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when is the drifting sands haibun journal for october 2023 going to be published

lorraine

the reason i ask this is because of the trailblazer contest submission guidelines.

it says no sequences but multi-ku are fine. i googled. can't find any discussion or explanation/ definition of multi-ku.

so. . .what is the difference?

lorraine

several weeks ago, alan gave a link to the virtual meetings of the haiku society of north america (probably got that name wrong) who videoed their annual meeting that was held back in june, 2021. the question i have involves repetition in haiku.

specifically, where the first word of the haiku is also the last. now. . .some of you know me by now, well enough to know that i didn't use the formula exactly

the monostich that i wrote was:::

lingering lavender scent silk lingerie

does the similarity of lingering / lingerie come across as i intended as a use of repetition? to me, this is kin to near rhyme / off rhyme in longer poetry forms.

i presented it as a haiga for submission, complete with calligraphically spaced text on my photo. although my other two were liked, this one was passed on.

so. . .all that aside, does this monostich work or not the way i originally thought of it?

lorraine

okay.

the "beyond the environment" essay writing class i'm taking through emergence magazine is going to feature poetry this coming week.

in preparation for the class, materials that center around organic form poetry have been read.

it strikes me that the essence of the process of writing organic form poetry is very similar to zuihitsu and the outcome is similar.

then there's open form poetry, that seems to result in similarities.

are my observations valid?

and. . .just as free verse can be incorporated into zuihitsu, am i correct in assuming that deliberately incorporating organic form elements would significantly enhance the fragmentary style of zuihitsu?

conversation please

lorraine

currently i have on kindle ::::

the pillow book translated by arthur waley

the tale of genji  translated by Suematsu

both are only partial translations. i should like the full translations.


i will have the buy paperback.
according to what i've read, the ivan morris translation is superior to that of meredith mckinney

what do you say?

lorraine

does the prose in a nuihitsu have to be in regular prose form, or can it be a prose poem interspersed with japanese forms?

lorraine

I have looked extensively for a way to tell these three forms apart. I located Area 17's brief showing of Alan's newest books that have these in them. But I'm unable to find any kind of discussion article.

Link(s) or a conversation about it please?

Thank you.

Lorraine

I was first introduced to one line poetry about eight years ago. They were said to be patterned after Allen Ginsberg's Howl. They had seventeen syllables, the two parts of phrase and _____, and a jux. Is this still acceptable or old-fashioned?