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Haiku Society of America NewsVolume 31, Issue 1 - January 05, 2016
(HSA News replaces Ripples as the official newsletter of HSA)
In This Issue
Print Publications
Contest Results
Call for Submissions
Upcoming Events
Regional News/California
Mid-west
Southeast
South
Mid-Atlantic
Northeast Atlantic
Northeast Metro
Washington
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The HSA appreciates your continued support and yourparticipation in society activities. As primary supplement to theHSA website, this monthly report strives to bring you news fromthe Executive Committee and the Regional Chapters.
Please find attached, the most recent Contact List for HSAMembers.HSA_Membership_Oct2015
Dear Members,
A Happy New Yearof the Monkey!
HSA has several new officers this year. As anovice president, I will need everyone's help.Please contact me at my email address below,if you have any concerns, suggestions, advice or requests. Wewill try our best to satisfy everyone. The winter has been rather cold for San Francisco, but thereare no floods nor tornadoes here. I wish 2016 will be a happy,safe year for you and your loved ones. On behalf of the Kamakura Kyoshi Tatsuko Memorial Museum,the Haiku International Association in Japan sent me the
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information of Hasekura haiku contest. Details can be foundbelow. The deadline is approaching quickly, so please makeyour submission soon if you would like to participate.
As a Japanese who grew up in Japan, the life of Hasekura, aChristian samurai from Sendai, interested me. I believe ittook him 3 years to reach Spain and be baptized. I imagined ayoung man from an isolated island country fascinated witheverything he saw and experienced in Europe. When hereturned to Japan, the Shogun Government in Edo (nowTokyo) forbade practicing Christian religions, and he died twoyears later from a broken heart. According to Wikipedia,Hasekura's oil-painting portrait is the oldest oil-paintingwhose subject is Japanese. When you have a chance to visitSendai, you can see it at the Sendai City Museum (I believe). A couple of years ago, I wrote the following haiku inJapanese: 喜望峰回りで着きし宝船kibÙhÙ mawari de tsukishi takarabune a tiny ship the Seven Gods on the board arrived via the Cape of Good Hope 'takarabune' (literal translation is 'treasurer ship') is aJapanese New Year's kigo.
Fay AoyagiHSA [email protected]
Dear Members,
I have no financial news to offer at thistime, but I would like to express mywish that you all experience joy andinspiration throughout 2016.
Bill [email protected]
Dear Members,
I look forward to the year ahead. Mayyou be prolific, thought-provoking andstimulating in your poetic endeavors in2016.
Sondra [email protected]
Africa Haiku Network (AHN)
The Africa Haiku Network (AHN) is a youngorganization dedicated to the promotion ofhaiku on the African continent. Our main missionis to provide a platform for contemporaryAfrican poets to learn and practise this fastspreading Japanese poetry form and sharethrough it our beautiful Africa settings andimages with the world. We must say our little efforts in studying thisbeautiful art in our own way has yielded resultswith the likes of Adjei Agyei-Baah (Ghana),Emmanuel Jessie Kalusian (Nigeria), NshaiWaluzimba (Zambia), Kwaku Feni Addo (Ghana) and others receiving awards and honorablementions at the international haiku scene, butwe still believe that associating ourselves withyour organization will help our members tobenefit from your activities, tap into your richexperience over the years, and also be accordedrecognition so as to bring more African poets tolike and support our cause. We are currently using the Facebook/ Whatsappplatform for both our publishing and tutorialactivities, and hope to launch our officialwebsite by January 2016. We would be honored to have Haiku Society of
American to support Africa Haiku Network as ourcoach and mentor. On behalf of the Africa HaikuNetwork and its Editorial Committee, we thankyou for your time and consideration.
