Haiku Windows
Welcome to Haiku Windows – the latest offering for The Haiku Foundation’s Troutswirl Blog community!
In the book Haiku: The Art of the Short Poem, editors Yamaguchi and Brooks quote David Lanoue: “A haiku is a window”…
Starting next week, we will explore a different prompt inspired by this conception – this is your invitation to join in the fun. Please submit a previously unpublished poem by Sunday midnight on the theme of the week, which I am hoping you will write for the occasion. Include your name as you would like it to appear and place of residence. I will select from among your submissions for the column and add my commentary (using Canadian Oxford approved spelling).
I am Katherine Munro and I live in northern Canada – in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. (I publish under the name kjmunro.) I am Membership Secretary for Haiku Canada and an Associate Member of the League of Canadian Poets. I have two leaflets with Leaf Press, and recently co-edited an anthology of crime-themed haiku called Body of Evidence: a collection of killer ’ku. It will be an honour and a pleasure to facilitate this new feature.
I look forward to reading your submissions. I will write again in the New Year – until then, wishing you Happy Holidays from the snowy Yukon!
kj
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Great. Lots of fun in store. Thanks kJ.
I hope so Paul!
Thanks everyone for the kind words & enthusiasm. I am overwhelmed already, & we haven’t started yet!
Check back on Wednesday…
Happy New Year!
kj
seems exciting! looking forward to this new column.
thank you!
Looking forward to this!
marion
thanks so much, Marion!
Glad to see you, KJ!
love the title ‘Haiku windows’. Though, I didn’t get the ‘theme’.
Wishing everyone a very happy new year!
thanks for this – it will become clearer with the next post – on Wednesday…
a book of haiku
in the windowless room
takes him outside
plane’s plastic window
thousands of scratch lines
glow with light
thanks for this, David!
I look forward to seeing out and in through these windows!
thanks Randy – me too!
Wow ! How beautiful Katherine !
thank you!
What fun we are promised, Kathy! I’m so looking forward to 2018 and your weekly Windows! Best wishes, Marietta
thanks so much for this, Marietta – weekly windows – I like it!
Excellent see you next year
Looking forward to the fun
Kanpai
thanks for this!
Wonderful to see you facilitate Haiku Windows Kathy. Look forward to your prompts.
thanks so much, Carole!
How wonderful, Kathy!
thanks Sandi!
I am looking forward to seeing what your first prompt is.
we will begin the first week of January… stay tuned!
This sounds like a great challenge! I look forward to participating and reading contributions from other wonderful poets.
thank you Peggy
what a super announcement, dear Kathy! cheers!
thank you Susan!
How exciting Kathy. I plan to participate.
wonderful, Johnny – I’m so glad – looking forward to reading your work…
Thank you for your invitation, Katherine 🙂
Best wishes for a New Year !
Love
Marta
Marta
Hope you will post a reminder and link back to here the first couple of weeks, on Buds of Haiku.
I’m on the Troutswirl message list but sometimes miss the email
Jan Benson
thank you Marta!
welcome aboard looking
forward to seeing. great
works
Welcome aboard looking forward to seeing great works and even greater minds come together for truly great inspirationI works through haiku windows ladies and gentlemen start your engines
thank you Katherine!
Dear Kathy, Best wishes for Haiku Windows!
thank you!
I look forward to what you and The Haiku Foundation have planned. I think it’s great that THF continues to keep the haiku community invigorated with new and inspirational offerings.
Thank you. –Peter
thanks for this, Peter!
The book, Body of Evidence: a collection of killer ’ku, that Kathy (KJMunro) and Jessica Simon (1964–2017) co-edited is brilliant and original. I hope Kathy has more copies.
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A link about the book, and the sad loss of Jessica to the world:
https://claudiaradmore.com/tag/body-of-evidence-a-collection-of-killer-ku/
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I look forward to what Haiku Windows brings forth, it will be a ride and a half! 🙂
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seasonal greetings and forthcoming new year,
Alan
thanks so much for this, Alan!
Hi Katherine,
Welcome. I am really looking forward to this challenge. I love the concept of Windows, I have used them in creative writing classes I lead, views of/through Windows, looking in, looking out.
I enjoyed participating in many of the challenges set by Jim Kacian and communicating with the community of poets that were involved.
thanks for this Karen!