Haikool: 108 Haijins: français, picàr, nederlands, deutsch, español, english, edited by Rob Flipse & Eric Hellal (éditions l’iroli, 2013) was a gift from a neighbour. It is a gorgeous international collection where each poem is translated into 5 languages and each writer has a line drawing of them. I boggle at the logistics of making […]
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Haiku
How about that. It seems something like a longer poem has started to form. I’d almost forgotten the sensation. But I sat and the world and its clocks fell away and I have a draft. I’ve been feeling the occasional haiku, aided by reading many. They are concrete and present and that focus helps me […]
Haiku and Tanka
My best of 25 years of haiku and tanka never got officially launched thanks to Covid this spring but I have a box of copies. They are an oversized shape so cost a bit more to ship but for $15 it can be yours, all in. If you want a sample of the style, here’s […]
Haiku Workshop
when: Saturday, April 13, 2013, 1:00pm until 3:00pm where: Camellia House, Ottawa RSVP for details to info@camelliateas.net Join talented bilingual haiku and tanka poet, Ottawa’s Mike Montreuil for a workshop to enrich and expand your understanding of the traditional art of Japanese Haiku. Well beyond the ‘5-7-5’ syllable-counting vision of haiku, Mike will build on […]