Genjuan Haibun Contest Deadline

Genjuan Haibun Contest Deadline


Haibun is one of the most rewarding of the haiku arts, both for writer and reader. The deadline for entries to this year’s Genjuan Haibun Contest is coming up fast – January 31st. The Office is apparently lenient with entries received a few days after that date, but only a few days! Please note that the Contest Office is now in Kansai, not Tokyo. This is still Japan’s only haibun contest.

Nobuyuki Yuasa has announced that he wishes to retire from judging next year, but that he is very much looking forward to reading this year’s entries! Awarded pieces will appear in a book we intend to publish later this year. This is an international contest, and we welcome your participation, whatever country you may live in. Entry is free.


Stephen Henry Gill


Guidelines for 2014


Subject: Free.

Style: No restrictions, but special attention must be paid to honour the spirit of haikai.

Length: In total, between 15 to 40 lines (at one line = 80 spaces; a 3-line haiku counts as 3 lines).

Haiku/Title: At least one haiku (no formal restrictions) should be included and each piece should be given a title, however short.

Format: Print on one sheet of A4-size paper (and use the reverse if long) and write at the bottom your name (and your pen name, if you have one) together with your address, telephone number, and email address. Your privacy will be strictly protected, and the judges will not see your names until the result has been decided.

Deadline: All entries should reach the following address between 1 October 2013 and 31 January 2014. Please send your entries to:

Ms. Eiko Mori, 2-11-23-206 Jokoji, Amagasaki-shi, Hyogo-ken 660-0811, Japan.

Entries received after this date might not be accepted. Kindly avoid sending by express and using extra-large envelopes. Best write your home address on your envelope, too.

Entry Fee: None.

Restrictions: Entrants can send up to three entries, but two is what we normally expect. They should be unpublished. As we cannot return your entries after screening, please retain your own copies.

Questions: All queries should be sent to the address above or by email to moriemori55@yahoo.co.jp Email Ms. Mori 2 weeks after sending your entries if you wish to have an acknowledgement of receipt.

Judges: Nobuyuki Yuasa, Stephen Henry Gill, Hisashi Miyazaki

Special Request: The authors of the decorated works will later be requested to send us their works by email. In this, we expect your cooperation.

Results: The results and the judges’ comments will be sent to all entrants in spring. The prizes and the certificates of merit will be sent to the winners by early summer.

Natural Night Sky Anthology

Source: http://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1119a/




Across vast distances
of wheat and prairie,
the moon has been my guide,
At night it is an ocean,
Looking up, into it's depths,
the stars are phosphorescence,
it's creatures, my imagination.



For more information go to

http://research.gendaihaiku.com/natural-night

lengthening days

an ass, an ox
the three wise men -
manger in a cardboard box







rabbit and the hawk -
an awful truth stains
the fresh snow red






winter crows
singly and in pairs -
white sky recedes to dark

More snow to come

 on thin ice -
rough and tumble asphalt
more than just black




first snow --
one boot's sole more faint
  than the next




 one lone figure
stumbles through the drifts --
more snow to come

A Hundred Gourds 3:1 Online

A Hundred Gourds 3:1 is now online


The ninth issue of A Hundred Gourds, a quarterly journal of haiku, haibun, haiga, tanka and renku poetry is now released. The issue marks the beginning of our third year of publishing. Many thanks to our readers and contributors for making AHG the success that it continues to be.


We wish you all the Joy of the Season and a Happy and Fruitful New Year.

http://www.ahundredgourds.com/


Along with our regular Haiku, Tanka, Renku, Haiga, Haibun and Expositions sections, AHG 3.1 offers two Features:


In Memoriam – Laryalee Fraser, 1940 - 2013


It was with great sadness that we received the news that Lary passed away in October. A patient and encouraging mentor for many, Lary was modest about proclaiming her own achievements. Susan Constable has compiled a collection of Lary’s fine haiku and haiga in tribute to the unstinting service Lary gave to the online haiku community for many years.



Le Groupe Haïku de Montréal


In the heart of Montreal, Canada, Le Groupe Haïku de Montréal meets to support its members in the writing of haiku that differs from the kind of haiku typically written in France. Mike Montreuil gives some insight into the workings of the group and a bi-lingual sampler of haiku, haibun and tanka.



Submissions Deadline

The deadline for all submissions to AHG 3.2 (the March 2014 issue) is December 15th. AHG has an open submissions policy: any submissions received after the deadline will be filed for consideration for the June 2014 issue. Please check our submissions page for details and editors’ guidelines.



Lorin Ford – Haiku Editor, Managing Editor,
for the Editorial Team, A Hundred Gourds

moongarlic e-zine issue 1

The first issue of moongarlic is online now.


http://www.moongarlic.org/

Colors

September 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 September, 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.








hay cutting moon
the scarecrow waves
to no one


angie werren








full moon
from somewhere together
a siren and dog


Adelaide B. Shaw








harvest moon
so many shoppers
looking for bargains…



Stella Pierides

September 2013 Moon Viewing Party

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You are cordially invited to our ninth moon viewing party of 2013! The full moon rises Thursday, September 19th, 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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hay cutting moon
the scarecrow waves
to no one


angie werren








agh, so soon again
moonbeams highlight
the dint in our car



Barbara A Taylor









full moon
from somewhere together
a siren and dog


Adelaide B. Shaw










singing moon
mama's breast
a lullaby


Wabi Sabi










I check my iPad
and watch the horizon
moon hunter


Rick.Daddario








on the autumn tree
only one leaf
a full moon



Ilko Chukov










harvest moon
so many shoppers looking
for bargains…



Stella Pierides









still opened windows
autumn moon rises
through the pines


Mary F.Ahearn








full moon...
pregnancy test
redundant


Radka Mindova









midnight moon -
the foxes will soon cross
to the hospice's gardens


a few pound coins
in my pocket for the bus fare
last night full moon


like a third eye
in the deepest darkness
shangri-la moon


sprite







ginger moon
the spice
in my autumn tea


Wabi Sabi

Monday

 

