Celebrations
We were saddened to learn that
William J. (Bill) Higginson passed away on October 11, 2008.
Most haiku poets have encountered Bill Higginson through one of
his books. He has made significant contributions to the haiku
world; he will be greatly missed. The Sketchbook
editors would like to include a tribute memorial to William J.
Higginson in the November 31, 2008 issue. Please send any
written contribution—rememberance—poem,
haibun or recollection to the Editors
memorial@poetrywriting.org
Greetings readers. In this third
year Anniversary Issue we are presenting seventy-four writers
from fourteen countries.
Sixteen poets from nine countries
submitted forty haiku to the October kukai.
Congratulations to the winners of the "migrating birds" haiku:
First Place: RD Armstrong (Raindog), US
Second Place:
Eric V. a.k.a. "El Coyote",
US
Third Place Tie:
Vasile Moldovan, RO and Trish Shields, CA
Read the
"migrating
birds" Kukai Results
The theme of the monthly haiku
thread was any of the following: cat(s), witche(s), jack-0-lantern(s),
shadow(s); or any images that convey the sense of "halloween"
and / or Samhain. Eighteen poets from ten countries
submitted eighty haiku. Read the entire
October thread.
Featured this month are Eiko
Yachimoto's translantion of Sugita Hisajo's haiku,
A Wave of Moonlight—Women
Poets of Japan. In
addition, Yachimoto has written an essay describing her visit to
Hisajo's estate in Japan.
Rengay Through The Seasons
by Vaughn Seward featuring rengay numbers seven through nine of
the year long rengay project hosts guest writer Daniela Bullas.
Sketchbook Global
Correspondents have sent the following reports this month:
Sally
Evans—Scotland,
Jeff Spahr-Summers—South
Africa,
Aju Mukhopadhyay—India,
HelenBar-Lev—Israel.
The Book Fair features four book:
The Reagan Psalms CD
by A. D. Winans,
Hesitant Commitments by Trish Campblell,
Spirit Harvest by Trish Shields, and
As If byAngela Consolo Mankiewicz. If you are
looking for a good read, try one of these books.
Contributing Editor, Jeff Spahr-Summers,
creator and editor of
The Poetry
Victims, treats
October readers to the art of Candace Byington, Amy Kohut, and
Juanne Peck; the featured poets are Michael Lira, Jared Smith,
Buddy Wakefield, and J. A. Spahr-Summers.
Congratulations to Trish Shields who
has
Anti-War Poetry
displayed at the
New Westminster Art Gallery in BC
during the month of October.
Appearing for the first time in
Sketchbook:
Victor P. Gendrano,
John Holt,
Aleksandar Prokopiev,
Joy Sherri, and
Pepin Laterre (haiku thread). We extend each of you a warm
welcome.
On going competitions the editors
recommend include the following:
Sketchbook is now open
for November submissions. Remember, the 20th of each month is
the deadline for open submissions to the poetry pages. The
Editors look forward to reading your poetry. Please join
us as we venture into our fourth year of publishing
Sketchbook.
November 2008 Kukai:
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Announcing "old
diary" November 2008 Kukai: The
November
2008 Kukai theme is "old diary". Use the exact words
"old diary" in the haiku.
No more than a total of three haiku may be submitted.
Haiku submitted to the kukai should not be workshopped,
appear on-line in forums, or in print.
Read the full details here.
November 2008 Sketchbook thread:
-
Announcing 2008 "holiday(s)"
Thread.
The theme of the monthly haiku thread will be winter
holidays, winter recess—what you do during your holiday,
a trip, or vacation etc. Writers may post an unlimited number of
haiku to the Thread.
Read the full details here.
