Two Area Poets Pair up in New Book of Tanka and Haiku Poetry

 

two area poets pair up in new book 
of tanka and haiku poetry

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Morning Dew: Tanka by Larry Smith
and
core & all: haiku by Barbara Sabol

Order online from Bottom Dog Press 

Haiku Hikes and Ekphrastacy Events in Cleveland Heights

 From our friends at Heights Arts. The first Haiku Hike is this Saturday, August 28th, at Cain Park.

HAIKU HIKES This Saturday, join Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate Ray McNiece on a seasonal morning ginkgo (haiku walk), through Cain Park learning and creating poetry according to centuries-old traditions. These customs cultivate a seasonal awareness that improves one’s powers of poetic and natural observation.  Hikes will begin with a formal introduction to haiku, continue with 4 stops along the way, then conclude with a final sharing. Sign up for one session or all four seasons in a series we're offering in celebration of Cleveland Heights' centennial anniversary. Find out more about how to register for a single hike or the full series, HERE   EKPHRASTACY EVENTS Each exhibition at Heights arts showcases outstanding visual art which we then celebrate through poetry during the run of that show. Perhaps you've attended one of these readings and wondered how the poets all train to be such impressive performers. With Ray's guidance, selected applicants are provided a structured approach to choosing visual art that speaks to them, developing their poetic response, and then presenting their interpretations at one of our most beloved programs. If you're a literary enthusiast, we encourage you to check out our open call for poets, HERE

Good Riddance, 2020!

Submit to ideastream®'s WCLV Good Riddance 2020 Haiku Hoopla and you might hear your work read on the air on December 31st!

Read all the details here: https://wclv.ideastream.org/wclv/good-riddance-to-a-bad-year-in-haiku-form.

Ohio Haiku Anthology Call for Submissions

Ohio Haiku Anthology Call for Submissions

The Ohio Haiku Anthology is an anthology celebrating contemporary English Language Haiku haiku written by Ohio poets, past and present.

The closing date for entries is March 31, 2019. Poets selected will be announced by June 30, 2019.

Poets selected for the anthology will be paid one copy of the anthology.

Your work

Your submission should comprise of 5-10 haiku and senryu. We are specifically looking for poems that follow the contemporary English Language Haiku format as described by The Haiku Society of America.  (http://www.hsa-haiku.org/archives/HSA_Definitions_2004.html)  While we will not reject poems that are 5-7-5 outright, they must follow the other HSA guidelines for haiku.

We are primarily looking for poems that have been previously published by leading haiku journals and presses. After each poem, please indicate the publication name and date. While we will not reject unpublished poems outright, the emphasis for this anthology is on previously published work.

Your submission should be in English and must be entirely your own work. You must have reprint rights for your poems. By submitting your poems, you are agreeing that you have reprint rights.

Your name and e-mail address should appear on the top of your submission. A cover sheet should include your name, address, email address, and your relationship to Ohio. If you are currently living in Ohio, please let us know where. If you are a past resident of Ohio, please let us know when and where you lived in Ohio.

Where to send your entry

Entries must be sent by email.

Email entries should be sent to CuttlefishPoetryBooks@gmail.com. Electronic manuscripts and cover sheets should be sent as MS Word or PDF files attached to the email.

Rights

Copyright remains with the authors. For previously published poems, Cuttlefish Books will seek Anthology Reprint Rights for the purposes of this anthology. For unpublished poems, Cuttlefish Books will seek Anthology Rights.

Lunar and Planetary Haiku

photo by GL

The Economist has an article about science haiku at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference:

• https://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21739148-pick-your-own-winner-astronomers-meeting-turns-haiku-competition

including some examples:

Thermal Moonquakes: Implications for Surface Properties

Sunrise and sunset

Cracking, creaking, and rumbling

The Moon never rests.

