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Haiku Society of America News
Volume 31, Issue 9 - September 05, 2016
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Dear Members,
In August, I attended HSA's secondnational meeting, held in Portland,Oregon. It was one of the best HSAmeetings I've attended, and I scribbledmany haiku during presentations andreadings. After a kickoff dinner on Friday, August 12at a local brew pub, Johnny Baranski read a haibunabout Portland. I learned a new word and tried touse it in my haiku to share. liquid sunshine...the grave she builtfor a goldfish Many of Basho's haiku ('hokku' in renga), were'greetings' to the places he visited or 'appreciations'of his host. Mine may not be cheerful enough to be ��� (aisatsu-ku - 'greeting haiku'), but this was thebest I could do on the spot. On Saturday, August 13, Michael Dylan Welch made apresentation on 'Forest Bathing.' This idea ofrelaxing and reducing stress by spending time in theforest started in Japan in the 1980s. It is believedthat breathing in phytoncides in a wood will helpboost health. When Michael started reading apassage from Snow Falling On Cedars, a novel byDavid Guterson, my mind traveled to Yaku Island, insouthern Japan. It is famous for cedars and has beenplaced on the World Heritage List. Ancient Japanesebelieved that cedars older than 1,000 years hadmagical spiritual power. gods' birth placeI share the airwith ancient cedars Then I wandered in my mind to the land of myth - inthe era of Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters). Onceupon a time, there was a prince named Susanoo. Hewas expelled from the land of the gods and sentdown to a village on Earth. The village chief hadeight daughters, but a monster with eight headscame to his village and began to eat his daughters,one by one. The chief asked Prince Susanoo to savehis youngest. The prince ordered eight jugs of sakeand placed them close to each of the monster'sheads. After finishing all of the jugs, the monsterfell asleep and the prince managed to kill it.
forest bathinga snake becomesa nine-headed dragon The above haiku does not quite fit with the 'forestbathing' theme. But 'snake' is a summer kigo and, itwas a hot summer day. Also, your president prefersalcohol to breathing fresh air in the forest. Shemight have been dreaming of the cold local beer sheconsumed at the pub the day before. In any case,she enjoyed the readings, presentations, workshops,and performances coordinated by Shelley Baker-Gard and other organizers. She had a great timewith participants from Georgia, California,Vancouver, British Columbia, Seattle, and localOregon haiku poets. Let me share the photo takenoutside the Japanese restaurant.
Fay AoyagiHSA [email protected]
Members' Anthology 2016
David Grayson (editor) has sent acceptances toall members who submitted. Anyone who has notreceived an acceptance should contact Daviddirectly at: [email protected].
He expects to receive the 2016 HSA Members'Anthology from the printer at the end of October(based on the editing and design schedule). Mail-outs to members should be begin in earlyNovember.
Write Like Issa
David Lanoue is soliciting haiku for a new book thatbook will be based on a workshop given eight timesover the past few years. If you attended any ofthese workshops, he would be especially interestedin your Issa-inspired submissions. If, however, youdidn't attend a workshop, but have haiku writtenunder Issa's creative influence, please do submitthem.
Deadline: December 31, 2016Submit 1-10 haiku by email to: David G. [email protected]
Payment (if your haiku is chosen): a copy of thebook
Previously published are acceptable; please providethe publication history.
Write Like Issa workshop history:
1. Chapel Hill NC. May 2014. North Carolina HaikuSociety. 2. New York NY. September 2014. HSA.3. Hot Springs AK. November 2014. HSA-SouthRegion.4. Reno NV. November 2014. Reno Buddhist Church. 5. Washington DC. December 2014. HSA.6. Santa Rosa CA. July 2015. HSA. 7. Asilomar CA. November 2015. Yuki Teikei HaikuSociety. 8. Pasadena CA. August 2016. Southern CaliforniaHaiku Study Group.
submitted by David Lanoue
The Living SenryuAnthology Project
The Living Senryu Anthology project launches today! It isthe close cousin of The Living Haiku Anthology, started andrun by Don Baird andHansha Teki. They have elected to put senryu at the samelevel and catalog and promote some of the finest poets of
the form, so this project sets out to attract the bestsenryu poets writing in English to this new site.
