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Ramona Linka, DE ~ midday heat
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Haiga
Pris Campbell, US;
Jeremiah Orozco, US; Andrzej Dembończyk,
PL; Diane Mayr, US; Karen O'Leary, US;
Ramona Linke, DE; Deborah
Rachel Ngo, SG; Jeremiah Orozco, US;
Emily Romano, US;
Djurdja Vukelic-Rozic, CR;
Alex Serban, RO;
Irena Szewczyk, PL; Nan Talbot, US
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Contest News &
Announcements
Sketchbook May / June 31, 2011 "rainbow" Kukai Results
Sketchbook May / June 31, 2011
"vegetable(s)" Haiku Thread
Sketchbook
Results of May / June 31, 2011 Poem This Picture - Contest
The Winner is ....Yamadori
The following thirteen poets
from seven countries contributed fourteen poems to this contest.
Paticipants:
Karin Anderson, AU; Brigitte Barille, US; Ralf Bröker, DE; Garry Eaton, CA;
Bernard
Gieske, US;
Evica
Kraljic, CR;
Sandra Martyres, IN;
Diane Mayr, US; Stella Pierides,
DE; Chitra Rajappa, IN;
Emily Romano, US;
Keith A. Simmonds, TT; Yamadori, US
Countries:
Australia, Canada, Croatia, Germany, India, Trinidad and Tobago, United States
Found Poem
Contest
Enter the
Sketchbook Found Poem Contest and win a cash prize: 1st
Place ~ $50.00 or 2nd Place ~ $25.00. Entries
due by Midnight, December 1. All entries will be
published in the December 31, 2011 Little Black Book.
Read the contest rules here.
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Global
Correspondents
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Sketchbook Global Correspondents Correspondents:
John Tiong Chunghoo, Malaysia
Gillena
Cox, Trinidad
Sally Evans, Scotland
Jan Oskar Hansen, Portugal
Helen
Bar-Lev, Israel
Bob Lucky, Hangzhou, China
Martin Lochner,
ZA
Cristian Mocanu,
Romania
Aju Mukhopadhyay,
India
Rita Odeh, Israel
Kala Ramesh,
India
E. E. Sule, Nigeria
Alegria Imperial, Canada
Various
Correspondents will be featured from month to
month.
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Announcing the July / August 31, 2011 "starry
night" Kukai
The
July / August 31, 2011 Kukai is
"starry night". See The
Haiku Handbook, William J. Higginson, p. 272. Use the exact words
"starry night" in the haiku. No more
than a total of three haiku may be submitted. Haiku
submitted to the kukai should not be work shopped, appear
on-line in forums, or in print.
Haiku
Author,
Country
To:
kukaieditor@poetrywriting.org
Subject:
"starry night" kukai
Submissions:
Friday, July 01, 2011 – Saturday, August 20, 2011 Midnight.
Voting: Sunday,
August 21, 2011 - Saturday, August 27, 2011,
Midnight.
The results will
be published in the Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Sketchbook 6-4
Results of the
July / August 31, 2011 "starry
night" Kukai.
Letters to the
Sketchbook editors and discussions on
various forums indicate that some assumptions about a
kukai must be spelled out. From now on (April 1, 2008),
Haiku entered in the Sketchbook
kukai must be previously unpublished; they must
not be work shopped; they must not appear on any list,
forum, group, blog, or in print. In short, if the haiku
has appeared on the internet or in print we consider it
to have been published. The voting in a kukai is
anonymous and publication anywhere voids anonyminity.
Any haiku found to be previously published will be
disqualified.
A kukai is a peered
review poetry contest. A haiku Topic is assigned by the
editor. An 'anonymized' list of submitted haiku is then
distributed to all participating poets and they are
invited to vote. Votes are returned to the editor who
tallies the votes and publishes the haiku for the
participants, this time with names and points revealed.
Index to past Kukai: Vol. 1, No. 1 ~ October 2006 -
Current
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Announcing the July / August 31, 2011 "insect
/ bug" Haiku Thread
The theme of
the
July / August 31, 2011
haiku thread will be any
"insect / bug", of any kind in the
northern or southern hemisphere.
Writers may
post an unlimited number of haiku to the
"insect / bug" Haiku Thread.
Subject
Line: May / June
2011
"insect / bug" Haiku Thread
To:
haikuthreadeditor@poetrywriting.org
Deadline:
Midnight Friday, August 26, 2011
Haiku
Author, Country
All Haiku received
will be posted daily on-line at
July / August "bug / insect" Haiku Thread.
The
Sketchbook editors will select their
Monthly Haiku Choice from this thread for publication in
the Wednesday, August 31, 2011 Sketchbook.
