May 2013 Moon Viewing Party

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You are cordially invited to our fifth moon viewing party of 2013! The full moon rises Friday, May 24th, GMT.

To submit a poem (each submission remains the property of its author)
you may email us here: HAIKU BANDIT SOCIETY or post in comments.

Please include your pen name so we might accredit your poem properly. Happy moon gazing!


To see previous month's moon poems click here.


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all cherries eaten
the moon hangs full
between the branches

Radka Mindova

Reels

The World, Orpheum, and Riviera theatres are long gone from downtown. So is the loop and the promenade of cars driving in circles in order to be seen and look at others looking. How Midwestern a scene. A cast of characters in its own right.

The World is now the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theater, home to Garrison Keillor and his woebegone radio show, a tribute to the American Midwest in itself. Why Keillor never split for the salons of the east coast I haven’t a clue; I don’t think he stayed for the winters.

Hard to believe we watched so many epic films there when rats patrolled the darkened aisles for spilled refreshments and vagrants slept in sticky chairs. Despite the restored opulence of the ’20′s and ’30′s, a funky decadence remains imbedded in my mind, along with the curl of cigarette smoke through the projected images and the musty smell of rot emanating from the ancient curtains.

It may have been a respite from the harsh white glare of nature’s fury in this little prairie town on a big river in America’s breadbasket. Or, maybe it was the reality of our fair city’s fathers cavorting with gangsters in the Depression, allowing urban decay's stealthy creep through all the old neighborhoods, abided by the wealth dripping from the Gold Coast along Summit Ave. to the Capital, the likes of James J. Hill and the other robber barons living off the spoils of labor accrued from thousands of poor European immigrants.

For the price of a dollar ticket you could spend “all day” escaping from whatever ailed you, lost in Tecnicolor dreams, while the very bricks and stone the town was built on crumbled all around.


between the cheap seats
and flickering light -
the space between reels

May Day

Rueters/Miller McKnight




May Day -
a snippet of bird song
before the storm

April 2013 Dottie Dot Awards

Dottie, the mascot and editor-in-chief of the Haiku Bandit Society, has determined the three best Moon Viewing Party poems for the month of April, 2013.

Forthwith, here, in order of their appearance, are the recipients of this month's Dottie Dot Awards!


To view previous month's winners click here.






full moon the final escape of my cat


Radka Mindova






full moon
I see the thief
of my dream


Hristina Pandjaridis







another month gone
moonlight shimmers
on an empty space


Barbara A Taylor

April 2013 Moon Viewing Party

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You are cordially invited to our fourth moon viewing party of 2013! The full moon rises Wednesday, April 25th, GMT.

To submit a poem (each submission remains the property of its author)
you may email us here: HAIKU BANDIT SOCIETY or post in comments.

Please include your pen name so we might accredit your poem properly. Happy moon gazing!


To see previous month's moon poems click here.


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growing moon children howl like children


angie werren









full moon the final escape of my cat



tulip cups
full in the morning
moon dust


Radka Mindova










full fish moon –
floating thoughts of returning
to my roots




alone
with each other
full fish moon and i



Stella Pierides










the small boat
let go the anchor
and drowned the moon




the moon track
is fading away
the sea is whole again


Ljudmila Hristova











full moon
the lonely man
raises his voice




full moon
the mirror reflects
my two halves




I can see
in the dark
full moon





An old nest
in a dried up tree
newborn moon




full moon
I see the thief
of my dream



Hristina Pandjaridis











seed moon
one breath
becoming two


maggie










timid buds
learning their unfurling -
waxing moon




looking for
magnolias in bloom
unfurling day moon






bourgeons timides
qui apprennent a eclore -
lune montante





la lune se balance
parmi les floraisons
une fleur diurne


sprite







moon leverage
I measure the distance
in iPad units


Rick Daddario








slow water
the deep moon
shivers


comrade harps













swaying moon amidst the blossom a day flower / sprite









another month gone
moonlight shimmers
on an empty space


Barbara A Taylor

Duel II

veils of late frost
all round the bodger's hovel
misshaped flowers






Dueling renku at Issa's Snail

March 2013 Dottie Dot Awards

Dottie, the mascot and editor-in-chief of the Haiku Bandit Society, has determined the three best Moon Viewing Party poems for the month of March, 2013.

Forthwith, here, in order of their appearance, are the recipients of this month's Dottie Dot Awards!


To view previous month's winners click here.








little spring moon --
I remember this field
full of wildflowers

angie werren









west sky moon
I tilt my app to discover the sun
beneath my feet

Rick Daddario








cocktail party
guests are offered
a view of the moon

govindajohn

March 2013 Moon Viewing Party

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You are cordially invited to our third moon viewing party of 2013! The full moon rises Wednesday, March 27th, GMT.