A team of editors have been assembled, and theprocesses set in place to handle your submissions forinclusion into the site. Take a look at thesubmissions guidelines, and meet the editors who will bereviewing submissions.
Why should you submit? Your work will remain on theInternet in perpetuity. It will get picked up by SearchEngines, and the audience foryour work will increase many fold. You also will helpfamiliarize others with the power and range of the senryuform! You win as a poet, and the senryu form will bebetter understood in the bargain.
WE ARE READY TO ACCEPTYOUR SUBMISSIONS TODAY!
submitted by Julie WartherMid-West Region
CaliforniaDeborah Kolodji
Haiku Poetsof Northern California
HPNC held its third quarterly meeting of the year onJuly 17, 2016 at Fort Mason in San Francisco. Thefollowing people were present: Susan Antolin, BettyArnold, Richard Bruns, Eleanor Carolan, CherieHunter Day, Bruce Feingold, Carolyn Fitz, Gary Gach,Garry Gay, Carolyn Hall, Patricia Machmiller, BeverlyAcuff Momoi, Renée Owen, Cheryl Pfeil von derHeyde, Sharon Pretti, Joseph Robello, JudithSchallberger, Michael Sheffield, Michèle Turchi andAlison Woolpert.
HPNC president Garry Gay began the meeting with around of introductions and poems. He then notedthat our scheduled featured reader, Fay Aoyagi,would not be able to attend due to a plumbingemergency at home. He also shared several otherannouncements and invited others to share haikunews. Garry reminded everyone of the upcoming
Two Autumns reading (see details below) as well asof the fall meeting on October 16 that will feature areading by southern California haiku poet Deborah PKolodji and a presentation by Beverly Acuff Momoion the Vertical Axis in Haibun.
Cherie Hunter Day announced that there is a newemail and mailing address for Mariposa submissions(see details on the back of this newsletter). CarolynHall mentioned that Sandra Simpson, a well-knownhaiku poet from New Zealand, visited the weekbefore the summer meeting and that a group ofHPNC members had gathered at Carolyn's home inSanta Rosa on Sunday and at Carolyn's San Franciscohome and then a nearby restaurant on Monday.Everyone had a great time getting to know Sandraand socializing with each other as well. RichardBruns took photographs and wrote up his impressionsof the gatherings and shared them by email withthose who attended.
In other news, Sharon Pretti received an honorablemention in the Robert Speiss Memorial 2016 HaikuAwards for her haiku
news of refugeesthe pieces of sea glassI decide to keep
For the afternoon program, Susan Antolin began bypresenting a talk entitled Haiku Aesthetics: A Lookat Understatement, that she presented at the HaikuNorth America conference in October 2015. In hertalk she explored the value of discussing haiku interms of aesthetic principles and argued in favor ofplacing importance on understatement in evaluatingboth traditional and experimental haiku. Her paperwill appear in a future issue of Modern Haiku. Theremainder of the afternoonwas spent writing "found haiku" using materials Susanhanded out, including poems by Mary Oliver, JohnAshbery, and Tracy K. Smith, and a portion of a NYTimes article on the political turmoil in Turkey. Thiswriting exercise was meant to stimulate unexpectedword associations and the use of differentvocabulary than we would usually use in haiku.Everyone present wrote many new haiku and sharedseveral, some of which were stunning!
The 27th annual Two Autumns ReadingThe Two Autumns reading, now in its 27th year, washeld on August 28 at Fort Mason in San Francisco.This year's readers were Michele Root-Bernstein(Michigan), Robert Gilliland (Texas), June HopperHymas (San Jose), and Michael Sheffield (Kenwood).A commemorative chapbook Scent of the Past . . .Imperfect, edited by Renée Owen and with cover art
by Ron Moss, was sold at the event and can still bepurchased by contacting our bookseller, JosephRobello at [email protected]. The Two Autumnsreading is HPNC's biggest event of the year, and thisone was no exception to the tradition ofoutstanding readings, with a beautifully producedand edited chapbook, and an all-around celebratoryatmosphere-made all the more so with Brian Fosterplaying music on the shakuhachi and a table ofdelicious food provided by Cheryl Pfeil von derHeyde. A memorable day!