Index to past Haiku Threads: Vol. 1, No. 1 ~ October
2006 - Current
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Sketchbook Special Features
May / June 30, 2011 Sketchbook Vol. 6,
No. 3
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In Memory of Betty Kaplan, US
Betty
Kaplan, a longtime contributor and dear Friend to Sketchbook,
passed away on Monday, July 25, 2011 very suddenly from
heart related complications.
The Editors
wish to extend condolences to Ellen Taylor and Jayne
Kaplan, her daughters.
Writers and
readers who wish to write tributes for Betty should send
them to
KaplanMemorial@poetrywriting.org A
Memorial section for Betty will be published in the next
issue, August 31, 2011.
A Living
tribute to Betty Kaplan was published in
December 2006
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Poetry Genres
Featuring Sketchbook Poets
Featuring
Sketchbook II Poets: Shanna's Beat
Featuring childwriter's sketchbook Poets:
Vol. 4, No. 3: Karen Anderson,
AU; Bernard Gieske, US; Karen O'Leary, US;
Alex Serban, RO
Little
Black Book: Karin Anderson, AU; Bernard Gieske, US; Brian Strand, UK
Sketchbook
Index for May / August 31, 2011
Announcements
Index: January / June 30, 2011
A
- M Sketchbook
Biographies
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- Z Sketchbook
Biographies
State Poet Laureate Information
Eastern Genre
Haibun:
Sonam
Chhoki, BH (Bhutan);
Chen-ou Liu, CA
Haigay:
Betty Kaplan, US; Max Verhart, NL
Haiku:
Karin Anderson,
AU;
Stella Armour, UK'
Willie R.
Bongcaron, PH; Patricia Carragon, US;
John Daleiden, US; Robert Epstein, US; Victor P. Gendrano, US; Elizabeth Howard, US;
Karina Klesko, US;
Angelika Kolompar, CA;
Sergio Antonio Ortiz, US; Scott Owens, US;
Tad Wojnicki, US/TW
Renhai:
Gillena Cox, TT;
John
Daleiden, US; Jerry
McKenzie, CA;
Vaughn Seward, CA;
Janice
Thomson, CA
Senryu: Al Fogel, US;
Victor P. Gendrano, US;
Jan Oskar Hansen, PT; Aju Mukhopadhyay, IN
Tanka: M. Kei, US; Chen-ou Liu, CA;
Diane Mayr, US
Yugen:
Radostina A. Angelova, BG; Vania Stefanova, BG
Western
Genre
Acrostic:
Stella Armour, UK;
Munia Khan, BD
Cinquain:
Bernard Gieske,
US;
Tim Hawkins, US; Shanna Baldwin Moore, US; Karen O'Leary, US
Couplets: Munia Khan, BD
Décima: Munia Khan, BD
Dectina: Bernard Gieske, US
Experimental Forms:
Kuhlmann, Brian Strand, UK; Stellanette, Stella Armour, UK
Fibonacci: Tim Hawkins, US
Found Poem: Neal Whitman, US
Free
Verse:
Ada Aharoni, IL;
Sonam Chhiki, Bhutan (BT); Paul
Curtiss, US; Denis Emorine, FR;
Tim Hawkins, US;
Elizabeth
Howard, US; Chen-ou Liu, CA; Martin Lochner, ZA;
Sonnet Mondal, IN;
Shanna Baldwin Moore, US; Tomas O'Leary, US; Üzeyir Lokman
Çayci, FR
Limerick: Iolanda Scripca, US
Mute Monorhyme: Iolanda Scripca, US
Rhymed Couplets: Maggie Murray, UK
Sonnet:
Jenny Gordon,
US
Tectractys: Karen O'Leary, US
Villanelle:
Maggie Murray, UK
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Bajuband Poems
Short
Folk Verse from Garhwal Himalaya Region, India
Sunil
Uniyal, IN
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Help for Japan
Earthquake Victims
Please place an
order for your copy of wind arrow 2 and we will
donate the proceeds we receive by selling Wind
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Memorial
Haiku ~ Pris Campbell, US
For Jill Sanderson RIP
bells toll
throughout Yorkshire today
a bird in flight
In
honor of Jill Sanderson, much-loved wife of Geoff Sanderson, who
died of cancer May 29, 2011.
