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Dear Snow Leopard,

Quote from: Snow Leopard on October 16, 2014, 12:38:13 PM
Hello,

Does anyone have any news about Jane? How is she? Is LYNX to continue?

Would be grateful for some information.


Snow Leopard

Jane is fine!  :)

Lynx had its final issue.  Jane and Werner are involved in new writing adventures, and of course the Aha! Forum is alive and kicking.

I'm still plotting how to meet Jane one day as she lives right in the middle of nowhere, and I live in England. ;)

warm regards,

Alan

Sergio,

Today I'm updating my students' list of resources for publications accepting tanka and I've got your magazine included.  :)

warmest regards,

Alan

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Just a reminder that there is still time to enter the competition.  You have up until mid February 2015.

Midnight all time zones: February 15th 2015

You also do not need a paypal account in order to use paypal if you wish to use a credit card or a bank card, and it can be in your own currency if that makes it easier.

Don't forget:

All the various details you need are over various posts, this includes the unique FREE TO ENTER author commentaries that can win an extra prize and appear in The With Words Haiku Book of Summer are also on the Area 17 blog: http://area17.blogspot.com


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The Sound of Shadows

The Sound of Shadows is Chase Gagnon's first poetry chapbook. It contains 37 haiku.

Julie Warther says,
"The Sound of Shadows embodies a flowing interplay of light and dark. The author, fully aware that one does not exist without the other, interacts seamlessly with both."

Alan Summers, Founder of With Words, says
"Chase Gagnon is a writer who edges his work with atmosphere: Even haiku, in its incredible briefness, can be a poem made larger by the storyteller's gift. As haiku is such a brief approach to writing poetry it could be said, paraphrasing Chase's words, to be firefly ghosts in a frosted mason jar in moonlight. He is very much an up and coming writer creating excitement amongst writers and readers. His work is a breeze of shadows; a gypsy's finger-cymbals pinching the stars; but oh how slowly the fireflies disappear while he slides his lips across the harmonica."


Mijikai Press
Publication Date: Sep 24 2014
ISBN/EAN13: 1501072978 / 9781501072970

webpage: https://www.createspace.com/4984975




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Thanks Nicole and Marion,

Quote from: Seaview on September 25, 2014, 05:38:15 AM
I'm only just seeing this now, Alan - congratulations!

Quote from: Nicole Andrews on September 03, 2014, 09:08:27 AM
Hi Alan,
Fantastic news, congratulations!
Regards
Nicole

An amazing competition that was just a few hours long on one single day on Twitter.  :)

Many thanks for your congratulations!

warm regards,

Alan

Our pleasure Sandra!  :)

Quote from: sandra on September 16, 2014, 10:34:28 PM
Wow, thank you so much Alan (and Karen) for the wonderful praise. It truly has been a labour of love so I'm glad that shines through.

We will also use it as a teaching guide, as we always include fine haiku that feature seasonal references as well.   With Words (Karen and myself) are keen to really showcase how seasonal references around the globe are worth catching, and how they can be used as an alternative to kigo, and possibly share close working relations.

warmest regards,
Alan

Alas the competition for 2014 has been cancelled.  I sincerely hope it is with us next year.

kind regards,

Alan

EDIT REASON:  Amended for 2014 competition

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We will be announcing a special feature with our haiku competition.

For those who have already entered, the extra feature will automatically include you, however many haiku you have entered.

Plans are afoot to create an amazing book cover, and designs for the extra feature too.

Full details will be announced, and when the new With Words website goes up, there will be announcements of other exciting projects to benefit our wonderful With Words participants as well!

warmest regards,

Alan

Yay!   This haiku has been accepted by a highly respected online magazine so it'll be seen again, as it was mostly seen across twitter for a few hours.  Yes, a short haiku contest, but then haiku is short, right? ;)

warm regards,

Alan

Wow, three haiku publications arrived today!

One was from Sandra, with her haiku calendar.  It blew me away and mightily impressed my wife, a poet, and haiku writer, and writer for television, so she doesn't impress easily.

Very impressive, which I knew already, but still delightfully even more impressed.  High production values, incredible photographs, and fine haiku.

Honestly, don't delay, as I don't know how many copies Sandra has left.  I love mine!   It's going on the wall as soon as it's 2015, but will be read many times through the rest of 2014 for pleasure alone.