Listed here are some of our haiku:
leafless treelifting a cup of nestto the sky Adjei Agyei-Baah (Ghana) Winner of AkitaChamber of Commerce and President Award, 3rdJapan Russia haiku Contest, 2014 EnglishSection.
autumn duskwhite herons turn blackon their way home Emmanuel Jessie Kalusian (Nigeria)3rd Place European Quarterly Kukai #12 - Winter2015 Edition
asphalt vaporafternoon raindropsreturn to the sky Kwauku Feni Adow (Ghana)3rd Place, 12th Indian Kukai from IN haiku, 2015. long rains...the night guard's faint whistlefloats by Nshai Waluzimba (Zambia), Honorable Mention,17th HIA Haiku Contest, 2015. Sincerely,
Adjei Agyei-Baah (Ghana)
Emmanual Jessie Kalusian (Nigeria)
Co-founders,Africa Haiku Network
Beyond the Grave:Contemporary AfterlifeHaiku
October 1, 2015
by Robert Epstein (Author, Editor),Ron C. Moss (Cover Design)
Product DetailsPaperback: 248 pagesPublisher: Middle Island Press; First edition (October1, 2015)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0692547673ISBN-13: 978-0692547670Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 9 inchesShipping Weight: 15.4 ounces
How much thought have you given to whether thereis life after death? Some religions, like Christianityand Hinduism, posit the existence of heaven andreincarnation, while others are silent on thequestion. Those not guided by faith are inclined torelegate this haunting mystery to the outermostmargins of their lives. In these pages, contributorsfrom around the world have trained their poetic eyeon this all-important quest. Relying on the power ofintuition and creative imagination, the poets in thiscollection give us a glimpse into the great mysteryof life after death. Suspend your skeptical mind andaccompany the poets here on the adventure intothe afterlife; you may not only be surprised, butforever changed.
About the AuthorRobert Epstein, a licensed psychologist and haikupoet, lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area.In addition to editing five haiku anthologies, he isthe author of four books of haiku:Checkout Time is Noon: Death Awareness Haiku; AWalk Around Spring Lake; Haiku Forest Afterlife;andHaiku Edge: New & Selected Poems with Artwork byEd Markowski.
Haiku Contest Commemoratingthe Europe-Japan
400-Year Relationship
(The 3rd Japan"Tsunenaga Hasekura" Haiku Award)
The year 2015 can be considered as the 400th anniversaryof the encounter between Europe and Japan, and the startof their close relationship.
In 1613, asamurai of the Sendai Clan, TsunenagaHasekura, was ordered to go to Europe by his lord,Masamune Date. The Tokugawa Shogunate which at thattime employed English and Dutch as retainers, helpedMasamune to build the ship to go abroad. After travelingto Spain and France, Hasekura landed in October 1615 inItaly and was in November 1615 received by Pope Paul Vin Rome. He also visited Florence and around March 121616 left for Spain from Genoa.
To commemorate this history, we, the organizingcommittee of the Japan "Tsunenaga Hasekura" HaikuAward, will hold a haiku contest to encourage a closerrelationship through haiku between Europe and Japan. InMarch 2016 we will hold an award ceremony in Tokyo tocommemorate Tsunenaga Hasekura's trip to Europe. At thesame time we would like to thank all Europeancountriesfor their valued support to the Tohoku regionwhich suffered the earthquake and tsunami disaster. March11 2016 will be exactly five years after the disaster.
Guidelines for the haiku contest
1. President of the organizing committee: Akito Arima,President of the Haiku International Association
2. Special Judge for the contest: Herman van Rompuy,EU-Japan Haiku Friendship Ambassador
3. Honorable President of the committee: TsunetakaHasekura, 13th generation descendant of TsunenagaHasekura
4. Secretary General of the committee: TakashiHoshino, Director of the Kamakura Kyoshi TatsukoMemorial Museum and President of Haiku Magazine'Tamamo'
5. Members of the committee: Mutsuo Takano(President of Haiku magazine 'Kogumaza'), andYasuko Tsushima (Editorial adviser for Haikumagazine 'Ten-I')
6. Deadline: January 12, 2016. Send to:[email protected]
7. Entry: Participants can send in up to three entries.Entry fee: none.
8. Languages : English, Italian, Spanish, French, Dutch,Romanian or any other languages which are spokenin Europe. Please indicate your Name / Address /Country / Male or Female / Age / and Email addressin your mail.