Submitted by Susan Antolin
Southern California Haiku Study Group
August was a busy month for the Southern CaliforniaHaiku Study Group. We had two out-of-town visitinghaiku poets, Richard Gilbert and David Lanoue.
Richard Gilbert On August 10th, Richard Gilbert presented a lectureand PowerPoint presentation based upon hisupcoming book, Investigations into the Space ofMind, of Poetry of Sanctuary: Haiku, an Ethics ofFreedom (An Approach to Haiku & Poetry Analysis) atthe Pasadena Central Library. After a discussion ofthe concepts of sanctuary and the landscape ofthought, he discussed seven properties ofthoughtspace, breaking them down further into 35'qualities.' His upcoming book will illustrate each ofthe 35 qualities with 6 represented haiku.Unfortunately, we only had the auditorium reservedfor a 90-minute presentation, so Richard was onlyable to show haiku for some of the various qualitiesin each property, but ran out of time before hecould show all of them.
Pasadena Central Library The presentation was well received, with 19 peoplein attendance besides Richard, including DebbieKolodji, Greg Longenecker, Victor Ortiz, SusanRogers, Maja Trochimczyk, Mary Torregrossa, ElsaFrausto, Ambika Talwar, James Won, Don Baird, MariaBaird, Eve Luckring, Patricia Wakimoto, and YvetteKolodji. A group of attendees had dinner at the YardHouse with Richard before the presentation, andanother group went out for coffee at Urth Caféafterwards. For those who could not attend thispresentation, Kathabela and Rick Wilson hosted arepeat at a private poetry salon in their home onAugust 17th.
On August 17th, Deborah P Kolodji was a featuredpoet at the Upstart Crow Reading in San Diego,reading haiku and senryu from her new book highwayof sleeping towns. Although some members of HaikuSan Diego were in attendance, the bulk of theaudience was comprised of mainstream poets. Thereading was well received, with some audiencemembers expressing interest in learning more abouthaiku. We hope that this may encourage other haikupoets to read haiku at mainstream poetry readingsand open mics.
On August 20th, at the SCHSG regularly scheduledmeeting at the Lamanda Park Library, 140 S AltadenaDrive in Pasadena, David Lanoue was the featuredworkshop leader, where he presented his "How toWrite Like Issa" workshop, which has been presentedin other geographical locations across the US. Davidhad brought copies of his book, Issa's Best: atranslator's selection of master haiku by KobayashiIssa, which were placed in the center of the tableso that participants could pick a haiku at random todiscuss.
A sampling of Issa haiku discussed:
into the big river tossing her lice...
pretty woman (page 129)
one man, one fly one large
sitting room (page 125)
do you also miss your mother?
cicada (page 129)
cherry blossom shade- no one an utter
stranger (page 79)
After a lively discussion of the attributes of thesehaiku and others picked by participants, each poetwas asked to write haiku based upon theseattributes. The workshop was concluded aftersharing the haiku we had written.
In addition to David, the workshop was attended byDebbie Kolodji, Genie Nakano, Wakako Rollinger,Greg Longenecker, Marcia Behar, Bill Hart, VictorOrtiz, Scott Galasso, Kathabela Wilson, PatriciaWakimoto, Kim Esser, Jon Yungkans, Peggy Castro,Eve Luckring, James Won, Lynn Allgood, Don Bairdand Beki Reese. A few poets took David to theHuntington before the meeting, and a group ofworkshop attendees went out to dinner with Davidafterwards at Maria's Kitchen.
Group dinner with David Lanoue (l. to r.around the table) Patricia Wakimoto,Genie Nakano, David Lanoue, KimberlyEsser, Greg Longenecker, Debbie KolodjiPeggy Castro, Kathabela Wilson, RickWilson The next SCHSG workshop will be held on Saturday,September 17th at 2:00 pm at the Lamanda ParkLibrary.
submitted by Deborah P Kolodji
Mid-WestJulie Warther
Evergreen Haiku Study Group
The Evergreen Haiku Study Group at the Center forPoetry, Michigan State University, will resumemonthly Saturday meetings this September 10th,2016 from 1 to 3pm, Room 301, Snyder Hall at 3652Bogue Street in East Lansing.
