Karina Klesko, US and John
Daleiden, US
July / August
31, 2011
The
July / August 31, 2011
Sketchbook contains poems, art and features by
one hundred twenty-three writers from twenty-four countries.
Thirteen poets make
their first Sketchbook appearance in the
July / August 31, 2011 Issue:
Vinita Agrawal, IN;
C.B. Anderson, US;
Les Bernstein, US;
Barbara
Bialick, US;
M.A.
Cody, US;
Jay Friedenberg, US;
Dina
Grutzendler, Bogota, Columbia;
Kyle
Hemmings, US;
Liudmila
Petrova, BG; Rinzu Rajan, IN; Sana
Rose, IN;
Askold
Skalsky, US;
Zeljko
Spoljar, CR. Welcome to the Sketchbook
family of writers.
The
July / August 31, 2011
Sketchbook
Cover Art, Summer,
is
by Betty Kaplan, US.
Click
here to view a full sized image.
Long time Sketchbook
contributor Betty Kaplan suddenly passed away from heart
complications on Monday, July 25, 2011. Betty was an
accomplished collaborative writer as well as a writer of
individual genre; she wrote haibun, haiku, tanka, sijo, renhai,
haigay, and Art. She was retired from the Fashion Industry and
started to write haiku in the early 1990s. Betty was published
in Frogpond, Lynx, Woodpecker, South by Southeast, World
Haiku Review, Sketchbook, American Tanka, Simply Haiku, Heron's
Nest, and CHO. Sixty-nine writers have written
poems for Betty; read
Tribute to Betty Kaplan.
The Haiga featured on the Contents
page is
"absorbing color" by Emily Romano.
Congratulations to the July / August
31, 2011 Kukai
winners:
First Place: Terri L. French, US
Second
Place Tie: Cezar Ciobica, RO and Stella Pierides, DE
Third
Place Tie: Harve
Jenkins, CA and Michelle L. Harvey, US
Forty-one poets from fifteen Countries
contributed one hundred-eleven poems.
Read the "starry night" Kukai Results
Read the
"starry night" Choice Haiku selected by editors Karina Klesko and
John Daleiden
and guest,
Bernard Gieske.
Read the
Results of the 2011 Earth Day Haiku Contest: Winning
Participants: Ben, Pacific Palisades, CA USA; James Bundi,
Nairobi, Kenya, Africa; Michele H, Auburn, WA; Kristina
Horchover, Sarasota, Florida, USA; Dallas Kaufman, Kensington
CT, USA;
Carl Mann, Kensington CT, USA; Philip Painting, Atlanta, GA,
USA; Amy Claire Rose Smith,Darlington, County Durham, UK; Katy
Smith, Barrington, IL USA
This July / August
31, 2011 issue
contains a diversity of poetry forms: Eastern Genre:
Cherita, Haibun, Haiku, Kyoka, Senryu, Tanka.
Western Genre:
Acrostic, Ballad; Cameo Poem, Cinquain, Ekphrastic Poems,
Etheree, Experimental Forms, Fibonacci; Found Poem; Free Verse,
Heroic Couplets, Iambic Trimeter Quatrains, Mirror Lucan,
Monostiche, Petrarchan Sonnet, Quatrain, Sestina, Short Shorts,
Short Stories, Sonnet, Villanelle, Waltz Wave
For the September /
October 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. For the September / October 31, 2011 issue
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 July / August
31, 2011
Sketchbook; the
Renhai authors include:
Gillena Cox, TT; John Daleiden,
US; Zhanna P.
Rader, US; Vaughn Seward, 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
July / August 31,
2011 issue:
Photo Art Gallery by Iolanda Scripca;
Norman J. Olson writes about
trips to his two summer Gallery Exhibits:
Visiting Seoul and Tokyo - July 2011,
A Trip to Miami August 1, 2011, and his
Art Gallery.
The winner of the July / August
Poem This Picture Contest
is
. . . Barbara
A. Taylor, AU;
read the entire series of
ten poems.
The September / October 30, 2011 Poem
this Picture Contest is now open; Write a poem in any form for
the Picture. Send your entry to
poemthispicture@poetrywriting.org
by
Midnight, Wednesday, October 26, 2011.
The Book Fair features two books by
these authors:
Letters to Saïda
by Denis Emorine and
Rootless Soul Naked
by Iolanda Scripca.
Contributing Editor, Helen Bar-Lev,
IL features an
Interview with Gilbert Herbert, IL.
Contributing Editor, Doug
Holder, US reports on
Somerville, Mass. Poet Harris Gardner and
poems by Doug Holder:
Caught
in the Net 87.
Contributing Editor, Jeff
Spahr-Summers, aka ZZBaggins features
The Poetry Victims—Vol.
8, Issue 3
and his
Not Quite so Personal
and Irregular Diary.
The editors call
your attention to the following deadline dates posted in the
July / August 31, 2011
Announcements Index
on the Contents page. Sketchbook
is now open for September / October 30, 2011 submissions. The
submission deadline for this issue is October 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
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