 

 

 

morning glories -
a cup of yogurt like a pill

 

 

patches of fog -
can't sip my coffee on the S-curve





these tall buildings rise in the dark -
the geese depart all in a row





red leaves, yellow leaves, brittle all through -
warnings for frost in the Arrowhead

Tattoo

Running full out, barefoot and shirtless on hot, sticky streets, shards of broken bottles brief flashes of yellow in sodium light. The crickets go quiet when we rush past, two ghosts on a rippling breeze. And then - Surprise! - we catch up. Out comes the mace as one goes arse over teakettle to test the cement, another, cut off at the knees. Payback is a bitch.

Walking home again, we ditch the weapons just as the police arrive. Two squad cars confront us, another closes in our flank. We'd just committed a felony assault, nor does the law allow that two wrongs make a right.  I make certain to contain a smile when two familiar faces appear from behind the semaphores blinding light.

For once it's enjoyable talking to the cops. As a rule one should never talk to police. They like us, too - you can tell by the ribbing they give us - for being shoe-less, in just our skivvies, for that matter. But that's how fast things happen in this neighborhood. One officer cracks that training barefoot has its drawbacks, and admittedly, I don't know, but, in hindsight acknowledge my uncertainty about the glass. The proper response - we'd left in a hurry, like it happens every day, or night in this case - just act like it's nothing at all.

There's a point we share consensus with. Each of us knows "the law" can't get there in time. And, we are of the Old School. A fact of which many of the blatantly disrespectful newcomers are unaware of. The frequency in which they appear has grown exponentially relative to the general decline of our city, a fact we no longer bother to associate with connotations of outrage. The adrenaline rush isn't the same either; more a tacit reminder of our existence and determined acceptance of duty to a square block or two we claim as our own. We are, after all, products of its time and repetition of history.

As we linger, our last few moments together spent comfortably in idle chatter with the waning crescent grinning above, an eery calm descends upon us all.


sparrows scatter
through stands of bamboo -
that brand new tattoo



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August 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 August, 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.







silent night -
again, the cicadas miss
the green corn moon


Wabi Sabi










most moon east blue
sky pumps concrete
swimming pool


comrade harps










full moon -
into bat's shadow
a little moth


Ilko Chukov

Road Trip

between rumble-strips
and wild flowers -
two lane blacktop





mist from the hills -
where floodplain meets sky,
ripples blur the grey




Cannon, Whitewater,
Zumbro, Trout -
the place where the river widens





prayers for rain -
the church league's corn boil
won't be held this year





Route 66 -
a flyspecked whitewash
on the wayside rest






Sunday's summer sunset -
another small town
closes all its doors



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The Book of Renku - John Carley

The Book of Renku


A collection of fifteen years of work and research on the subject and performance of linked verse in the style of Shomon school renku - Matsuo Basho and company - John Carley offers his newly rendered haikai manifesto to all those interested in poetry.

Anyone may download the pdf now from here: http://www.renkureckoner.co.uk/

Summer in the City

iridescence -
amidst the dandelions,
sleek crows forage
through bits of bright litter









stinging nettles,
young maples like weeds -
the mystery behind
your manicured lawns









trumpet vines
through the broken tarmac -
gangbangers on the corner
argue on their iPhones









the texture of twine -
high summer sun bakes
the old brick wall








a dusty-red wren
perches on a pail -
heat shimmer's glare
above the hot-tar roof









that musty smell,
limestone and broken glass -
the stain of fallen walnuts
stuck to our hands

July 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 July, 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.








the heat . . .
a little less moon than
the night before last


Bill Kenney













Ed Baker








clear halo round the moon -
the bison of Kyoto
ought to stampede


Tito

June 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 June, 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.










the moonlight
my shoes crunch
on sea sand



Ilko Chukov









perigee:
how could I ever think
of leaving?


Margaret Dornaus








moonless -
I breathe deeper into
my solar plexus


sprite

A Hundred Gourds 2:3 is now online

John Carley




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

http://www.ahundredgourds.com/



Two Features in this issue


Along with our regular Haiku, Haiga, Haibun, Renku, Tanka and Expositions sections, AHG 2.3 presents two features: ‘Haiku In India’, presented by Kala Ramesh and ‘From There to Here: Conversations with John E. Carley’, by AHG Renku Editor, William Sorlien.



Invitation to Contribute Features


Poets and Readers who would like to contribute a feature article for any of AHG’s 2014 issues are invited to contact Lorin Ford, initially, with a brief outline of the proposed feature. All AHG feature proposals are subsequently presented to the Editorial Team for approval. Our aim is to provide one feature per issue, and the field is open to all haikai-related subjects and topics.



Expositions Section


Mathew Paul is AHG’s new Expositions editor, and welcomes your submissions of essays/articles and commentaries on individual poems.



Submissions Deadline


The deadline for all submissions to AHG 2.4 (the September issue) is June 15th. This means that submissions intended for the September issue must be received by June 15th. We have an open submissions policy. Submissions received after the deadline will be filed for consideration for the December issue. Please check our submissions page for details and editors’ guidelines.


William Sorlien
for the Editorial Team, A Hundred Gourds

May 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 May, 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.










icy night again
such madness,smoking
alone with the moon


Barbara A Taylor










stressful office hours
long rivers of red tail lights
black sky only moon


Matthew Thivierge










full moon
gazing at the last drops
of my coffee


Vessislava Savova

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

Duel II

a veil of late frost
all round the bodger's hovel
misshapen 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

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

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