                          --Renee Weber

I do have to admit I've probably written more than my share of haiku and pseudo-haiku, including more than a few science haiku.  If you like science haiku, though, you owe it to yourself to check out Mary Soon Lee's "Elemental Haiku," in the journal Science: one haiku for each element. And the sciku project page, the latest scientific and mathematical discoveries, thoughts and ideas... in the form of haiku.

Haiku! Geoffrey A. Landis

The 5th Not-Exactly-Annual Haiku Death Match is only 5 days away! To celebrate the countdown to the haiku contest, for the las two weeks I have featured a haiku (or senryu) from each of the deathmatch contestents.
Here is the last of the eight haiku warriors: Geoffrey Landis (... that would be me):

Photo by GL

Carved stone gods
no one worships now
Still they watch and wait

--Geoffrey A. Landis

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And don't forget that for just a few dollars you can sponsor a haiku warrior team! 

Geoffrey Landis

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The Haiku deathmatch is coming up this weekend! Saturday, April 8 at 7 pm at Dobama Theatre. You can get tickets to the haiku deathmatch at the Heights Arts gallery, 2175 Lee Road, via phone at 216-371-3457, or online:
ORDER HAIKU DEATH MATCH TICKETS
$15 General public  | $10 Heights Arts members  | $15 at the door

Sponsor a haiku warrior team!

DONATE TO THE CAUSE

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Previous Haiku warriors featured:

• Ray McNiece

• Dianne Borsenik

• Michael Ceraolo

• Cordelia Eddy

• Celeste McCarty

• Mary Turzillo
• Christine Donofrio

Haiku! Christine Donofrio

The 5th Not-Exactly-Annual Haiku Death Match is only 8 days away! To celebrate the countdown to the haiku contest, over the next two weeks I'll be featuring a haiku (or senryu) from each of the deathmatch contestents.
Here's Christine Donofrio:

Cleveland astounds thee
Stadium mustard taste
My heart lives by the lake

--Christine Donofrio 

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And don't forget that for just a few dollars you can sponsor a haiku warrior team! 

SPONSOR A HAIKU WARRIOR

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The Haiku deathmatch will be April 8 at 7 pm at Dobama Theatre. You can get tickets to the haiku deathmatch at the Heights Arts gallery, 2175 Lee Road, via phone at 216-371-3457, or online:
ORDER HAIKU DEATH MATCH TICKETS
$15 General public  | $10 Heights Arts members  | $15 at the door

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Previous Haiku warriors featured:

• Ray McNiece

• Dianne Borsenik

• Michael Ceraolo

• Cordelia Eddy

• Celeste McCarty

• Mary Turzillo

Haiku! Mary Turzillo

The 5th Not-Exactly-Annual Haiku Death Match is only 10 days away! To celebrate the countdown to the haiku contest, over the last two weeks I've been featuring a haiku (or senryu) from each of the deathmatch contestents.
Here's Mary Turzillo:

mind dark as your fur
green eyes, crimson tongue, white fangs
thanks for the dead bird

--Mary Turzillo

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And don't forget that for just a few dollars you can sponsor a haiku warrior team! To sponsor Mary, click here:

Mary Turzillo

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The Haiku deathmatch will be April 8 at 7 pm at Dobama Theatre. You can get tickets to the haiku deathmatch at the Heights Arts gallery, 2175 Lee Road, via phone at 216-371-3457, or online:
ORDER HAIKU DEATH MATCH TICKETS
$15 General public  | $10 Heights Arts members  | $15 at the door

Sponsor a haiku warrior team!

DONATE TO THE CAUSE

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Previous Haiku warriors featured:

• Ray McNiece

• Dianne Borsenik

• Michael Ceraolo

• Cordelia Eddy

• Celeste McCarty

Haiku! Celeste McCarty

The 5th Not-Exactly-Annual Haiku Death Match is only 12 days away! To celebrate the countdown to the haiku contest, over the next two weeks I'll be featuring a haiku (or senryu) from each of the deathmatch contestents.
Here's Celeste McCarty:

Love is always a

Gamble-never bet what you

Can't afford to lose.

To heal a broken

heart -onions, cilantro, lime

Garlic, will all work.