Study group activities include read-arounds,aesthetic explorations, craft exercises, writing time,anonymous kukai, collaborative play and other formsof shared appreciation for the form. Over the courseof the year, we plan to bring in a haiku poet or twofor readings and workshops, and explore relatedhaiku arts, such as haibun (prose/poem), haiga(picture/poem) and book-making.
Haiku poets of all persuasions are welcome, noviceor seasoned, student or community member. Cometo one meeting or come to all, but come--wheneveryou can!
For more information, contact Michele Root-
Bernstein, [email protected].
submitted by Michele Root-Bernstein
Ohaio-ku Study Group
The next meeting of the Ohaio-ku Study Group willbe held Saturday, September 10 from 10am - noonat the Cuyahoga Falls Public Library in CuyahogaFalls, Ohio. http://cuyahogafallslibrary.org
The kukai theme this month is 'Harvest.' Please bringhaiku to workshop and read. For more information,contact Julie Warther at [email protected].
Northeast MetroRita Gray
Northeast Metro Autumn Meeting
Saturday, September 17, 2016, 2:30-5:30 p.m.Westbeth Center for the Arts, Community Room, 155 BankStreet
The Community Room is directly to the left when youenter at 155 Bank Street.
ProgramHaiku Poet Called a Hookerled by Hiro Sato Hiro will discuss the fascinating life of Suzuki Shizuko, aprolific haiku poet who apparently became a hookerduring the Occupation (1945-1952).
Intermission
ProgramLight and Shadow-Film Noir Nowled by Miriam Borne
Film noir is a mood, which appears to not have ceased inthe early '60s but is alive in 2016. Using film noir as hertheme, Miriam will interweave a reading of her haiku withdancing, followed by a Q&A and a writing contest withprizes.
MusicPatsy Cline: "I Fall to Pieces"
Bernard Hermann: "The Madhouse" and "The Murder"Gabriel Fauré (sung by Damian Pass): "En Sourdine" (apoem by Verlaine)
Sound and lighting technical support by Amanda La Salle
For those interested, after the meeting we will go todinner at 6:00 p.m. at The Hudson Hound, an Irishbar/restaurant located at 575 Hudson Street betweenWest 11th Street & Bank Street.
Try to RSVP to Rita for dinner NO LATER THANFRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9.
submitted by Rita [email protected]
WashingtonAngela Terry
The 2016Francine PoradAward for Haiku
Haiku Northwest is pleased to announce thethirteenth annual Porad Haiku Award. The contest isnamed for Francine Porad, founder (in 1988) of HaikuNorthwest, former president of the Haiku Society ofAmerica, and editor for eight years of BrusselsSprout, an international journal of haiku and art. Wewelcome your haiku submissions!
Deadline: Postmarked by September 15, 2016 (lateentries may be accepted, but only at the discretionof the con test organizers).
Prizes: $100 for first prize, $50 for second prize,and $25 for third prize. Poems will also be publishedon the Haiku Northwest website. Winners will beannounced at Haiku Northwest's annual SeabeckHaiku Getaway, to be held October 27-30, 2016 (forinformation please visit www.haikunorthwest.org).
Adjudication: Our 2016 judge is Charles Trumbull,former president of the Haiku Society of Americaand editor emeritus of Modern Haiku magazine.
Fees: $1 per poem (unlimited entries), payable incash or by check or money order in U.S. funds to"Haiku Northwest" or by PayPal (seehttps://sites.google.com/site/haikunorthwest/2016-events/2016-porad-award).
Email Submissions (and PayPal payments): Pleasesee online submission and payment instructions athttps://sites.google.com/site/haikunorthwest/2016-events/2016-porad-award.