To submit a poem (each submission remains the property of its author)
you may email us here: HAIKU BANDIT SOCIETY or post in comments.

Please include your pen name so we might accredit your poem properly. Happy moon gazing!


To see previous month's moon poems click here.


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changing
the face of the Earth-
Storm Moon




lashed by fresh wintery storms-
maybe it's spring
on the moon!

John Potts









crow moon the rattle of dishes




little spring moon --
I remember this field
full of wildflowers

angie werren








the moon
from window to window
night shift

BILL KENNEY









at dawn
the moon is just a smile
in the sky




overcast moon
the night swallowed
the road

Ljudmila Hristova









west sky moon
I tilt my app to discover the sun
beneath my feet

Rick Daddario








holy week . . .
a Lenten moon to guide her
through the night

Margaret Dornaus

for Alice Kelly (d. March 26, 2013)









spears of ice
dripping moons
on the doorstep

Barbara A Taylor











still young
the freckles on her face
smile




full moon
a missing pancake
in the morning

Radka Mindova










loose hubcap
jackrabbit moon
crosses the road



cocktail party
guests are offered
a view of the moon

govindajohn








forgive me moon
I shall not open the curtains -
a friend's leaving




that sadness could be
so full and silver too
I now know you moon




so moonly full
yet so bereft - our equipoise
between wax and wane

sprite








earth stirs
and robin listens -
worm moon

Mary Ahearn

BIA 701

medicine wheels
cairns of field stone appear
through the cold spring fog



Agency Village
the eagle returns
to an old winter kill



hungry sparrows
in and out an open door
the white morning haze



faintly, on the radio
country-western and native songs
BIA 701



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February 2013 Dottie Dot Awards

Dottie, the mascot and editor-in-chief of the Haiku Bandit Society, has determined the three best Moon Viewing Party poems for the month of February, 2013.

Forthwith, here, in order of their appearance, are the recipients of this month's Dottie Dot Awards!


To view previous month's winners click here.







ants
in spilled milk
long dry moon

angie werren










moonless night
the lake throws out
a fish bone

Radka Mindova










ciel absent -
je m'invente une lune
toujours croissante


absent sky -
I sketch myself a moon
forever waxing

sprite

A Hundred Gourds is Online

A Hundred Gourds 2:2 is now online


The sixth issue of A Hundred Gourds, a quarterly journal of haiku, haibun, haiga, tanka and renku poetry is now online:


http://www.ahundredgourds.com/


* Please note that AHG has a new url, as above. You may wish to replace the old url with the new one in your bookmarks.


Feature


Along with our regular haiku, haiga, haibun, renku and tanka sections, AHG 2.2 includes Susan Constable’s feature on Kozue Uzawa, tanka poet and founder and editor of the Canadian tanka journal, GUSTS.


Expositions Section


To our regret, there is no Expositions section in AHG 2.2. We apologise to our readers for any inconvenience. If you have submitted work to the Expositions section, either for AHG 2.2 or for AHG 2.3, please contact Lorin Ford.

And now the good news: We are delighted to welcome Mathew Paul to the AHG team as the new Expositions Editor. Many of you will be familiar with Matthew’s reviews in the UK haiku journal, Presence, and others will have recently enjoyed his selections of Workers’ Haiku published in THF’s per diem.

Due to the imminent deadline for submissions to AHG 2.3, we are not sure at this date whether Matthew’s first AHG Expositions section will appear in the June or the September issue. We encourage you to send any book reviews, essays/articles or your commentaries on individual poems for the June AHG, by March 15th, in any case.

We’ll publish Matthew’s email address for submissions on the AHG website as soon as we can. In the meantime, please send any submissions for the Expositions section or enquiries to Lorin Ford at haikugourds@gmail.com being sure to include 'AHG Expositions Section' in the title bar.


Submissions Deadline


The deadline for all submissions to AHG 2.3 (the June issue) is March 15th. Please check our submissions page for details and editors’ guidelines.


--
William Sorlien, renku editor,
for the Editorial Team,
ahundredgourds

February 2013 Moon Viewing party

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You are cordially invited to our second moon viewing party of 2013! The full moon rises Monday, February 25th, GMT.

To submit a poem (each submission remains the property of its author)
you may email us here: HAIKU BANDIT SOCIETY or post in comments.

Please include your pen name so we might accredit your poem properly. Happy moon gazing!


To see previous month's moon poems click here.