Alan

Wow, Sandra, that was quick.  Can't wait to see it!

Quote from: sandra on August 28, 2014, 09:02:56 PM
Thanks so much for your support Alan - your calendar has been sent today.

warmest regards,
Alan

Welcome to THF, Frederick :)

Quote from: GendaiBible on August 29, 2014, 12:42:49 AM
Fair enough. I just wasn't sure if posting links was allowed. Here is the link:  http://www.gendaibible.net

Links are certainly allowed. Do you follow the other gendai haiku sites?

The most famous and authoritative in the English language but also bilingual, certainly in the videos:
http://gendaihaiku.com
http://research.gendaihaiku.com

http://rosenberrybooks.com/what-is-gendai-haiku/

My own collection of gendai haiku, short verse and other haiku:
http://area17.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/does-fish-god-know-haiku-collection-by.html

The G-force of Blue | Touching Base with Gendai haiku by Alan Summers
http://area17.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/the-g-force-of-blue-touching-base-with.html

Translating any religious bible is certainly a challenge.  Do you paraphrase, or create new work and wording as for example the original collection that became known as the Christian Bible New Testament from Aramaic to Greek, and then Latin, to English (King James) to New English.

As a translation of a Japanese-language haiku into English isn't fully possible, and all we can do is create an English-language haiku which is a kind of parallel poem, a version, an alternative perhaps, what did you do, how did you approach such a huge undertaking, what changes etc... did you make, and why gendai?

What you mean by gendai haiku for instance, as its history came from certain needs, and from Japanese haiku poets being tortured to death because they stood up against Japan entering the Second World War?

I applaud you for such a huge project!

warm regards,

Alan

Dear Sandra,

Congratulations!

I've just emailed you to ask if there is any chance I may purchase a copy myself.

warm regards,

Alan

Quote from: sandra on August 27, 2014, 08:42:43 PM
Hello all,

I have produced my first calendar - haiku and images - so thought I would let you know that I have some copies available for sale. It is an A4 size (when closed) and designed to be hung on the wall. The images are all colour.

If you duck over to my blog, you'll be able to see a couple of the images, plus information about cost and ordering. http://breathhaiku.wordpress.com/2014/08/22/haiku-calendar-2015/

Thanks for your interest,
Sandra Simpson

Well done on the huge success of your latest book, and of the others!  :)

warm regards,

Alan

Quote from: Don Baird on August 27, 2014, 03:22:28 PM
A few of my latest books on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Don-Baird/e/B00LQSKG5O/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0

An 80's book Transcending the Void is republished and amongst them! Let me know how you like it.

Haiku Wisdom (not on this page but found through Amazon search, for some reason) is a mix of "easy access haiku," stories, and kung fu philosophy. Light and hopefully thought provoking. As the Crow Flies is a book of more challenging haiku combined with advanced kung fu thoughts and perceptions. Haiku - the Interior and Exterior of Being, is a haiku book that reaches deep into the reader's experience of life. Hopefully, each haiku triggers a great deal of feeling and thought -- and adds to the reader's awareness of the activities (comings and goings) of the Tao and all her ways. This book is my most recent haiku endeavor. It was read at Vroman's bookstore (last month). A packed audience ... haiku ... and good times filled the air! I'm still on a high from that adventure!

pipe puffs . . .
an old man adds
to the storm


—fanning spring . . .
the last seagulls
become a cloud—


over his shoulder;
soldiers come home
one by one


returning
the sound of gunfire
returning


woodpecker —
the unusual tempo
of this morning


AK-47;
the suddenness
of it all


her curves in the hands of the moon


in the space between words     worlds


the distance
between grass blades —
this one ant


powder across the pines across


longing for home I become a memory


daydreaming how quickly my mind


each rose the wind leaves behind


tsunami shore;
the child's hands washed
in blood

the rock—
thinking about rolling,
rolling



Drop by, browse, and enjoy!

Thank you.

Thanks Billie, for both the updates in general, and for including the With Words Summer competition.

warm regards,

Alan

Quote from: Billie Wilson on August 12, 2014, 05:40:47 PM
Hi folks - just a quick note to let you know I've updated the event calendars (under Features on the Foundation's home page) - http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/event_calendars/

I always appreciate receiving updates, additions, corrections.  akwilsons [at] gci [dot] net.

Billie