Anthology
of International Haiku about War,
Human Right Violence & Discrimination
Dimitar Anakiev is
editing an international anthology of haiku dedicated to
the topic of WAR. The editor invites all poets to submit
their haiku written on the topic (particular interest:
Vietnam, 9/11, Iraq . . . ). The poems may be previously
published, no limitation in number of poems and style.
We are not interested in senryu. Japanese haiku is not
free of human content but in fact links human with
nature—in other words, it expresses the human in terms of
nature. So "war" is human and nature is anything you want.
Take for example famous haiku by Basho:
summer grass—
all that remains of
warrior's dreams
This poem has a natural
topic (summer grass, a kigo) but its theme is human:
"warrior dream" ( our theme: war!). We seek such haiku for
the anthology and not senryu, which is another kind of
poetry. Often Western poets confuse TOPIC with THEME.
THEME in haiku is always human, and our choice is to do an
anthology on human themes: WAR, DISCRIMINATION AND HUMAN
RIGHTS VIOLENCE. (Like Basho above). So, please, do not
send senryu.
Number of haiku: not limited.
Both published (the source of the first publication not
obligatory) and unpublished.
Accompanied by English translation.
Please include your name, age, address and nationality.
Deadline: ASAP,
but no latter than May 15, 2009.
Send to: mao1935@live.com with the subject "Antologija".
Thank you!
Dimitar Anakiev
