Karina Klesko, US and John
Daleiden, US
July / August
31, 2012
The
July / August
2012
Sketchbook contains poems, art and features by
seventy-three
writers
from nineteen countries: Australia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria,
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA,) Canada, Croatia, Germany, Greece,
India, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Romania,
Singapore, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United
States.
Five poets
from two countries make
their first Sketchbook appearance in the
July / August 2012 Issue:
S. M. Abeles, US; Matthew Caetti,
US; Mary Hind, AU; Carol Pearce-Worthington, US; Nu Quang, US. Welcome to the Sketchbook
family of writers.
The
July / August 2012
Sketchbook
Cover Art
is
by
The Haiga featured on the Contents
page is by
Congratulations to the July / August
2012 "wind in the reeds" Kukai
winners:
First Place: Bouwe Brouwer, NL
Second
Place: Cara Holman, US
Third
Place: Cezar F. Ciobīcă, RO
Read the "wind
in the reeds" Kukai Results
Announcing
the September / October 2012 "autumn day"
Kukai.
The "vegetables"
July / August 2012 Choice
Haiku selected by editors Karina Klesko; John Daleiden ~
Vegetables
Impact the Senses; and Guest Bernard
Gieske's Choices ~
About Almost Saying Nothing
Announcing the
September / October
2012 "xxx" Haiku Thread: read the
full guidelines here.
The July / August 2012 issue
contains a diversity of poetry forms: Eastern Genre:
Haiga;
Haiku; Haibun; Ghazel; Tanka.
Western
Genre: Cinquain;Couplets; Ekphrastic Poetry; Experimental Poetry; Free Verse,
Loop Poetry, Quintet, and Yugen.
For the September
/ October 2012 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 July / August 2012 thirteen
poets from four countries are Featured in Let Us Pray.
Participants: Karin Anderson, AU;
Danica Bartulović, CR; Elizabeth Howard, US; Vishnu P. Kapoor,
IN;
Štefanija Ludvig, CR;
Sandra Martyres, IN; Aju
Mukhopadhyay, IN; Karen O'Leary, US; Asim Kumar Paul, IN; Vera
Primorac, CR; Emily Romano, US; Sunil Uniyal, IN;
Countries: Australia, Croatia,
India, United States
The next Let Us
Pray Closes on: October
20, 2012
Please
continue to send your
poems and prayers to:
letuspray@poetrywriting.org
Art features in the
July / August 2012
issue:
Art Gallery and
Travel Essays: A Visit to Memphis
and
Travel
Essay: A Trip to Holland
by Norman J. Olson, US;
Featured
Art Photography:
Art Photo Gallery by Iolanda Scripca, US
Moderator Shanna Baldwin Moore has
selected the following winners in the
July / August 2012
Poem Picture Contest:
1st Place ~
Joyce S. Greene, US
2nd Place ~
Asni
Amin, Singapore
3rd Place ~
Pravat Kumar Padhy, India
The following nineteen poets
from ten countries contributed twenty poems to this contest. Participants: Asni
Amin, Singapore; Danica Bartulović, CR;
Gillena Cox, TT;
Maire Morrissey-Cummins, IR; Bernard Gieske, US; Joyce S.
Greene, US; Anisoara Iordache,
RO; Dan
Iulian, Romania;
Eftichia Kapardeli, Greece (GR);
Munia Khan, BG; Evica Kraljić CR; Štefanija Ludvig, CR; Sandra Martyres, IN;
Pravat Kumar Padhy, IN; Asim Kumar Paul, IN; Hema Ravi, India; Gheorghe Postelinicu Stops, Ro; Diana Teneva, BG.
Countries:
Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, India,
Ireland, Romania, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United States
Read the entire series of twenty poems
entered in the Poem This Picture Contest.
For the next contest Write a poem in
any form for this Picture.
PoemThisPicture@poetrywriting.org is the place to send your
entry by Midnight, Saturday, October 20, 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: September / October 31,
2012 Poem This Picture Contest.
Contributing Editor, Helen Bar-Lev,
IL features an
Interview with Katherine L. Gordon.
Contributing Editor, Doug
Holder, US reports his
Interview with Maria Judge.
Contributing Editor, Jeff
Spahr-Summers, aka ZZBaggins features
Poetry and Art by
Heather Lenz,
J.A. Spahr-Summers, and
Cindy Stell, Sandhya Tiwari,
Sarah
Martin, Marcie Riel in
The Poetry Victims—Vol.
8, Issue 4 and his
thoughts in a
Not Quite so Personal
and Irregular Diary.
The editors call
your attention to the following deadline dates posted in the
2012
Announcements Index 43
on the Contents page.
Sketchbook
is now open for September / October 2012: Issue 44 submissions. The
submission deadline for this issue is
October 20, 2012.
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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