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Featured
Ekphrastic
Michael Lee Johnson, US
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Haiga
Pris Campbell, US; Maire
Morrissey-Cummins, Ireland; John Daleiden, US;
Judi Hall, CA; Shanna Baldwin Moore, US; Karen O'Leary,
US; Muriel Roggensack, CA; Djurdja Vukelic-Rozic, CR;
Jadran
Zalokar, CR
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Contest News: Results &
Announcements
Sketchbook
May / June
2012 "cloud(s)" Kukai Results
Sketchbook
May / June 2012
"wedding / bride" Haiku Thread
Sketchbook May / June
2012 SHH Contest No. 3 Results ~ Summer
Karina Klesko
SHH Contest No. 3 Summer Kigo Ballot;
Ballot with No Names
SHH3 Haiku Only
Sketchbook SHH Contest 4 Announcement ~
Deadline: 20 August, 2012
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Sketchbook
May / June
2012 Poem
This Picture - Contest Results
Ballot
The Winners are...
1st Place ~ Chitra Rajappa, IN
2nd Place ~
Marion Clarke, Ireland
3rd Place ~Bernard
Gieske
The
following twenty-six poets from nine countries
contributed twenty-seven poems to this contest:
Marion Clarke, Ireland; J. P. Christiansen, US;
Gillena Cox, TT; John Daleiden, US; Bernard Gieske,
US; Alegria Imperial, Canada; Anisoara Iordache, RO;
Dan Iulian, RO; Harvey Jenkins, CA; Evica Kraljić,
CR; Tonka Lovric, CR; Štefanija Ludvig, CR; Vladimir
Ludvig, CR; Sandra Martyres, IN; Malvina Mileta,
Croatia;
Cristina-Monica
Moldoveanu, RO;
Karen O'Leary, US; Asim
Kumar Paul, IN; Carol Pearce-Worthington, US; Pravat
Kumar Padhy, India; Deryn Pittar, NZ; Chitra Rajappa,
IN; Emily Romano, US; Keith A. Simmonds, TT; Vania
Stefanova, BG; Diana Teneva, BG
Bulgaria,
Canada, Croatia, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Romania,
Trinidad and Tobago, United States
Announcing the July / August
31, 2012 Poem the Picture
Contest
Shanna
Baldwin Moore, US
Write a poem in any form for this
Picture.
PoemThisPicture@poetrywriting.org is the place to send your
entry by Midnight, Thursday, August
23, 2012. The winning poem will be featured in the next issue of
Sketchbook along with all entries.
Click here to see a full sized image: July / August 31, 2012 Poem
This Picture Contest.
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Bable Fish to view Sketchbook in another language
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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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Sketchbook is an
E-Journal for
Eastern and Western Short Verse
Forms
In 2012 Sketchbook
will be published on the last day of each month bi-monthly:
February, April, June, August, October, and December.
Submission deadline:
20th of each publishing month six times a year.
Submissions are open to the general
public;
Read the
complete
submission guidelines
Send to:
submissionseditor@poetrywriting.org
Subject: Submission + Genre(s) + Author
Name
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Announcing the July / August 31, 2012-43 "wind
in the reeds" Kukai
The
July / August 31,
2012 Kukai is
"wind
in the reeds (ogi no koe,
early autumn) Lit. 'voice
of the reeds'"
Plants: in The Five Hundred Essential Japanese Season
Words Selected by
Kenkichi Yamamoto
Translated by
Kris Young Kondo and
William J. Higginson Edited
for Renku Home on-line:
http://www.2hweb.net/haikai/renku/500ESWd.html#AUTUMN Use the exact words
"wind
in the reeds" 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.
her
skirts once rustled
through these lovely rooms—
wind in the reeds
John
Daleiden, US
To:
kukaieditor@poetrywriting.org
Subject:
"wind in the reeds"
Kukai
Submissions:
Sunday, July 01, 2012 – Saturday, August 18, 2012 Midnight.
Voting:
Sunday, August 19, 2012 - Sunday, August 26, 2012 Midnight.
Please sign
your submission with your name and country of residence.
The results will
be published in the Friday, August 31, 2012 Sketchbook
7-4: 43
"wind in the reeds" Kukai results.
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 anonymity.
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 anonymous 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, 2012-43 "vegetable(s)" Haiku Thread
The theme of
the
July / August 31, 2012-43
haiku thread will be anything to do with "vegetable(s)"
in the
northern or southern hemisphere. It is not
necessary to use the words "vegetable(s)" but the
concept must be obvious.
Writers may
post an unlimited number of haiku to the
"vegetable(s)" Haiku Thread.
(s)
Subject
Line: July / August 31, 2012 "vegetable(s)"
Haiku Thread
To:
haikuthreadeditor@poetrywriting.org
Deadline:
Midnight Friday, August 24, 2012
Haiku
Author, Country
All Haiku received
will be posted daily on-line at
July / August 31, 2012-43
"vegetable(s)" Haiku Thread.
The
Sketchbook editors will select their
Monthly Haiku Choices from this thread for publication
in the Friday, August 31, 2012-43 Sketchbook.
Index to past Haiku Threads: Vol. 1, No. 1 ~ October
2006 - Current
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Sketchbook Special Features
May / June 30, 2012 Sketchbook Vol. 7,
No. 3 ~ Issue 42
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Congratulations to the
British
on their
exciting Opening to the 2012 Summer Olympics
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Poetry Genres
Featuring Sketchbook Poets—March / April 30, 2012 Sketchbook Vol. 7,
No. 3 ~ Issue 42
Featuring Sketchbook II Poets: Shanna's Beat—RD
Armstrong, US; Miyuki Atechi, US; Hank Beukema, US; John Daleiden, US; Tracy
McPherson, US; Shanna Baldwin Moore, US; Loyd Myatt, US;
Joyce Watkins, US
Featuring childwriter's sketchbook Poets:
May / June 30, 2012-42 ~ Vol. 5, No. 3: Issue 18—Karin Anderson, AU; Miyuki Atechi, US; Bernard Gieske, US; Karen O'Leary, US;
Alex Serban, RO
childwriter's Art by Miyuki Atechi, US
Featuring
Little Black Book: May / June 30, 2012 ~ Vol. 6, No. 2—Karin Anderson, AU; John Daleiden, US; Bernard Gieske, US
Sketchbook Index for
May / June 30,
2012: 42
Sketchbook Announcements Index for May / June 30, 2012:
42
Sketchbook Announcements Index for March / April 30, 2012:
41
A - M Sketchbook Biographies
N - Z Sketchbook Biographies
State
Poet Laureate Information;
United States Poets Laureate
Eastern Genre
Haiku:
Willie R.
Bongcaron, PH; Marion Clarke, Ireland; Máire Morrissey-Cummins, IE;
Robert Davey, UK; Jim Davis, US; Jay Friedenberg, US; Elizabeth
Howard, US; A. J.
Huffman, US;
Chen-ou Liu, CA;
Sergio Ortiz, US; Tylar Pruett, US; Vania
Stefanova, BG; Rachel
Sutcliffe, UK; Diana Teneva, BG
Haibun: Bouwe Brouwer, NL
Renhai:
John
Daleiden, US
Senryu:
Chen-ou Liu, CA
Tanka
and Tanka Prose:
Willie R.
Bongcaron, PH; Elizabeth Howard, US; Chen-ou
Liu, CA
Western
Genre
Cinquain:
John Daleiden, US; Bob Lucky, ET; Sandra Martyres, IN; Craig W. Steele, US
Dectina Refrain: Karin Anderson, AU; Stella
Armour, UK;
John Daleiden, US; Bernard Gieske, US; Munia Khan, BD
Experimental Forms:
Brian Strand, UK
Fibonacci:
Armando Corbelle,
US; Bernard Gieske,
US
Found Poem:
Bernard Gieske, US
Free Verse:
RD Armstrong, US;
Amaranth Borsuk,
US;
Gillena Cox, TT;
Mark Dohle, US; Yosef Gotlieb,
IL; Joshua D. Gross,
US;
Jan Oskar Hansen, PT;
Mehjabin Haque;
Elizabeth Howard, US; Michael Lee Johnson, US;
Sergio Ortiz, US; Asim Kumar Paul,
IN; Kay Tracy, US; Neal Whitman, US
Yugen:
Vania Stefanova, BG
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Featuring
Ekphrastic Poetry
Karin
Anderson, AU—Ekphrastic
Sestina: I Dreamed A Dream;
Ekphrastic Stellanette Poem: Josephine Wall's Fantasy Art;
Ekphrastic Quatrains: My Mother Thinks I’m Old Fashioned
John
Daleiden, US—Ekphrastic
Free Verse: This Old House
Bernard Gieske, US—Ekphrastic
Free Verse: O Roma
Bernard Gieske, US and Warren Prosperi, US:
Ekphrastic Free Verse: Musuem Epiphany II
Bernard Gieske, US Poet and Steve Hanks, US Painter:
Ekphrastic Couplets: Dancing on the Shore
Michael Lee Johnson, US—Ekphrastic
Free Verse: Jesse's Homeless Face;
Ekphrastic Free Verse: Around My World
Munia Khan, BD—Ekphrastic
Free Verse: Lonely Home
Iolanda Scripca, US—Ekphrastic
Free Verse: Back From Exile;
Ekphrastic Free Verse: Balloon Festival;
Ekphrastic Free Verse: March of the Barefooted
Brian Strand, UK—Ekphrasis
in Open form: On Pause
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Feature
Read
Let US Pray
Participants in the May / June 30, 2012 Let Us
Pray Feature
Ten poets from five
countries are Featured in Let Us Pray
Karin
Anderson, AU; Danica Bartulović, CR; Gillena Cox, TT;
Elizabeth Howard,
US;
Dubravko Korbus, Croatia;
Štefanija Ludvig, CR;
Vladimir Ludvig,
CR; Sandra Martyres, IN;
Karen O'Leary, US; Brian Strand,
UK
Australia,
Croatia, India, Trinidad and Tobago, United States
The next Let Us Pray
Closes on August 20, 2012
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Contributing Editor Helen
Bar-Lev
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Feature
Free to
enter Kids-Count-For-Earthday-Haiku Webfest
The 2012 Kids Count for Earthday Haiku Webfest is in
association with The Haiku Society of America; With Words
(UK); Sketchbook: A Journal for Eastern and Western
Short Forms (USA); and Planetpals
(Worldwide). Partnering together with the planet to bring
positive messages about your world.
Read all the details here!
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May / June 2012
"cloud(s)" Kukai Results
First Place: Poppy Herrin, US
Second
Place: Juliet Wilson, UK
Third
Place Tie: Alegria Imperial, CA; Michele L. Harvey, US;
Harvey Jenkins, CA; Chitra Rajappa, India
Read the "cloud(s)" Kukai Results
Congratulations to the
"cloud(s)" Kukai
winners.
Thirty-eight haijin
from fifteen countries contributed one hundred-two
haiku to this Kukai.
Ramesh Anand, IN; Karin Anderson, AU; Willie R. Bongcaron,
PH; Bill Cooper, US, Marie Morrissey-Cummins, IR; Robert
Davey, UK; John Daleiden, US; Tracy Davidson, UK; Nelly
Dobrinova, BG, Jay Friedenberg, US; Michele L. Harvey, US,
Poppy Herrin, US; Cara Holman, US; Vladislav Hristov, BG;
Alegria Imperial, CA; Anisora Iordache, RO; Dan Iulian, RO;
A. D. Jaden, US; Harvey Jenkins, CA; Robert Kania, PL;
Dubravko Korbus, CR; Munia Khan, BD; Tonka Lovric (Davor),
CR; Sandra Martyres, IN; Malvina Mileta, CR; Cristina-Monica
Moldoveanu, RO; Stella Pierides, DE/UK; Deryn Pittar, NZ;
Vera Primoric, CR; Chitra Rajappa, IN; Radhey Shiam, IN;
Keith A Simmonds, TT; Brian Strand, UK; Diana Teneva, BG;
Angie Werren, US; Juliet Wilson, UK,
Australia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Germany, India,
Ireland, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Trinidad and Tobago,
United Kingdom (England), United States.
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Editor's Choice "wedding / bride" Haiku Thread
John's Choices ~
"Two are
better than one—"
Guest Bernard Gieske's
Choices ~ Wedding Threads
Read the May / June 2012 "wedding / bride" Haiku Thread
Forty-five poets
from fifteen countries have contributed two hundred eighty-eight haiku to the
May / June 30, 2012 "wedding / bride"
Haiku Thread.
Asni Amin, Singapore (SG); Ramesh Anand, IN; Karin Anderson,
AU; Zlata Bogović, Croatia; Willie R. Bongcaron, PH; Bouwe
Brouwer, NL; Patricia Carragon, NY
US;
Marion Clarke, Ireland; Máire Morrissey-Cummins, IE; John Daleiden, US; Tracy Davidson, UK; Smajil Durmisevic, BA;
Bernard Gieske, US; Cara Holman, US; Alegria Imperial, CA; Anisoara Iordache, RO;
Dan Iulian, RO; Harvey Jenkins, CA; Eftichia
Kapardeli, GR (Greece); Munia Khan, BD; Evica Kraljić, CR; Chen-ou Liu, CA; Tonka Lovric (Davor),
CR; Štefanija Ludvig, CR; Vladimir Ludvig, CR;
Sandra Martyres, IN;
Malvina Mileta, Croatia; Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu, RO; Pravat Kumar Padhy, IN; Deryn Pittar, NZ; Marija Pogorilic, CR;
Vera Primorac, CR; Djurdja Vukelic-Rozic, CR; Radhey Shiam, IN; Keith A.
Simmonds, TT; Vania Stefanova, BG;
Rachel Sutcliffe, UK; Diana Teneva, BG; Anita Waiboer, NL; Angie Werren,
US; Juliet Wilson, UK; Yamadori, US
Australia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada,
Croatia, Greece, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Philippines, Romania,
Singapore (SG), United Kingdom, United States
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From the Editor's Chairs
Enter
Karina Klesko, US and John Daleiden, US
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