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Featuring
Ekphrastic Poetry
Karin
Anderson, AU—Ekphrastic Staccato Poem: Gone With The Wind
Karin
Anderson, AU—Ekphrastic Double Tri-fall: Our Eternal Vows
Karin
Anderson, AU—Double
Rondelet Triolet: To Become A Butterfly
Stella
Armour, UK—Ekphrastic
Rhymed Quatrains: Madonna
Stella
Armour, UK—Ekphrastic
Minute Poem: A Soldier’s Prayer
Diane Mayr,
US—Ekphrastic
Free Verse: Ruff
Bernard
Gieske, US—Ekphrastic
Free Verse: Wild Fire: Connie Bransilver, US Photographer
Bernard
Gieske, US and Kelly Allen, US—Ekphrastic
Couplets: When You Get Home
Bernard
Gieske, US and Kelly Allen, US—Ekphrastic
Free Verse: Honey Please
Iolanda
Scripca, US—Ekphrastic
Free Verse: Nothing Happened Here
Iolanda
Scripca, US—Ekphrastic Free Verse: Purple Heart
Iolanda
Scripca, US—Ekphrastic Free Verse: The Return From Exile
Iolanda
Scripca, US—Ekphrastic
Limerick: Viva Chianti
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Feature
Read
Let US Pray
Thirteen
Poets from
four country participated in
the May / June 30,
2011 Let Us Pray Feature
Stella Armour, UK;
Mark
Dohle, US; Denis
Emorine, FR;
B.T. Joy, UK (Scotland);
Angelika Kolompar, CA; Maggie Murray, UK; Brian Strand, UK
Countries: Canada, France, United Kingdom (England),
United States
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Contributing Editor Helen
Bar-Lev
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March / April 30, 2011 "rainbow" Kukai Results
First Place: Cara Holman, US
Second
Place: Cezar Ciobica, RO
Third
Place: Cezar
Ciobica, RO; Sanjukta Asopa, IN; Chitra Rajappa, IN
Read the "rainbow" Kukai Results
Congratulations to the
May / June 30, 2011 "rainbow" Kukai
winners
Participants
These thirty-sevenHaiku Poets from fourteen countries
wrote ninty-one Haiku for the "rainbow" Kukai:
Karin Anderson, AU; Stella Armour, UK; "Sanjukta Asopa,
IN; Richard Barkey; Willie R. Bongcaron, Ralf Bröker, DE;
Bouwe Brouwer, NL; Cezar Cioica, RO; Armando H. Corbelle,
US; John Daleiden, US; Andrzej Dembończyk, PL; Nelly
Dobrinova, BG; Jan Oskar Hansen, PT; Cara Holman, US;
Alegria Imperial, CA; Nada Jačmenica, CR; Munia Khan, BD;
Ramona Linke, DE; Chen-ou Liu, CA; Sandra Martyres, IN; John
McDonald, UK; Aju Mukhopadhyay, IN; P K Padhy, IN; Stella
Pierides, DE; Marija Pogorilic, CR; Vera P:rimorac, CR;
Chitra Rajappa, IN; Emily Romano, US; Alex Serban, RO; Keith
Simmonds, TT; Brian Strand, UK; Vania Stefanova, CR; Sunil
Uniyal, IN; Neal Whitman, US; Juliet Wilson, UK
Countries: Australia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Canada,
Croatia, Germany, India, Philippines, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom (England,
Scotland), United States
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Editor's Choice "vegetable(s)" Haiku Thread
Karina's Choices:
Essence of Time
John's Choices:
The Horn of Plenty
Guest Editor, Bernard Gieske
Choices: Seeing Through Other Poet’s Eyes
Read the May / June 30, 2011
"vegetable(s)"
Haiku Thread
The following thirty-nine poets
from thirteen countries have contributed one-hundred-ninty-two verses to the May / June 30, 2011
"vegetable(s)" Haiku Thread
Participants: Karin Anderson, AU; Stella Armour, UK;
Priyanka Bhowmick, IN; Willie R. Bongcaron, PH; Ralf Bröker, DE;
Patricia Carragon, US; Cezar Ciobica, RO; Kirsten Cliff, NZ; John
Daleiden, US; Tatjana Debeljacki, SR; Andrzej Dembonczyk, PL; Bernard Gieske, US; Cara Holman, US;
Alegria Imperial, CA; Nada Jačmenica, CR; Munia Khan, BD; Dubrako Korbus, CR;
Evica Kraljić, CR; Chen-ou Liu, CA; Sandra Martyres, IN; Malvina
Mileta, CR; Aju
Mukhopadhyay, IN; Karen O'Leary, US;
Scott Owens, US; Stella Pierides, DE; Marija
Pogorilic, CR; Vera Primorac, CR; Chitra Rajappa, IN;
Emily Romano, US;
Keith A. Simmonds, TT; Carol Reed Sircoulomb, US;
Stevie Strang, US; Vania Stefanova, BG;
André Surridge, NZ; Irena Szewczyk, PL; Maria Tirenescu, RO; Sunil Uniyal, IN; Djurdja Vukelic-Rozic, CR; Juliet Wilson, UK
Countries: Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia,
Germany, India,
New Zealand, Philippians, Poland, Romania, Serbia, United Kingdom,
Trinidad and Tabogo, United States
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From the Editor's Chair
Enter
Karina Klesko, US and John Daleiden, US
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