Karina Klesko, US and John
Daleiden, US
In the November 2008 Issue . . .
Congratulations to the November 2008 "old diary" Kukai
winners:
First
Place: Bill Kenney, US
Second Place Tie:
Betty
Kaplan, US; Magdalena Dale, RO; Rafal Zabratynski, PL;
Catherine J. S. Lee, US
Third Place Tie:
Peter H. Pache, US; Richard Straw, US; Bill Kenney, US;
Jacek Margolak, PL; Martin Gottlieb Cohen, US; Kristin
Reynolds, US
For the "old diary" kukai
twenty-five poets from
seven countries contributed sixty-eight haiku. Read the
"old
diary" Kukai Results
Escape to a winter
holiday with the fifty-four haiku written by ten haiku poets
from six countries who contributed their vision of a "winter
holiday"; read the haiku.
Featured this month is Ed Baker's
book,
Neighbor—Book
1: Arousal
as well as
An Interview with Ed Baker:
At the Border of Silver and Tacky
by Geof Huth, US. Featured
in Huth's interview are 15 photos of Ed Baker's studio / home.
Rengay Through The Seasons by Vaughn
Seward featuring rengay numbers ten through thirteen of
the year long rengay project hosts guest writer Max Verhart.
Sketchbook
Global Correspondents have sent the three reports this
month:
River Lime a Trini Lifestyle
by Gillena Cox,
12:
Johannesburg to Cape Town
by
Jeff Spahr-Summers; and
Poetic Telepathy by
Helen-Bar Lev.
The Book Fair
features two books:
The Reagan Psalms CD
by A. D. Winans, and
Dr.Sarojini Sahoo, IN
The Dark Abode; Ed Baker contributed twenty-three
illustrations and the cover for The Dark Abode. 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 November readers to the art of Michael A.
Crowley and
Amy
Kohut, poetry by
Karen Douglass, Amy Kohut, and J. A. Spahr-Summers.
Appearing for the
first time in Sketchbook: Helen
Buckingham, Bristol, UK; Toshiaki Koike, JP/CA; Elna Naskova; Mariusz Ogryzko,
PL; Dorota Pyra, PL; Dr. Sarjini Sahoo, IN; Dr. Kalpna Singh,
IN; Janice Thomson, CA. We extend
each of you a warm welcome.
On going
competitions the editors recommend include the following:
Sketchbook
is now open for December 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.
December 2008
Kukai:
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Announcing
"winter night"
December 2008 Kukai:
The December 2008 Kukai theme is
"winter night". Use the exact words "winter
night" 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.
December 2008
Sketchbook thread:
