissions to
tebotankaeditor@poetrywriting.org.
Featured OutlawPoets are A. D. Winans and F. N. Wright.
This
month Global Correspondents give us glimpses of life and events
in countries around the globe; John Tiong Chunghoo reports on a
Dutch Week In Malacca;
Kala Ramesh
reports on plans for
The 9th World Haiku Festival;
Sally Evans
Reports from Callander, Central Scotland.
If you are a prose writer Sketchbook editors are
interested in reading your proposals on articles about writing,
writers, and the arts as they are happening around the globe.
Send your proposals to
correspondentsubmissionseditor@poetrywriting.org
The art
of Saul Bernstein and the photography of Kevin Ryan are features
that will fill your eyes with interest and wonder.
A
number of seasonal Halloween poems appear in this issue.
Many other
genre of poetry appear in this issue: Haiku, Senryu, Stellarenga,
Haibun, Haiga, Ghazal, Sijo, Free Ferse, Fibonacci, Lanterne,
Light Verse, and Triolet.
The editors
are pleased to announce that Sketchbook
submissions are open to all writers. If you are a first time
submitter please include your submission, the genre types
submitted, your complete land mail address, your e-mail address,
and a short bio in the body of an e-mail; also attach a jpg
photo (photos may be sent later if that is more convenient). For
examples of bios and photos see the current Sketchbook
Author Biography page. The deadline for submissions is the
20th of each month; we have been known to accept
submissions after the deadline. Smile!
One daily
pleasure for us is opening our electronic in-boxes and reading
the constant flow of submissions. Poems of the current season
are always welcome. As we approach the end of 2007 we send our
best wishes for the seasonal holidays, Thanksgiving, and
Christmas and we look forward to your artistic endeavours.
John
Daleiden, Sketchbook
editor