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ants
in spilled milk
long dry moon




snow moon another blanket on the bed


angie werren










plum blossoms east
redwings return west
all the February moons

Mary Frederick Ahearn










moonlight shimmers
on the pale yellow silks
of fresh maize

Barbara A Taylor









moonless night
the lake throws out
a fish bone

Radka Mindova









a moonless night
in your hands - some sparkles
of my makeup

Vessislava Savova









stone lantern
unlit in the moon light
my garden window

Rick Daddario









ciel absent -
je m'invente une lune
toujours croissante


absent sky -
I sketch myself a moon
forever waxing







lune du serpent -
si sinueuse la sente
sous ces etoiles


snake moon -
so slippery that path
under those stars

sprite








two faces
the moon stares
back

p nelson









sumi-e moon clouds drift across an ink-brushed sky

Margaret Dornaus

January 2013 Dottie Dot Awards

Dottie, the mascot and editor-in-chief of the Haiku Bandit Society, has determined the three best Moon Viewing Party poems for the month of January, 2013.

Forthwith, here, in order of their appearance, are the recipients of this month's Dottie Dot Awards!


To view previous month's winners click here.








first frost
between the moon and me
the angle of repose

Melissa Allen








lost in translation--
sparkles from Basho’s moon
in the puddle

Maya Lyubenova








full moon
the cat`s shadow
sliding down the gutter

Ljudmila Hristova

January 2013 Moon Viewing Party

today's moon
reaching it's zenith
winter fly



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You are cordially invited to our first moon viewing party of 2013! The full moon rises Saturday, January 26th, GMT.

To submit a poem (each submission remains the property of its author)
you may email us here: HAIKU BANDIT SOCIETY or post in comments.

Please include your pen name so we might accredit your poem properly. Happy moon gazing!


To see previous month's moon poems click here.


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ice crystals
on the morning news
little winter moon

angie werren









the years fall away
as we talk
unwavering moon

Cara Holman

Iris










old moon . . .
snow clouds occluding
my bad eye

Margaret Dornaus










Abounding moon sneaks
away at the crack of dawn-
Elusive siren

Jennifer Adams Teasley










turning away
from your gaze ...
wolf moon

awalkinmyheart









island winter
ten thousand raindrop moons
on each banana tree leaf

Rick Daddario









full of memories
that old face
Man in the Moon

Princess Aurora (Shubunkin)









January moon
for one unnamed
the deepest shadows

Mary Frederick Ahearn









beach party
our dancing footprints stomp
on the moon


Barbara A Taylor









first frost
between the moon and me
the angle of repose

Melissa Allen










my breath in the wind

a frozen vapor veiling the full moon

Adelaide B. Shaw









moonlit magnolia
petals...I find
something old

Vida

lost in translation--
sparkles from Basho’s moon
in the puddle

Maya Lyubenova







Evening breeze
The full moon spills
into little waves




Hawaiian bar
On the bottom of the glass
half a lemon moon


Zornitza Harizanova









midnight
I balance the moon
in a handful of water

Radka Mindova










silent lake
shadows of fish
flit over the moon


full moon
in the pear tree's branches -
the allure to pick it off


full moon
the cat`s shadow
sliding down the gutter

Ljudmila Hristova









curtains fluttering…
a twinkle of intimacy
between the moon and me

Diana Teneva










sending
my question back...
moonlight path

Radka Mindova

Genjuan International Haibun Contest 2013

Dear Friends,


Below are the abbreviated details of Japan's only international haibun contest, the Genjuan Contest 2013 (closing date Jan. 31, 2013) for you and your haiku friends/colleagues. Entry is free and there are genuine prizes. Do send in a work or two if you can.


Sincerely,

Nobuyuki Yuasa & Stephen Henry Gill



Genjuan International Haibun Contest 2013 Guidelines



Ideally, there will be one Grand Prix, a number of An Prizes (‘Cottage’ Prizes, highly commended), and some Honourable Mentions, too. The authors of entries chosen for the first two of these categories will receive prizes, and all decorated works will warrant a certificate from the organizers. In late spring, the results will be displayed on the Hailstone Icebox (internet) and elsewhere. You can read last year’s top four pieces at
"http://hailhaiku.wordpress.com" ('Genjuan Winning Haibun 2012' page).


Entries to: Ms. Motoko Yoshioka, Regalia 907, 7-32-44 Fujimi-cho, Tachikawa-shi, Tokyo 190-0013, Japan (to arrive between 1 Oct. 2012 and 31 Jan. 2013)



Each entry should total 20 to 40 lines (at 1 line = 80 spaces), with title and at least one haiku (no formal restrictions). Print on one side of A4, if possible, with your name and address, tel. no., and email address typed along the bottom. The judges will not get to know your identity until judging is over and the Genjuan Contest office already knows the results.


Judges: Nobuyuki Yuasa & Stephen Henry Gill.



Entry fee and no. of entries per author: the Contest is free again this year! Maximum 3 unpublished entries per author.