9. The Award is Organized by the Kamakura KyoshiTatsuko Memorial Museum with the Cooperation ofthe Haiku International Association, 'Ten-I','Kogumaza' and 'Tamamo.'
10. All inquiries: If you have any questions, please don'thesitate to address these to Hana Fujimoto, memberof the translation committee of the Award, at: [email protected]
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The FirstBangabandhu Kukai
Call for Submissions:
One Haiku in English
The subject: 'Victory Day'.
Cash prizes totaling $300. Winning and commendedpoems will be published in an anthology in 2017.
Closes: January 15.
Cost: Free
Full details from theFacebook page
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The Robert SpiessMemorial Haiku Awards
for 2016
Modern Haiku is pleased to announce the RobertSpiess Memorial Haiku Awards
Competition for 2016. The purpose of thiscompetition is to honor the lifeand work of Bob Spiess, editor of Modern Haikufrom 1978 to his death onMarch 13, 2002.
Email entries will now be accepted as well as postalentries.
Theme: Haiku are to be written in the spirit of thefollowing "Speculation"(Robert Spiess, A Year's Speculations on Haiku,Modern Haiku Press, 1995):
As haiku poets, we can learn much from suchsources as the traditional masters' haiku and fromcontemporary haiku publications; but our bestteachers are wind and rain, oaks and anemones,rivers and mountains, minnows and giraffes, eaglesand earthworms, children and God's fools.
Deadline: In hand no later than March 13, 2016.
Rules: The competition is open to everyone but thestaff of Modern Haiku,the competition coordinator, and the judge. Entriesmust be in English. Eachentry must be the original, unpublished work of theauthor, and should not be under consideration in acontest or for publication elsewhere. For purposesof this competition, appearance of a haiku in anInternet journal, on a Web site, in a blog, or in anyother public media is considered publication, butposting haiku on a private email list is not. Ofcourse,entries should not be shared in an Internet journal,Web site, blog, private or public email list, or anyother public media during the term of thecompetition.
Submission guidelines: Poets may submit amaximum of five haiku written inthe spirit of the above Speculation, accompanied bythe applicable entryfee.
Postal entries should be typed or printed legibly onone sheet paper. The poet's name, mailing address,telephone number, and email address (if any)should appear in the upper left-hand corner abovethe haiku. Send postalentries to: Billie Wilson, 1170 Fritz Cove Road,Juneau, AK 99801-8501 USA.
Email entries are to be submitted as follows: (1) onthe Modern Haikusubscription page: http://www.modernhaiku.org/subscriptions.htmlscroll down to the Donate button;(2) make a donation of up to $5 [$1 foreach entry];(3) when you receive your payment confirmationnumber, copy and paste it into an email with yourhaiku and your name, mailing address, telephonenumber, and email address;(4) send the email to Billie Wilson [email protected].
Please keep a copy of your submission; entries willnot be returned. Please follow the instructionscarefully: entries that are incomplete or that do notcomply with the instructions will be discarded.
Entry fee: $1 per haiku, cash, check, or PayPal(U.S. funds); make checks payable to Modern Haiku;for email entries, follow the instructions above.
Adjudication: A judge will be selected by ModernHaiku; the judge's name will be announced at thetime of the awards. Judging will be double-blind,and the judge will not know the identity of theentrants. The judge's decisions are final.
Selection criteria: The judge will look for entriesthat hew to Western norms for haiku as published inModern Haiku and other leading English-languagehaiku journals and that best capture the spirit ofthe theme Speculation above. There are no rules asto syllable or line count.
Awards: First Prize: $100 plus a signed copy of TheHeron's Legs (1966, out of print). Second Prize: $50plus a copy of Bob's The Shape of Water (1982);Third Prize: $25 plus a copy of Bob's Some Sticks andPebbles (2001). Up to five poets will be awardedHonorable Mentions and each will receive a copyof Bob's A Year's Speculations on Haiku (1995).
Notification: Winners will be notified by email orphone before the generalannouncement. Winning entries will be published inthe summer 2016 issue ofModern Haiku and posted on the Modern Haiku Website, http://www.modernhaiku.org/, on or beforeJuly 1, 2016. If you would like alist of the winners, please indicate that on your e-
mail entries or send a stamped, self-addressedenvelope (SASE) with your postal entries. Thewinners will be announced when the summer issueof Modern Haiku is released.
