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Karina Klesko, US and John Daleiden, US

 

September / October 31, 2011

The September / October 31, 2011 Sketchbook contains poems, art and features by eighty-three writers from twenty-three Countries.

Five poets make their first Sketchbook appearance in the September / October 31, 2011 Issue: Smajil Durmišević, BA; Jenny Fraser, NZ; Judy Labensohn, IL; Radhey Shiam, IN; Shalini Sunkuru, IN; Nicole Taylor.  Welcome to the Sketchbook family of writers.

The September / October 31, 2011 Sketchbook Cover Art  is by Emily Romano, US

 Click here for a full sized image.

The Haiga featured on the Contents page is by Pris Campbell.

Congratulations to the July / August 31, 2011 "autumn leaves" Kukai winners:

   First Place:  Cara Holman, US

    Second Place: Terri French, US

    Third Place: Juliet Wilson, UK

Read the "autumn leaves" Kukai Results

Announcing the November / December 31, 2011 "old calendar" Kukai.

Forty-six haijin from thirteen countries contributed two hundred and sixteen haiku to the September / October 2011 "cemetery" Haiku Thread. Read the September / October 31, 2011 "cemetery"  Haiku Thread.

Read the "cemetery" Choice Haiku from the Thread selected by editors Karina Klesko, John Daleiden ~ Momento Mori, and Guest Bernard Gieske ~ Haiku Techniques.

Announcing the November / December 31 "candle(s)" Haiku Thread: Read the details.

This September / October 31, 2011 issue contains a diversity of poetry forms: Eastern Genre: Ghazal, Haibun, Haiku, Haiku Noir, Renhai, Tanka, Tanka Prose, Yugen; Western Genre: Cinquain, Couplets, Ekphrastic Poems, Epigram, Fold, Found Poems, Free Verse, Lanterne, Monostiches, Octain Refrain, Shadorma, Sonnet, and tetracyts.

For the November / December 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 September / October 31, 2011 issue

Please continue to send your poems and prayers to: letuspray@poetrywriting.org

Editor Vaughn Seward has selected Renhai for the September / October 31, 2011 Sketchbook; the Renhai authors include:  Gillena Cox, TT; John Daleiden, US; Heike Gewi, DE/YE; Walter Mathois, AT; 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 September / October 31, 2011 issue:  Art Photography by Iolanda Scripca in Photo Art Gallery; Art Creations by Emily Romano in Gallery; Norman J. Olson's Art Gallery and a narrative: My Second Trip to Seoul, September 23 – 25, 2011; Üzeyir Lokman ÇAYCI from France takes us to his Art Gallery and Free Verse Poems.

The winner of the September / October Poem  Picture Contest is . . .    read the entire series of xxx poems.

The November / December 30, 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 

The Book Fair features a book by Pris Campbell: Postscripts to the Dead.

Contributing Editor, Helen Bar-Lev, IL features an Interview With Judy Labensohn, IL.

Contributing Editor, Doug Holder, US records an Interview: DeWitt Henry: Ploughshares and other ‘Sweet Dreams’

Contributing Editor, Jeff Spahr-Summers, aka ZZBaggins features  Poetry by Heather Lenz, Jeffrey Spahr-Summers, Anthony Glumac, Cindy Stell, Sandhya Tiwari, Sarah Martin, Marcie Riel in The Poetry VictimsVol. 8, Issue 4 and his Not Quite so Personal and Irregular Diary.

The editors call your attention to the following deadline dates posted in the September / October 31, 2011 Announcements Index: September 2011 / April 2012 on the Contents page.

Sketchbook is now open for November / December 31, 2011 submissions. The submission deadline for this issue is December 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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