Author Archives: Pearl

Not hosted here this time. Ringing of the bards is adult only this week as it is hosted by Wet. Naughty requirements. Deadline is today for submissions. And they do mean submission. 😉

(cross posted ) The Governor General’s Literary Award, shortlist sounds pleasing, having heard a few read excerpts at the writers festival. It’s structure and aim seems clear, with 14 people assessing quality and importance of work and then giving writers cash to do more. It seems to more promote what to read as well. I’m […]

(cross posted ) You know fibs? Fib poems are structured on the on the Fibonacci sequence which is the basis of the golden rectangle, perfect proportions. So the sequence goes 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, adding each of the last 2 numbers together. Phi is the golden ratio of 1.618… and part of […]

親は子を育ててきたと言うけれど 勝手に赤い畑のトマト Parents say their child is a creature they have raised, but the fact is this : each has ripened as it pleased, a red garden tomato. A tanka by Tawara Machi Haiku is becoming a generic word. Like sushi becoming indistinct from sashimi. What is the difference between the senryu and haiku according […]