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 Victims—Vol.
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
