Karina Klesko, US and John
Daleiden, US
March / April 2009
In 2009 Sketchbook
with be published bi-monthly: February, April, June, August,
October, and December. The publication date for each issue
is the last day of the month. Submissions are due on the
20th of the month of publication.
The March / April 2009 Sketchbook
contains poems, art and features from 98 writers / artists from
14 countries including:
Australia,
Canada, China, India, Jamaica, Japan, Netherlands, Philippines,
Poland, Portugal, Romania, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom,
United States. The Editors extend a warm welcome to all of you!
The April 30, 2009 Sketchbook Cover
art is ___.
Congratulations to the Kukai
winners; March / April "spring dreams" Kukai
First
Place: Jacek Margolak, PL
Second
Place: John Thompson, US
Third
Place: Sheila Windsor, UK
Read the "spring dreams" kukai results42
poets participated from 12 countries.
The May / June 30, 2009 Kukai "sunflower(s)":
Read the details here.
The March / April
2009 haiku thread was blossoms--anything that blooms.
Read the haiku thread:
"blooms / blossoms" haiku thread. Read the the editor's choice of
the "blooms / blossoms" haiku threadEditor
Karina Klesko and
Editor John Daleiden. 87 haiku were
submitted by 22 poets from 6 countries.
The theme of the
May / Jun 30, 2009 haiku thread is _______. Read the details here: May / June 30, 2009
----- haiku thread.
Featured this month is the fifth
installment of Eiko Yachimoto's
Hisajo in the Light of
English Haikai Movement:
Chapter 4:
Is a haijin a poet? Is a haiku art?March
/ April 30, 2009 Sketchbook.
Vaughn Seward has selected
24 March / April 2009 Sketchbook issue. Be sure to
read the notes link at the bottom of each selection; the notes
contain interesting ideas about the rehnai links and various
modes of composing a renhai.
Rengay Through The Seasons by Vaughn
Seward features rengay numbers twenty-seven through
thirty-five of
the year long rengay project; guest writers are Betty
Kaplan, US and John McDonald, UK.
Sketchbook
Global Correspondents have sent the following report this
month:
Helen Bar-Lev reporting from Israel.
The Book Fair
features
The Reagan Psalms CD
by A. D. Winans. If you are looking
for a good listen, try this CD. Book featured in The
Book Fair are:
Above and
Below
by Phyllis Jean Green, and
Sri Aurobindo and The Mother by Aju Mukhopadyay,
Contributing
Editor, Jeff Spahr-Summers, creator and editor of
Poetry
Victims, treats
March / April readers to a revised site with haiga by Ed
Baker, art by zzbaggins and Michael A. Crowley, Amy Kohut and
poetry by Rob Geisen, Jeff Spahr-Summers, Cindy Stell, and
Christian Drake.
These thirteen poets
are appearing for the first time in Sketchbook:
Sharon Auberle, US;
Don
Baird, US;
Willie Bongcaron, PH (Manila);
Phyllis Jean Green, US;
Marilyn Hazelton, US;
Doug Holder, US;
Therese Leone, US;
Joan McNerney, US;
Cameron Mount, US;
Iolanda Scripca, US;
Zvi A. Sesling, US;
Kim
Tairi, AU;
Nora
Wood, US. The Sketchbook Editors welcome you
warmly.
The editors call
your attention to the following deadline dates posted in the
Announcements section on the contents page:
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April
1, 2009:
Voices of Israel 2009 Anthology availaible
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April 5, 2009: UNDER HEAVEN'S DOME, Sounds of Haiku
- a celebration of words and music
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April 10, 2009, Participation Deadline:
North Beach 2009
Poetry Festival
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April 1
- May 15, 2009Modern
American Tanka Call for Submissions MET 12
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May 15, 2009Anthology
of International Haiku about War, Human Right Violence &
Discrimination
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May 1 - May
31, 2009The
Poet's Gallery May 2009 Calendar, San Francisco, CA
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May 21 - 22, 2009The
North Beach Annual Poetry Festival
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May 31, 2009Deadline
for Submission to Shamrock Haiku Journal
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May 31, 2009Deadline
for Submission to Cyclamens and Swords "Not What You Might
Expect" poetry theme.
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June
15, 2009Prune
Juice No. 2, Summer 2009:
Journal of Senryu and Kyoka
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August
5-9, 2009Haiku
North America 2009 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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October 31, 2009San Francisco
International Competition:
Haiku,
Senryu, Tanka and Rengay
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November 1, 2009Entry
date for 2009 Anderbo Poetry Prize
Sketchbook
is now open for May / June 2009 submissions. Remember, the 20th of
each publication month is the deadline for open submissions to the poetry
pages. Submissions are open to the General Public. The Editors look forward to reading your poetry.
Please join us as we venture into our fourth year of
publishing Sketchbook.
Submissions:
submissionseditor@poetrywriting.org
Karina Klesko and
John Daleiden
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