Karina Klesko, US and John
Daleiden, US
September /
October
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 September / October 2009
Sketchbook contains poems, art and features from 101 writers
from 18 countries. The Editors
extend a warm welcome to all of you!
The September / October, 2009
Sketchbook Cover
Art is a loon's cry by Laryalee Fraser, CA.
The featured
haiga
is now she asks by Doris Kasson.
Congratulations to the Kukai
winners; September / October "harvest moon" Kukai:
First Place: April Serock, US
Second
Place: Rita Odeh, IL
Third
Place: Jacek Margolak, PL
72 Poets
from 18 different countries wrote 158 "harvest moon"
Haiku.
Read the results of the "harvest moon" September / October
2009 Kukai
The November /
December, 2009 "the year ends" Kukai:
Read the details here.
The September /
October
2009 haiku thread was anything to do with with "leaves"...
Twenty-eight poets from thirteen countries contributed 110
haiku to the Thread:
"Read the
September / Ocotober "leaves" haiku thread. Read the the editor's choice of
the "leaves" haiku thread—Editor
Karina Klesko's Choices: and
Editor John Daleiden's Choices: ...As Ancient As Time
The November /
December
2009 haiku thread is anything to do with the "winter
solstic".
Read the details here: November
/ December, 2009 "winter solstice" haiku thread.
Look for Eiko
Yachimoto's Chapter 5, Installlment 7 of Sugita Hisajo's
(1890-1946) haiku development in
Hisajo in the Light of
English Haikai Movement
in the next
Sketchbook.
Renhai editor Vaughn Seward has selected twelve
Renhai
for the September / October, 2009 Sketchbook; the
Renhai authors include
Gillena Cox, TT; Betty Kaplan, US; Zhanna P. Rader, US; Janice
Seward, CA; Vaughn Seward, CA and Janice Thomson, CA.
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.
The Book Fair features The Reagan Psalms CD
by A. D. Winans. If you are looking
for a good listen, try this CD. The Book Fair
also includes these new selections:Sea Trails
by Pris Campbell,
A
Thousand Reasons: Tanka
by Pamela A. Babusci, and
Night Traveler
by M.J. Iuppa,
Anathema: Poems Selected & New
by Andreas Gripp.
Purchasing information about each of these
selections is in the links above. Contributing
Editor, Jeff Spahr-Summers, creator and editor of
Poetry
Victims,
presents September / October readers to art by Amy Kohut and zzbaggins,
and poetry by Belinda Subraman and J. A. Spahr-Summers.
These seven poets
are appearing for the first time in Sketchbook:
Michelle V. Alletrton, CA; Karin Anderson, AU; Patricia
Carragon, US; Chen-ou Liu, CA; Monica E. Smith, US; Andre
Surridge, NZ; Carl Scharwath, 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:
Sketchbook
is now open for November / December 2009 submissions. The
submission deadline for this month only is extended to the 25th of
December, 2009 for open submissions to the poetry
pages. Submissions are open to the General Public. The Editors look forward to reading your poetry
and viewing your art.
Please join us in our fourth year of
publishing Sketchbook.
Submissions:
submissionseditor@poetrywriting.org
Karina Klesko and
John Daleiden
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