Submitted by Billie Wilson
SubmittedbyCharlotteDigregorioSecondVicePresident/ContestCoordinator
Dear Members,
Pleasereadbelowfortheresultsofourannualcontests:haibun,senryu,haiku,andthehaikucontestforstudents.Wewerefortunatetohavehigh-qualityentriesandexceptionaljudges/haikupoetswhotooktremendouscareandtimetodotheirverybestduringtheprocess.WearesogratefulfortheworkofJudgesMarjorieBuettner,MarshMuirhead,GayleBull,JerryCushman,GeorgeDorsty,TomPainting,AubrieCox,andMichaelRehling.TheircontinuedsupportoftheHSAistremendous,andweareveryproudtohavethemasloyalmembers.OurrenkucontestwascancelledduetoinsufNiciententries.Nonetheless,we'dliketothankKristenDemingandEllenComptonforgraciouslyacceptingthetaskofjudging.HSAContestforBestUnpublishedHaibunCo-Judges:MarjorieBuettner,ChisagoCity,MNandMarshMuirhead,Bemidji,MNFirstPlace:MicheleRoot-Bernstein,EastLansing,MI
SecondPlace:RebeccaLilly,PortRepublic,VAThirdPlace:RenÈeOwen,Sebastopol,CAHonorableMentions;NoParticularOrder*MargaretChula,Portland,OR*BeverlyAcuffMomoi,MountainView,CA
*RichYoumans,NorthFalmouth,MATheAnnualGeraldBradyMemorialAwardsforBestUnpublishedSenryuCo-Judges:GayleBull,MineralPoint,WIandJerryCushman,Victor,NYFirstPlace:paulm.,Bristol,RI,
SecondPlace:JayFriedenberg,NewYork,NY
ThirdPlace:MargaretChula,Portland,OR,TheAnnualHaroldG.HendersonAwardsforBestUnpublishedHaiku
Co-Judges:GeorgeDorsty,Yorktown,VAandTomPainting,Atlanta,GA
FirstPlace:DebbieStrange,Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada
SecondPlace:ScottMason,Chappaqua,NYThirdPlace:RenÈeOwen,Sebastopol,CA
HonorableMentions;NoParticularOrder*KevinGoldstein-Jackson,Dorset, England*MicheleRoot-Bernstein, East Lansing, MI *JoeMcKeon,Strongsville,OHNicholasA.VirgilioMemorialHaikuCompetitionforGrades7-12CoJudges:AubrieCox,Knoxville,TNandMichaelRehling,PresqueIsle,MI
*ElenaBonvicini,Grade10SageHillSchool,NewportCoast,CA*MaggieGeorge,Grade11SprayberryHighSchool,Marietta,GA*CatharineMalzahn,Grade10SageHillSchool,NewportCoast,CA*KianEtedali,Grade12SageHillSchool,NewportCoast,CA
*ClaireReardon.,Grade12St.IgnatiusCollegePrep,Chicago,IL*SophieSadd,Grade8ThePaideiaSchool,Atlanta,GASubmittedbyCharlotteDigregorioSecondVicePresident/ContestCoordinator
Every Chicken, Cow,Fish and Frog:
Animal Rights Haiku
Call for Submissions for Every Chicken, Cow, Fishand Frog: Animal Rights Haiku. Seeking haiku,senryu, tanka and monochrome haiga related to thetheme of animal rights, broadly conceived.
Please sendpoems to Robert Epstein / Miriam Wald [email protected] or SASE to: RobertEpstein, 1343 Navellier Street, El Cerrito, CA94530. Paperback Print Edition. No compensationfor inclusion in anthology. Deadline: 2/1/16.
