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We are close to being booked up in this special advanced course. If there's more interest we could start up a second group, no worries!

warm regards,
Alan & Karen

We are now sold out, but are happy to start a second group as people are already interested.

Thank you to everyone who has signed up already!

The Sound of Haiku is a new exciting course exclusive to Call of the Page:
https://www.callofthepage.org/learning/haiku-courses/the-sound-of-haiku/
Karen Hoy will be adding her expertise as a sound recordist for documentary making.

Alan
under the hat of President, United Haiku and Tanka Society:
cattails: http://www.cattailsjournal.com/welcome.html  



This request from Managing Editor Sonam Chhoki:



Dear Poets,


cattails, the UHTS journal is looking to feature Australian water and land birds in its April 2019 issue. Please would you kindly send Mike Montreuil and me some jpg images with the following details:

. Name of the bird

. Location of the bird/where the image was taken


Deadline: 1st February 2019

Our contact details:

Mike Montreuil : mike58montreuil@gmail.com
Sonam Chhoki: allthingshaibun@gmail.com


We look forward to some great images,


Warm regards

Sonam Chhoki
on behalf of the UHTS and cattails team

Dear Bob,

Quote from: bobwhitmire on December 22, 2018, 07:26:32 AM
Hi, all, just wanted to drop by and say I have not ridden off into the great darkness. I'm still around, reading, but some stuff has come up that's kept me away from any serious writing efforts the past month or so. Probably continue for a while. But I'll be by when I can.

~ Bob

There are many silent visitors here, don't worry, enjoy, and sometimes a break can do wonders for our writing.

warmest wishes of the season!

Alan

Alan and Karen at Call of the Page are excited to launch "Introducing... Haiku."

This short course gently encourages the early road into haiku, and our fascination of haiku: https://www.callofthepage.org/learning/haiku-courses/introducing-haiku/

An excellent Christmas gift to anyone you know who might like to dip their toes into haiku, in a safe, friendly, nurturing environment.

warm regards,
Alan

Johnny Baranski Memorial Haiku Contest Winners
http://www.nahaiwrimo.com/home/johnny-baranski-memorial-haiku-contest-winners?fbclid=IwAR2qs1UqKj7fZNIoAHf-vLHLvDHIgJL6g0kunXb1RcMfOSi9lh22Hmj5gAU

Why haiku is different and Basho never wrote them in English
https://area17.blogspot.com/2018/11/why-haiku-is-different-and-basho-never.html

Yūgen (幽玄): where "nothing" is...
https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2018/10/31/a-sense-of-place-hiking-trail-hearing/#comment-87575

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I would love more commentaries over on the "other side" of THF for the re:Virals feature.
Next week we have this powerful monoku:

it's not me he punches the window in anger

          — Robin Anna Smith


The poem is taken from the Haiku Foundation feature Haiku Windows: Broken Window, ed. KJ Munro (February 2018)

You can comment if you do like it, or don't like it,  find it challenging, or encouraging that haiku can be a voice for current issues such as abuse. It can be tough comments, light comments, comic, funny, sad, or otherwise.

"Anyone can participate. A new poem will appear each Friday morning. Simply put your commentary in the Contact box by the following Tuesday midnight (Eastern US Time Zone). Please use the subject header "re:Virals" so we know what we're looking at. We look forward to seeing some of your favorite poems — and finding out why!"
http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/contact/

The current haiku is featured here:
https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2018/10/26/revirals-162-2/



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Bridge of Nuance - re:Virals commentary on Christopher Herold's 'somewhere the river bends' haiku:
https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2018/10/26/revirals-162-2/

cattails – October 2018 is now out!
Journal of the United Haiku and Tanka Society with fascinating work, and how haiku is helping get youngsters into education: http://www.cattailsjournal.com/issues/cattailsOct2018.pdf

Thanks!

Yes, a strong group of people, including two poets-in-residence, one of whom is a co-editor of a strong poetry publishing house.

Thankfully Swindon is a good national major train station link, and barely twenty minutes by train for us.

Sorry to hear that the border police made you pay to go back to your own country!

Calligraphy is definitely worth pursuing. It was wonderful meeting you in person, and let's hope it's not too long before we do again!

Alan (& Karen)

Quote from: flowerfox on October 13, 2018, 03:50:59 AM
A lovely crowd of people, it was lovely to hear their notes and how they put them together, and then your input and arrangement, you have such a calm voice.
The museum was a fabulous venue for the workshop, I think I'll be popping down there again, so easy to get there.
I've signed up for the news letter a while back, and look forward to receiving it.
You and Karen, busy bees, as always, I don't know how you keep up with it all. It was great to meet you both. Karen gave me a smashing idea -  when we went to have a nosy about in the attic, we saw some dip pens on the old writing slope, and went onto the subject of calligraphy -  hand writing our verses with dip pen in various fonts, so, I've dusted down my old calligraphy books.

I must say I was a bit miffed to have to hand over money to get back into my own country...but worth it for such an inspirational day  :-*

Many thanks.

WINNERS http://haikuhut.com/ThirdAnnualJaneReichholdHaigaCompetition.pdf


The ​​Third Jane Reichhold Memorial Haiga Competition
http://www.haikuhut.com/TheThirdAnnualJaneReichholdMemorialHaigaCompetition.pdf



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It was really great to see you!

The booking website only suggested four people so I was stunned how many people actually turned up, and made a large room feel small, but in an intimate way.

We'll start running ginko from our house next year, as we have a meadow two minutes stroll away with fantastic river walks too, and all within a few minutes of walking.

It'll eventually find its way onto the Call of the Page website, and anyone who has signed up to the  newsletter will be informed.

Today we have a lot of tidying up to do, being away all day Sunday, and have our very first one-to-one haibun workshop at the house. It's the first time for our visitor, although she has had one-to-one haiku classes in the past. All very exciting!

It really did feel like a privilege meeting you in person, and you have a wonderful Welsh accent that made me feel homesick for my times with my Aunt who lives near Bridgend.

Thank you so much, it's great when someone attends a workshop of our's, from a different country!  8)

warmest regards,
Alan

Quote from: flowerfox on October 07, 2018, 12:52:36 PM
Was this a brilliant day? Awesome.
Thanks for a wonderful day away from it all.

The festival is very friendly and there's often things like marshmallows at midnight, although I'm not often a night owl anymore. :-)

We're planning a few more special ginko, and having one from our home area shortly. As part of a day workshop, on haibun this time, our first one-to-one person gets a ginko from the station, through the park, to the meadow, behind our house. As the walk from/to the train station is only 15 minutes stroll, it's a great way to start and end the workshop sessions. :-)

Quote from: Seaview on September 26, 2018, 04:57:57 AM
Sounds like this will be a wonderful event, Alan - best of luck!

marion

The Swindon ginko will be wonderful, and the vibe during the festival is always great! :-)

warm regards,
Alan