The July / August 31, 2011 Kukai is
"starry night": Read the details here.
Thirty-nine poets
from thirteen countries contributed one-hundred-ninety-two
verses for the
"vegetables(s)"
Haiku Thread.
Read the May / June 30, 2011 "vegetable(s)" Haiku Thread.
Read the Choice "vegetable(s)"
Haiku selected by editors
Karina's Choices:
Essence of Time and
John's Choices:
The Horn of Plenty.
Announcing the
July / August "insect / bug" Haiku Thread: Read the Details
here.
This May / June
30, 2011 issue
contains a diversity of poetry forms: Eastern Genre:
Haibun, Haigay, Haiku, Renhai, Senryu, Tanka, and Yugen. Western Genre:
Acrostic, Cinquain,
Couplets, Decima, Dectina, Experimental Verse--the Kulmann and
Stellanette, Fibonacci, Found Poem, Free
Verse, Mute Monorhyme, Rhymed Couplets, Sonnet, Tectractys, and Villanelle.
Sunil Uniyal, IN
contributes
Bajuband Poems,
short Folk Verse from
the Garhwal Himalaya Region, India.
For the July /
August 2011 issue, editor Karina Klesko continues the
Let US Pray
feature. The goal is to hear from all faiths and
peoples on a Global Scale. Editor Klesko says, "The more people
who participate and read this feature, the more our hearts will
become one. Surely a heart that envelops the world can make
changes and differences in lives. We can make a difference and
wipe away all the divisions that have arisen because of
different belief systems. Let us all love and respect one
another in one accord. In the May / June 30 2011 issue thirteen
Poets from four country participated: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
Please
continue to send your
poems and prayers to:
letuspray@poetrywriting.org
Read Eiko
Yachimoto's Chapter 8:
Hisajo in the Light of English Haikai Movement
in the next issue of Sketchbook. Read a
review of chapters 1-7 by
Stephen Rojcewicz, US: Brought back to Life via Haiku -
the Artistry of Hisajo: A Review of “Hisajo in the Light
of English Haikai Movement” by Eiko Yachimoto.
Editor Vaughn
Seward has selected
Renhai
for the May / June
30, 2011
Sketchbook; the
Renhai authors include:
Gillena Cox, TT; Jerry
McKenzie, CA;
Vaughn Seward, CA;
Janice
Thomson, CA
Be sure to
read the Renhai notes link at the bottom of each Renhai selection; the notes
contain interesting ideas about the rehnai.
Art features in the
May / June 30,
2011 issue:
Üzeyir Lokman Çayci, FR;
Art Gallery 06-30-2011 from Norman J. Olson and his
narrative:
"A Desperate Darkness": Some Thoughts on Las Vegas;
and a
Photo Art Gallery by Iolanda Scripca, US
The winner of the
May / June 30 Poem Picture Contest
is
. . .
Yamdori;
read the entire series of
fourteen poems.
The July / August 31, 2011 Poem
the Picture Contest is now open; Write a poem in any form for
the Picture. Send your entry to
PoemThisPicture@poetrywriting.org The
winning poem will be published in the next issue of
Sketchbook.
Click here to see a full sized image of the
contest picture.
The deadline for
submission is
Midnight, Sunday, August 26, 2011.
The Book Fair features three books by
these authors:
Pink Crush by Gillina Cox, TT;
Closing Time by Denis Emorei, FR;
Ahaiga! by Emily
Romano, US.
Contributing Editor, Helen Bar-Lev,
IL features an
Interview with Lilian Cohen, IL
Contributing Editor, Doug
Holder, US reports on the
First Annual Writers’ Conference: Hunter College
Contributing Editor, Jeff
Spahr-Summers, aka ZZBaggins features
The Poetry Victims—Vol.
8, Issue 3
and his
Not Quite so Personal
and Irregular Diary.
Two Global Correspondents in the May
/ June issue filed reports: Helen Bar-Lev, Israel reporting on
Seymour Mayne's
Voices Workshop and Martin Lochner, South Africa--featuring:
Destination: Cape Town
The editors call
your attention to the following deadline dates posted in the
May / June 30, 2011
Announcements Index
on the Contents page.
Sketchbook
is now open for July / August 31, 2011 submissions. The
submission deadline for this issue is August 20, 2011.
For Kukai and Haiku Thread deadlines see the information
above.
Submissions are open to the General Public. The Editors look forward to reading your poetry
and viewing your art. Please read the
Submissions
Guide.
Submissions:
submissionseditor@poetrywriting.org
The
Sketchbook Editors Karina Klesko and
John Daleiden