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Bernard Lionel Einbond Renku Competition
The HSA Bernard Lionel Einbond Renku Competitionfor 2016 is calling for 20-verse submissions. Pleaselog onto the HSA website for this and other contestguidelines. Patricia Machmiller, 2016 Second VicePresident, will be coordinating the contests, andquestions may be addressed to her. Please note hercontact information on the website.
see Regional News
AlaskaBillie Wilson
Please see Upcoming Contests above.
CaliforniaDeborah Kolodji
Haiku Poets ofNorthern California
2016 San FranciscoInternational Competition
Rengay
Sponsored by:Haiku Poets of Northern California
Deadline for Rengay:In hand, January 31, 2016
DetailsAll entries must be original, unpublished, and notunder consideration elsewhere. There is no limit tothe number of submissions. A first prize of $100 willbe awarded. Contest results will be announced atthe April meeting (or earlier) and in the HPNCNewsletter. Winning poems will be published inMariposa, the membership journal of HPNC. Allrights revert to authors after the contest results are
announced. This contest is open to all except theHPNC president, the contest coordinator and thejudge.
Rengay Submission GuidelinesAll rengay must be titled. For two people (Poet Aand Poet B) follow this linked format: 3 lines/PoetA, 2 lines/Poet B, 3/A, 3/B, 2/A, 3/B. For threepoets (A, B, and C) the format is: 3 lines/A, 2lines/B, 3 lines/C, 2/A, 3/B, 2/C. Type or print eachrengay on three letter-size sheets. Include fullauthorship information, stanza by stanza, as well asall poets' names, addresses, telephone numbers ande-mail addresses (optional) on one copy only. On theother two copies, mark stanzas with letters only(poet A, poet B, poet C) to indicate the sequence ofauthorship. Mail rengay submissions to HPNC, c/oFay Aoyagi, 930 Pine St. #105, San Francisco CA94108. If all the participating poets live outside theUnited States, you may submit via e-mail [email protected]. "2016 HPNC Rengay Contest"must appear in the subject line.
Entry FeesThe entry fee is $5.00 per rengay. Make checks ormoney orders payable in U.S. dollars to "Haiku Poetsof Northern California (HPNC)." Cash (in U.S.currency) is OK. Overseas participants may pay viaPayPal, if all participants live outside of the U.S. (Ifyour partner is a U.S. resident, this rule will notapply.) For PayPal payments, please add $1 ($6 perrengay) to cover the handling charge. Send PayPalpayments to [email protected], and pleaseclearly indicate this is payment for the HPNCRengay Contest.
Enclose a business-size SASE (U.S. first classpostage, or enclose $1) for notification of contestwinners. No entries will be returned, with theexception of late submissions, or those receivedwithout payment. These will be returned using yourSASE; without an SASE these entries will bediscarded.The 2016 rengay judge is Garry Gay.
Thank you for participating in this year's contest. Ifyou have any questions, please contact Fay [email protected]://www.hpnc.org
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Haiku San Diego
Haiku San Diego's next meeting will be held at JavaJoe's, Sunday, January 10, 2016, from 11:00 am to1:00 pm. Java Joe's is located at 3536 AdamsAvenue, San Diego. Haiku San Diego meets on the2nd Sunday of every month.
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Southern CaliforniaHaiku Study Group
The Southern California Haiku Study Group had alaunch party for its new anthology, drawn to thelight, in November. drawn to the light was editedby William Hart, and its title was taken from a haikuby Victor Ortiz:
drawn to the lightof the setting sunvacationers
- Victor Ortiz
The cover photography was by Marcyn DelClements. Copies are available for $12.00 pluspostage from Deborah P Kolodji, [email protected].
The Southern California Haiku Study Group's nextworkshop will be at the USC Pacific Asia Museum inPasadena, on Saturday, January 16, 2016, 2 to 4 pm.
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Yuki Teikei Haiku Society
The Yuki Teikei Haiku Society's next meeting will beon Saturday, January 9, at the San Francisco AsianArt Museum. We will pay first attention to theexhibition, "Looking East - How Japan inspiredMonet, Van Gogh, and other Western Artists",http://www.asianart.org/exhibitions_index/looking-east with a docent-led tour at 12:00, browsing themuseum to follow. There is an optional no-hostlunch in the Museum CafÈ at 11:00 am.
