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Thursday, February 4
Three haiku from Patsy Goodsir
by
Charles Christian
on Thu 04 Feb 2010 04:33 PM GMT
Three new haiku + a photo from regular IS&T contributor Patsy Goodsir who is just back from a holiday on Lanzarote in the Canary Isles...
 MACHER SUNSET Charcoal mountains sleep burnished by a lipstick sky the kiss of angels FAMARA BEACH Blonde streaked surfers glide riding high on rolling waves Famara bronchos THE HOUSE Neglected, brooding battered by a thousand gales her beauty haunts me * Patsy Goodsir is a regular IS&T contributor who warns "Never sleep with an elephant. He might roll over". www.patsygoodsir.com Thursday, January 28
New haiga by Stevie Strang
by
Charles Christian
on Thu 28 Jan 2010 03:42 PM GMT
 * Stevie Strang is a native Californian finally doing something with her photography and the million or so words that she has collected on bits of scrap paper ever since she learned how to write …not including grocery lists. Monday, January 25
A haibun for January
by
Charles Christian
on Mon 25 Jan 2010 04:20 PM GMT
Good Morning,
rain is on its way. A funny weather pattern has taken shape on this last week of January. Temperatures above zero for a few days. Just like November. February will bring something else. The fourteen day outlook calls for temperatures below minus ten during the day. By the way, the sun came out yesterday; even if it was only for one day. scratching my head doesn't provide the answer – four inches of snow * Mike Montreuil lives in Ottawa and is a regular IS&T contributor Friday, January 22
Two tanka for a Friday by Spiros Zafiris
by
Charles Christian
on Fri 22 Jan 2010 06:52 PM GMT
they effervesce
in cosmic cauldrons – to leap with frightful legs, these pangs of lightning already gone ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ it must have been a rose to send the death rattle's zigzag bolt back had it traveled one more instant, through my lips, I was done for * Spiros Zafiris is a Montreal poet...he is 60 years old and single. (What is this, some kind of dating service? ...Ed) Friday, January 15
New haibun: his brain was lollygagging out
by
Charles Christian
on Fri 15 Jan 2010 04:55 PM GMT
Brain Was Lollygagging Out
In her mind, the world exists for one reason: To be saved. “Eternal” is an intellectual concept with substance. She attaches it to two words: salvation or damnation. “Irrigation?” – her grandfather once asked after her attempt to “witness for the Lord.” Supposedly, the old guy’s hearing-aid battery conveniently went kaput. There are bets among those who know grandfather’s wry, socialist humor that his subsequent tirades about Eternal Irrigation for All were him mocking fundamentalists beliefs, not his brain short-circuiting in old age. Even if his brain was lollygagging out of control, the wander is wonderfully consistent with his past brilliance. His granddaughter is too young to know the poetic genius whose trickle of DNA courses through her. She wears her snug candy-apple green V-neck with a delicate necklace’s cross falling just right as she proselytizes to the unwary, unshaven, and unwanted. estate sale box of fuses paired with a solar calculator * Jeffrey Winke is a haiku/haibun/haiga poet and public relations counselor. Recent publications include That Smirking Face, a haiku-art broadside collaboration with Matt Cipov (Milwaukee: Distant Thunder Press, 2008) and PR Idea Book: 50 Proven Tools That Really Work (Denver: Outskirts Press, 2006). www.jeffwinke.com Friday, January 8
Three haiku by Jac Cattaneo
by
Charles Christian
on Fri 08 Jan 2010 06:43 PM GMT
Sea Palling – three haiku
 White tern arrows at waters of the wind-ripped bay – glides before plunging Tall poles stand rusted sentry over strips of green, purple, turquoise sea Swallows weave across cloud-nets of gauze, thread through the insect-heavy skies * Jac Cattaneo is drawn to the shore. Sea Palling is a beach on the edge of Norfolk. Monday, January 4
New haiku + illustration
by
Charles Christian
on Mon 04 Jan 2010 03:09 PM GMT
With the UK having already had its coldest winter for 25 years (and there's plenty more to come say weathermen) here's a seasonal haiku by regular IS&T contributor Patsy Goodsir, along with a photo she took at sunset yesterday (Sunday)...
 A New Year Haiku The pink river sighs shakes off winter's icy breath as molten gold falls. * Patsy Goodsir is a regular IS&T contributor who warns "Never sleep with an elephant. He might roll over". www.patsygoodsir.com Sunday, January 3
Simply Haiku closes - updated (again)
by
Charles Christian
on Sun 03 Jan 2010 12:28 PM GMT
This story has been updated, if you check out the comments you will see a cut & paste of email correspondence between some of the key people involved with Simply Haiku – basically lots of internecine strife. Not for us to comment on this as we are way outside the loop, save to say that the British Haiku Society went through some similar strife (now hopefully resolved) earlier this year. Is this poets generally – falling out over 'artistic differences' – or is it something about the whole haiku/Japanese short-form genre that attracts the fanatics?
This is the original statement... After seven years of publication with the dedicated services of volunteer editors and webmasters and with contributors from all over the world, Simply Haiku is regretfully shutting its electronic doors. However, the archives will remain up. www.simplyhaiku.com And here is our third update (check out comments for interim coverage) – confused? Yes we are too... Dear Friends, We at Simply Haiku wish all of you a great great new year (the year of the TIGER. Simply Haiku has not shut down its doors, we're simply on a hiatus to map out the direction and design of our Journal. We want the new Simply Haiku to be better than before and with a new look. We also want to give it a warmer feeling. Our webmaster, Keith, has a heavy caseload and needs a break. We will miss Keith.We need a webmaster who can take Keith's place. Please get the word out. Johnye,who has been with Simply Haiku from the beginning also needed a break as did Carol. Both have done a lot and will be sorely missed. We are currently in need of haibun editor and a renga editor. We look forward to seeing you all online soon. And yes, we have several hot interviews and academic essays ready for our next issue. Warm wishes, Robert D. Wilson Owner/Editor in Chief Simply Haiku Sasa Vasic Managing Editor Simply Haiku Sunday, December 27
New haiga by Ed Baker
by
Charles Christian
on Sun 27 Dec 2009 12:41 PM GMT
 * Ed Baker's bio reads... born 1941 here 2009 everything in between ...boring! He call's the character 'Mu' Thursday, December 17
Mike Montreuil doesn't want to get out of bed
by
Charles Christian
on Thu 17 Dec 2009 04:45 PM GMT
FIXED
Another slow day has begun. A minus thirty wind chill will do that. All the reasons for getting out of bed have vanished like the summer we once shared. Staring at the ceiling may become today’s pastime. And why should I want to go shave and shower? I’m perfectly fine under my flannel blankets. Maybe you could return… a cat’s cold nose on my cheek brings me back to earth * Mike Montreuil lives in Ottawa and is a regular IS&T contributor |
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