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New Orleans by Andrea Mistretta
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Haiga
Allison Millcock,
AU—Haiga;
Pris Campbell, US—Haiga;
Laryalee Fraser, CA and Susan Constable, CA—Haiga;
John Daleiden, US—Haiga;
Jerry Dreesen, US and Joyce Maxner, US—Haiga; Shanna Baldwin Moore, US—Haiga
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Sketchbook Authors
January 31, 2008, Vol. 3,
No. 1
an'ya,
US
Hortensia
Anderson, US
Ed
Baker, US
Saul
Bernstein, US
Gerry Bravi, CA
John Daleiden, US
Judith
Gorgone, US
Elizabeth
Howard, US
Betty
Kaplan, US
M.
KIei, US
Karina
Klesko, US
Deborah
P. Kolodji, US
Angelika
Kolompar, CA
Shanna
Baldwin Moore, US
Marlene
Mountain, US
Ron Moss, AU
Rita
Odeh, IL
Karen
O'Leary, US
Bill
Pauly, US
Zhanna
P. Rader, US
Kala
Ramesh, IN
Vaughn
Seward, CA
Trish
Shields, CA
Brian
Strand, UK
Jeffrey
Spahr-Summers, US
Jennie
Townsend, US
Max
Verhart, NL
A.
D. Winans, US
Tad
Wojnicki, US / TW
F.
N. Wright, US
*Elizabeth
Searle Lamb, US: January 22, 1917 - February
15, 2005
A
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An Interview With Trish
Shields
Gordon
Higginson, CCLA Contributing Editor,
The
Envoy ~The newsletter of the Canada
Cuba Literary Alliance~
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Global
Correspondents
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Connecting to South
Africa
Rain
by
Jeff Spahr-Summers
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Correspondents:
John Tiong Chunghoo, Malaysia
Gillena
Cox, Trinidad
Sally Evans, Scotland
Helen
Bar-Lev, Israel
Cristian Mocanu,
Romania
Aju Mukhopadhyay,
India
Rita Odeh, Israel
Kala Ramesh,
India
E. E. Sule, Nigeria
Various
Correspondents will be featured from month to
month.
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Announcing February 2008 Kukai
For the February
2008 Kukai submit one to three HAIKU using the kigo:
kite (the toy). The exact kigo words must be used in the
haiku. No more than a total of three haiku may be
submitted:
over the
rooftop
a ferocious dragon—
kite festival
john daleiden,
US
To:
kukaieditor@poetrywriting.org
Subject: Feb08 kite
kigo
Submissions: Friday, February 01, 2008 –
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 Midnight.
Voting:
Thursday, February 21, 2008 – Monday, January 25, 2008,
Midnight.
The results will
be published in the Friday, January 29, 2008
Sketchbook
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Announcing February 2008 Haiku
Thread
For February
2008 the theme of the monthly haiku thread is love.
Writers may post an unlimited number of haiku to
the Thread.
Subject Line: Feb08 love haiku
thread.
To:
haikuthreadeditor@poetrywriting.org
Deadline:
Midnight Monday, February 25, 2008
full moon
I think I'm in love
with a rock
Ed Baker, US
All Haiku received
will be posted on-line at
February 2008 Love Haiku Thread
The
Sketchbook editors will select their
Monthly Haiku Choice from this thread for publication in
the Friday, February 29, 2008 Sketchbook.
Illustration by Judith
Gorgone
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Read the
poems by genre
Acrostic,
Cinqku, Cinquain, Crystalline, Dorsimbra, Fibonacci, Free
Verse , Ghazal, Haibun, Haiku, Kyoka, Lanterne, Light Verse,
Mondo, Pantoum, Rondeau, Sedoka, Shan-zi, Sijo, Sonnet, Stella
Renga, Senryu,
Tanka, Tetractys,
Triolet
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Sketchbook Special Features
January 31,
2008, Vol. 3, No. 1
 Rengay
Authors
Hortensia
Anderson, US; Betty Kaplan, US; Kala Ramesh, IN; Max Verhart,
NL
Read
the Rengay
Renku
Hortensia
Anderson, US, Betty Kaplan, US, and Jennie Townsend,
US—The
Quilt: A Spring Shisan Renku
Haiku
Sequence
Zhanna P. Rader,
US and Hortensia Anderson, US—Winter
Night
One-line Linked
Haiku
Karina Klesko, US
and Judith Gorgone, US—Improvisations
of a Family
Marlene
Mountain, US,
Elizabeth S. Lamb, US, Bill Pauly,
—old woman's banjo
Renhai
Vaughn Seward, CA—Learning
by Example
Haibun
Zhanna P.
Rader, US—Along
the White Trail
Tad Wojnicki, US / TW—Sunny
Snows
Ron Moss, AU—A
Little Closer,
A Sense of Place,
smudge of saffron
Colorenga
Judith Gorgone and
Karina Klesko—A
Red-Light Redenga
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childwriter's cover
childwriter's contents: January 31, 2008: Vol. 1,
No. 1
Brian
Strand, UK—Vignette-on
Two Levels
Michemon, JP—Illustrator—Children's
Books: Gallery
1; Gallery
2;
Michemon Biography
Planetpals.com
is conducting an earth friendly and fun haiku contest to
help kids learn to keep the planet clean and healthy!
The contest aims to promote the introduction of haiku
into the curricula of elementary and junior high school,
spread the enjoyment and teach a comprehensive
understanding of poetic forms and environmental
awareness, so important today.
The contest is open to individual students. Planetpals
encourages this as a lesson plan or activity for
schools, camps, organizations and homeschools. This
contest starts on February 22, 2008 and closes on April
22, 2008.
Click here for complete information.
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"cold moon" or
"icy moon" Kukai
First Place: Allison Millcock, AU
Second Place Tie: Bill Kenney, US; Tanya Dikova, BG;
Rita Odeh, IL
Third Place Tie: Magdalena Dale, RO: Allison Millcock,
AU; Shanna Baldwin Moore, US; Zhanna P. Rader,
US
Read the winning haiku in the
"cold
moon" or "icy moon" Kukai
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Book Fair
Featured Book of the Month:
The Art of Haiku, Gerald England, ed.
Spirit Harvest, Trish Shields
unfinished book, Deborah P. Kolodji
Flowers of Life, Brian Strand
Shorthand of the Heart, Brian Strand
Poiema: Ekphrasis Poems, Brian Strand
Phaneros, A Selection of Lanternes, Brian Strand
Things Just Come Through, Ed Baker
Cobweb, Cristian Mocanu
Watching the Bud of Dream, Rita Odeh
The Language of Sparrows, Andreas Gripp
Like Darwin Among the Gods,
Andreas Gripp
Presence of Mind, Jim Kacian
Oklahoma Heat, Marc Thompson
(C)opyright Sign, Daniela Bullas
Animals are Nature's Poetry, Helen Bar-Lev
Cyclamens And Swords, Helen Bar-Lev
San Francisco Blues, A. D. Winans
whispers from hell, A. D. Winans
Rustle of Bamboo Leaves, Vicgtor P. Gendrano
Coast Lines, Trish Shields
and Katherine Gordon
Fire Pearls, M. Kei, editor
Heron Sea: Short Poems of the Chesapeake Bay,
M. Kei
The Poetic Image, Alan Summers and Roger Brown
moments, Gillena Cox
The Haiku Handbook, William J. Higginson
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