Oregon Shelley Baker-Gard
HSA ConferencePlanning News
The Oregon HSA group is planning the Summer HSAregional conference to be held in Portland, Oregonon Friday evening Aug. 12, all day Saturday Aug. 13,and Sunday morning Aug. 14. We will be featuringanthology readings (contact Harriot West and CeceRosenow for information and/or willingness toparticipate); Workshops by Michael Dylan Welchand Margaret Chula; a special performance by JimRodriguez and Michele Schafer, a reading by JohnnyBaranski, and a tour of the newly expandedJapanese Garden.
A book table will be available for authors to displayand sell their books. Please book your hotelreservations as soon as possible - contact ShelleyBaker-Gard [email protected] for acomprehensive list (put together by Myrna Begin) ofhotels close to the meeting center at Ramona Houseon 14th and SW Quimby. Complete details andschedule will be available in February 2016.
Other News
HSA members in Portland and nearby cities arecontinuing to meet on a regular basis on the 2ndFriday of every month at 7 pm at the Friendly Houseon 26th and NW Thurman. We welcome guests whoare in town and would like to attend a meeting.First part of the meeting is devoted to sharing haikuand the 2nd part is devoted to an exercise oractivity devoted to writing haiku or other forms ofJapanese inspired poetry.
HawaiiBrett Brady
No news this month
Mid-WestJulie Warther
New Haiku Study Group at Michigan State
Michele Root-Bernstein is launching a haiku studygroup in association with the Center for Poetry atMichigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan.
Beginning February 20th, 2016, we'll meet from 1 to3 p.m. on the third Saturday of each month, inSnyder Hall, classroom C302. (Most campus parkingis free on weekends.) Everyone is welcome!
Haiku poets in local Michigan communities areurgently encouraged to come whenever possible.Those farther afield throughout the Midwest arelikewise invited to contact Michele whenever theirtravels take them near East Lansing. We need youand your poetry! For more information, email:[email protected]
Submitted by Michele Root-Bernstein
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Meetings ofThe Indianapolis Haiku Group
The Indianapolis Haiku Group (IHG) meets oneSunday each month, from 2-5 p.m., to read, writeand share haiku, senryu, tanka and haibun. Thisgroup, begun this past October, has now met forthree consecutive months, and has averaged 10-12people per meeting. Location varies.
The next meeting will take place Sunday, January24, 2016. Please contact developer and facilitatorKyle D. Craig at [email protected] if interested inattending. All levels of experience welcome.
The Long and Short of It: Writing Japanese
Poetry Forms
Kyle D. Craig will be teaching a two-session classentitled "The Long and Short of It: Writing JapanesePoetry Forms" at the Indiana Writers Center on Feb.28th and March 13th from 1:30 p.m .to 4:30 p.m.The first session will focus on writing tanka andhaiku, and the second session will focus on writinghaibun and tanka prose. For a full description of theclass and to sign-up, please click this link:shortforms
Submitted by Kyle Craig
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Biography of Raymond RoseliepPublished
Loras Professor Emeritus Dr. Donna Bauerly hasrecently completed and published her long-standingresearch project, a literary biography of Lorashaikuist Raymond Roseliep, who influenced ageneration of writers in Dubuque and from Loras inhaiku writing and beyond. There is absolutely nodoubt that he was one of the leaders in the haikumovement in the United States.
Donna will read from and sign copies of herbiography Raymond Roseliep: Man of Art Who Lovesthe Rose (published by The Haiku Foundation) atTHE FOUNDRY BOOKS, Mineral Point, WI on Sunday,January 10, 2016 from 2:00 - 4:00.
All proceeds from the sale of the book will bedonated to THE HAIKU FOUNDATION.
For more information, please contact Gayle Bull,[email protected] or 608-987-4363.
THE CRADLE OF AMERICAN HAIKUFESTIVAL 5
The Cradle of America Haiku Festival 5 will be heldAugust 5-7, 2016 in Mineral Point, WI. Plans are still
evolving, so mark you calendars. If you are not onmy mailing list and wish to receive information onthe FESTIVAL, please send me your email addressand I'll be in touch - Gayle Bull,[email protected] or 608-987-4363.
