An
International Kukai (Haiku Contest)
from Rita Odeh
Source:
http://rita-odeh.blogspot.com/
easternsparrow
easternsparrow@gmail.com
The deadline for
submissions is April 20, 2012.
Rita would be
grateful if you could post/share information about this
Haiku Contest.
I am glad to announce that on the first of April 2012, I
will start an
INTERNATIONAL KUKAI
(a haiku contest
in which participants vote for their favorite haiku).
If you are interested in taking part in this monthly
activity, please leave your name here.
What is a Kukai?
A kukai is a peer reviewed poetry contest. A topic is
assigned by me/you , and all poets submit their poems on
that topic to me. An anonymous list is then distributed to
all participating poets and they are invited to vote. Votes
are returned to me. I tally the votes and resend the poems
to the participants, this time with names and points
revealed.
Inquiries to Rita.
all the best,
Rita
Participating Poets:
Rita Odeh
Bill Kenney
Christine L. Villa
Gillena Cox
Vasile Moldovan
Oprica Padeanu
First Step: Call for
Submissions
Poets are
invited to submit THREE haiku/senryu using the
topic word: SPARROW.
Sparrow haiku found on the net:
#1
early spring –
a fallen sparrow chirps
for it's mother
Carol Raisfeld
#2
little sparrow
I regret nothing
flowers in the wind
Alan Summers
Publications credits: haijinx volume IV, issue 1 (2011)
#3
the difference
a sparrow makes –
bare branches
Bill Kenney
#4
winter solitude-
only a sparrow to share
my my meal
Rita Odeh
#5
black tulips fade
a chattering of sparrows
in the apple tree
Rachel Green
#6
Borders-
sparrows fly above
the rusty barbwire
Rita Odeh, Simply Haiku(Summer 2007, vol 5 no 2)
#7
a pine tree falls-
the sparrow's song
goes on
Rita Odeh, Daily Haiku(August 06, 2008)
#8
Sparrow in the subway
unlikely to find a way out
from the ground
Evgeny Ivanov (Russia)
You may check
this site for inspiration:
World
Sparrow Day:
http://www.worldsparrowday.org/index.html
Send your haiku to: international_kukai@yahoo.com
Subject line: Haiku Submission_April
Don't forger to include your full name.
Haiku should not have been previously published.
The deadline for
submissions is April 20, 2012.
Second Step: Call for
Votes
On the 21st of
April,2012 the Call for Votes will be posted by email to the
participating poets . The "Call for Votes" will list all the
HAIKU entries, numbered without the authors’ names.
Only poets who have submitted poems for the current month
are eligible to participate in the voting.
Send your votes to: international_kukai@yahoo.com
Subject line: Voting_April
* Details on the voting process will be posted later.
Thank You for participating in the kukai this month.
All the best,
Rita
Third Step: The
Results
Results will be
announced and presented on
Rita's blog
Tuesday,May 1st, 2012
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