~C. McCarty

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And don't forget that for just a few dollars you can sponsor a haiku warrior team! To sponsor Celeste, click here:

• Celeste McCarty

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The Haiku deathmatch will be April 8 at 7 pm at Dobama Theatre. You can get tickets to the haiku deathmatch at the Heights Arts gallery, 2175 Lee Road, via phone at 216-371-3457, or online:

ORDER HAIKU DEATH MATCH TICKETS
$15 General public  | $10 Heights Arts members  | $15 at the door

Sponsor a haiku warrior team!

DONATE TO THE CAUSE

Previous Haiku warriors featured:

Ray McNiece

Dianne Borsenik

Michael Ceraolo

Cordelia Eddy

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Haiku! Cordelia Eddy

The 5th Not-Exactly-Annual Haiku Death Match is only 14 days away! To celebrate the countdown to the haiku contest, over the next two weeks I'll be featuring a haiku (or sometimes, a senryu) from each of the deathmatch contestents.
Here's Cordelia Eddy:

the model houseguest

rarely double dips, pets the 

dogs and leaves early 

--Cordelia Eddy

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And don't forget that for just a few dollars you can sponsor a haiku warrior team! To sponsor Cordelia, click here:

Cordelia Eddy

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The Haiku deathmatch will be April 8 at 7 pm at Dobama Theatre. You can get tickets to the haiku deathmatch at the Heights Arts gallery, 2175 Lee Road, via phone at 216-371-3457, or online:
ORDER HAIKU DEATH MATCH TICKETS
$15 General public  | $10 Heights Arts members  | $15 at the door

Sponsor a haiku warrior team!

DONATE TO THE CAUSE

Previous Haiku warriors featured:

Ray McNiece

Dianne Borsenik

Michael Ceraolo

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Haiku! Michael Ceraolo

The 5th Not-Exactly-Annual Haiku Death Match is only 16 days away! To celebrate the countdown to the haiku contest, over the next two weeks I'll be featuring a haiku or a senryu from each of the deathmatch contestents.

GL

Here's Michael Ceraolo:


Cleveland Haiku #1

A tale of two buses:
the burbs: air-cooled, empty,
the city: crowded, hot

--Michael Ceraolo

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And don't forget that for just a few dollars you can sponsor a haiku warrior team! To sponsor Michael, click here:

• Michael Ceraolo

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The Haiku deathmatch will be April 8 at 7 pm at Dobama Theatre. You can get tickets to the haiku deathmatch at the Heights Arts gallery, 2175 Lee Road, via phone at 216-371-3457, or online:
ORDER HAIKU DEATH MATCH TICKETS
$15 General public  | $10 Heights Arts members  | $15 at the door

Sponsor a haiku warrior team!

DONATE TO THE CAUSE

Previous Haiku warriors featured:

Ray McNiece

Dianne Borsenik

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See more of Michael's Cleveland Haiku on 30 Days of Poetry

Haiku! Dianne Borsenik

The 5th Not-Exactly-Annual Haiku Death Match is only 18 days away! To celebrate the countdown to the haiku contest, over the next two weeks I'll be featuring a haiku from each of the deathmatch contestents.
Here's Dianne Borsenik, the "Strawberry Stormbringer":

home early a.m.
getting out of car, night owl
greeted by hoot owl

--Dianne Borsenik

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And don't forget that for just a few dollars you can sponsor a haiku warrior team! To sponsor Dianne, click here:

• Dianne Borsenik

Dianne Borsenik's book of haiku and senryu
Blue Graffiti
from Crisis Chronicles Press

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The Haiku deathmatch will be April 8 at 7 pm at Dobama Theatre. You can get tickets to the haiku deathmatch at the Heights Arts gallery, 2175 Lee Road, via phone at 216-371-3457, or online:
ORDER HAIKU DEATH MATCH TICKETS
$15 General public  | $10 Heights Arts members  | $15 at the door

Sponsor a haiku warrior team!

DONATE TO THE CAUSE

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