Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Mt. Ogura - Online! Blast From The Past

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From: Tito -
Subject: Feb. 7 broadcast


Greetings! I trust all's well with you and yours.

100 Poets on Mount Ogura, 1 Poem Each book has sold so well in the past few months, Hailstone Haiku Circle was able, just recently, to give our publication partners, People Together for Mt. Ogura, the first 80,000 yen of project profit! PTO needs to build up a healthy balance in order to do a better job of nature conservation and environmental education on Mount Ogura (here in Kyoto). Thank you to all who have purchased copies of this book so far! Copies of the book can still be ordered through me.

On February 7th, I am broadcasting a new 15' radio essay (including old and new haiku/tanka) about this mountain on BBC Radio Three. Details are as given below, if you are interested.

All the best for Old New Year (in Japan called Setsubun),


Stephen (Tito)




Link to Icebox



(UK meantime) Mon. Feb. 7th 23:00-23:15 - BBC Radio Three programme - Meanings of Mountains: part 1) Mount Ogura. S.G. presents the past and present of the mountain that was the subject of Hailstone's last book. It will feature haiku and tanka by Tsurayuki, Saigyo, Teika, Basho, Shugyo Takaha, Nobuyuki Yuasa, John Dougill, Sachi, Amano, and Tito. You can listen online here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00y6hwp/The_Essay_Meanings_of_Mountains_Japan/
It will be available to listen to at the BBC site for at least one week after live broadcast. Please enjoy it if you can spare 15 minutes.







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2 comments:

bandit said...

Tito said, "it's not my best..."

psshaw! A beautiful, inspiring program!

bandit said...


a lovely photograph, such relaxed camaraderie;

the Icebox group, like the Hailstones before it, bring a fresh vision to Haikai composition at once eclectic as well as unique. Nothing seems forced, making their collections an honest testimonial of their surroundings and how we perceive them; Hell, I could admire them if only for their discipline. This dedication is shared among the authors willingly and without hesitation.

Never formulaic, always engaging and often surprising, their books are a landmark in the wilderness of publications that occasionally stray from the essence of a scene to artifice or sentimentality. If anything, I'd say reading these gems is a view of a certain reverence to form while maintaining a supple artistry that most personifies our human attributes and foibles.