from The
Editor's Desk
Title
As I begin to write
this column on August 29, there is talk of Hurricane Gustav
approaching the Gulf of Mexico. Weather forecasters predict that
it will hit US land some where along the Louisiana coast
sometime Monday or Tuesday, September 1-2. This comes on the
heels of Katrina three years ago. Authorities are saying
loudly that they have an evacuation plan in place and the human
disaster that took place during Katrina will be avoided. Our
prayers for safety are sent out to all of you who live in the
Caribbean and Gulf Coastal areas.
Congratulations to
the "frog" kukai winners:
First
Place: Mary Davila, US
Second Place: Jacek Margolak, PL
Third
Place: Karina Klesko, US
Twenty-three Poets
from eight countries submitted fifty-one haiku; twenty-two poets
returned ballots. Only poets participating in the kukai are
permitted to vote. All the "frog" kukai poems and their allotted
votes can be read at this link:
"frog"
kukai poems
Twenty-four poets
from nine countries submitted 151 haiku to the "water" thread.
Read the
"water" thread haiku.
John's Choices. Karina's Choices.
The September 2008
Kukai is "autumn festival". The announcement appears on
the August 31, 2008 contents page in the lower left hand corner.
Submissions open on Monday, September 01, 2008 and close
at Midnight, Saturday September 27, 2008. Send submissions
to:
kukaieditor@poetrywriting.org Subject line: Sep08
autumn festival Kukai. Kukai poems must not have appeared
anywhere on the internet.
The September 2008
Thread topic is "church bazaar". Poets may post an unlimited
number of poems to the thread. Subject Line:Sep08 "church
bazaar". Send to:
haikuthread@poetrywriting.org Monday, September
1 - Midnight Sunday, September 28, 2008. The announcement
for the thread activity appears on the August 31, 2008 contents
page in the lower left hand corner.
This month the
following ten poets are making their first appearance in
Sketchbook:
Heiko
Lehmann / The Hazi Bros.;
Curtis Dunlap, US;
Berenice Dunford, UK;
Jan Oskar Hansen, NO;
Michael Lee Johnson, US;
Bob Lucky, CN;
Kim Tairi, AU;
Eric V. a.k.a. “El Coyote” US;
Sharon Weimer, US:
Ben Wesling, US. The Sketchbook
editors welcome you to these pages.
Sketchbook
has received Global Correspondent Reports connecting with
readers from South Africa—Jeff
Spahr-Summers, from Trinidad—Gillena
Cox, from China—Bob
Lucky, from Israel—Helen
Bar-Lev.
—