Postal Submissions: Please submit your previouslyunpublished poems on 8.5x11-inch or A4 paper(multiple poems on one sheet is preferred, morethan one sheet is acceptable; do not use other sizesof paper or index cards). Please submit one copy ofeach sheet with your name, address, and emailaddress. There is no need to send another copywithout author identification for anonymous judgingbecause all poems submitted by postal mail will beincorporated into an electronic file and then"shuffled" for anonymous judging.
Submit your entries with payment to "HaikuNorthwest," postmarked by September 15, 2016, to:Porad Haiku Awardc/o Richard and Kathleen Tice27049 118th Place SEKent, WA 98030 USA
Additional Information: For more information aboutHaiku Northwest, or to see past Porad contestresults, please visit www.haikunorthwest.org.
Questions? Email [email protected].
Seabeck Haiku Getaway2016 Haiku Northwest Retreat
Haiku, haiku, and more haiku...and maybe a wee bitof socializing! Join the Haiku Northwest group on theweekend of October 27-30, 2016 (Thursday throughSunday), at the Seabeck Conference Center by thewater on Washington State's Kitsap Peninsula. Ourfeatured speaker will be Sonja Arntzen, formerprofessor of Japanese literature at the University ofToronto and acclaimed translator of Japanesediaries and poetry. We also look forward towelcoming many other presenters. Only $225 (noincrease from the previous year) for a long weekendof meals, accommodations and all the haiku you cancarry!
Sunset view of the lagoonfrom our accommodations
Enjoy the lagoon, waterfront, woods, mountainviews, stimulating presentations and workshops, andfine haiku camaraderie.
Early registration deadline: Must be postmarked bySeptember 23, 2016 (rate increases after this date;please also email to say you're registering, if youregister after September 23).
Recent Seabeck Haiku Getaway group
Registration Form Go to www.haikunorthwest.org for the 2016 retreatregistration form. Numerous options are available,including day rates with no accommodations.
Conference center dining hall
Registration opened August 1, 2016 and closesOctober 21, 2016, with the discounted earlyregistration deadline postmarked by September 23,2016. Please note that these are postmark dates. Do
not register before August 1. Registration may bepossible after October 21, especially for dayvisitors, but please inquire first.
See you at Seabeck!
submitted by Angela Terry
Turkey Heaven:Animal Rights Haiku
by Robert Epstein (Author, Editor),Ed Markowski (Artwork)
Product Details2016Paperback:137 pagesProduct Dimensions: 5 x 0.3 x 8 inchesPrice: $15.00 at Amazon.com, or$12.00 including shipping directly from the author [email protected] About the AuthorRobert Epstein, a licensed psychologist and haikupoet, lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area.In addition to editing six haiku anthologies, he is theauthor of four books of haiku:Checkout Time is Noon: Death Awareness Haiku; A
Walk Around Spring Lake; Haiku Forest Afterlife; andHaiku Edge: New & Selected Poems with Artwork byEd Markowski.
Digregorio Reading at Ukrainian Institute
of Modern Art
Charlotte Digregorio will do a reading with otherjuried poets at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Arton Saturday, September 17, at 4 p.m., 2320 W.Chicago Ave. in Chicago. She will be signing herbook, Haiku and Senryu: A Simple Guide for All.
Charlotte will be given a reception for her soloexhibit of haiku at the Rolling Meadows (IL) Libraryon Sunday, Oct. 9, at 2 p.m., 3110 Martin Lane,Rolling Meadows. She will sign her book. Her exhibitwill run from Oct. 1 through Jan. 7, 2017.
Of Interest
Need haiku in Hebrew?A while back Dror Burstein, a literature professor,novelist and poet in Tel Aviv, asked if he couldtranslate some of my haiku into Hebrew. I said yesand eventually he put together a collection inHebrew that was recently published.
More Windows Than Home: Selected Haiku 1976-2016is the title in English, but most everything else is inHebrew.
I will be interested to see how well the book doesin Israel. If you would prefer my haiku in English,Stone's Throw: Promises of Mere Words was recentlypublished by Pinyon.
Gary Hotham
Ignatius Fay HSA NEWS Editor Haiku Society of America [email protected]
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