Submitted by Gayle Bull
MountainSteve Tabb
No news this month
SouthwestJames Applegate
No news this month
SouthCarlos ColÛn
20th Autumn Haiku Conference
The 20th autumn haiku conference will be held atthe Arlington Hotel on Friday and Saturday,November 4-5, 2016.
Dr. Johnye Strickland, professor emerita of theUniversity of Arkansas at Little Rock, will be thefeatured poet.Dr. Strickland is a living legend in the internationalhaiku community.
More later.
Call for Submissions
The bi-monthly haiku column in Ouachita Life isaccepting submissions for the February 2016 issue.The contest is open to everyone. The winning poetreceives $10, and his/her name is placed in arandom drawing for $50 in early December. TheVerna Lee Hinegardner Award will be discontinued.Ideas are being discussed for other prizes andawards.
The deadline for the haiku contest is January 15th.Email [email protected] and use Haiku Contest inthe subject line. Include no more than three haikufollowed by your name, mailing address, telephoneand email address. Please keep the copy simplewith single-line paragraphs. The mailing address is:Haiku ContestPO Box 1260Hot Springs, Arkansas71902-1260. Please share this email with your friends. I am renewing my interest in haiku. My goal for 2016is to rediscover the joy of haiku. Won't you join me? For information, please call 501.767.6096
Submitted by Howard Lee Kilby
SoutheastRobyn Hood Black
No news this month
Mid-AtlanticRobert Ertman
No news this month
Northeast AtlanticWanda Cook
No news this month
Northeast MetroRita Gray
HSA MetroNEDecember 5th 2015
Meeting Report
submitted by Miriam Borne
This program was dedicated to the "Wartime Suite"haiku of Doris Heitmeyer, which were spoken anddanced by Miriam Borne to music of the 1940's, withtech support by Amanda LaSalle. Opening with a"Prologue" written by Ms. Heitmeyer, thisperformance evoked the war years 1941 to 1945,from the point of view of Ms. Heitmeyer, as a girlgrowing up on the home front.
A Selection from Doris Heitmeyer's "WartimeSuite"
paper shortagethe wartime book crumbles to dustbetween my fingers
ration couponsin my shopping cartSpam, Velveeta. margarine
my first pair of slacksthe side placket meets withmy mother's approval
in a shop windowthe summer frock I bought
seventy years ago
Marlene Dietrichsinging "Lili Marlene"to German troops
a moment of silencebetween me and my Jewish friendsconcentration camp photos
HiroshimaI see clearly thatmy country can be wrong
occupation forcesorganizing baseball gamesfor Japanese kids
Music was from Glenn Miller, Kate Smith, theAndrew Sisters and more. Costuming and props forthe dances included a 40's wedding dress, a deathmask, Rosie the Riveter attire, plus eBay finds of asilk scarf embroidered by an army wife and an oldration book. The prizes for the writing contestconcluding the program were authentic wartimememorabilia of photos, postcards and an armyrecruiting patch. Perhaps, it was only fitting thatthe winners were all women in a program createdby women from the wartime perspective of one...
God Bless America
performed by Miriam Borne
WWII Memorabilia
Winners of the "Wartime Suite" Writing Contest,judged by John Stevenson and Scott Mason:
1st prize
Pearl Harborthe survivors who were killedin other battles --Dorothy McLaughlin
2nd Prize
ball games and apple treesall American War --Rita Gray
3rd Prize
opportunities of warblack marketMilky Ways -- Mary Ellen Rooney
WashingtonAngela Terry
No news this month
Dear Members,
I hope you all are enjoying thesomewhat different look and moreinclusive content of the new HSANEWS, your monthly communicationfrom HSA. As in the past couple ofyears with the previous Bulletin, I will continue tostrive to get HSA NEWS to you on the fifth of everymonth.
May all your experiences in 2016 be positive.
Ignatius Fay HSA NEWS Editor Haiku Society of [email protected]
Comments or concerns about your membership?Please contact the HSA officers
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