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		<title>THF Tech Update: We Lost Some Data</title>
		<link>http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2012/01/31/thf-tech-update-we-lost-some-data/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Russo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, one of our technical consultants accidently deleted a folder that should not have been deleted. As a result, some of our applications lost data that was added between Sat Jan 28th at 4AM to Tues Jan 31 at about 12:00 noon. The Haiku Now! Contest entries are not affected by this data loss. However, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A National Haiku Writing Month challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Myers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last February was the first National Haiku Writing Month (Twitter tag #NaHaiWriMo). The premise was simple—write a new haiku each day of the month. Organizer Michael Dylan Welch offered a variety of web resources, a homepage, a Facebook page, background information and writing prompts. The level of participation was left up to the writer’s taste. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Basho neither saw an old pond nor a frog&#8230;it was a desk haiku!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Myers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A while back there was a controversy on the Haiku Now Facebook page. I wrote a poem about a spider slipping on ice. Quickly, someone said you didn&#8217;t see that, that was a desk haiku and the debate began! Contributors admonished me so thoroughly for this egregious act that even I was convinced I had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do you think haiku requires its practitioners to be more spiritual?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Myers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the greatest gifts I was given in 2011 was given to me by Michael Dylan Welch. He didn&#8217;t just invite me to Haiku North America, he sent email after email pitching it to me; he worked out logistical details to make getting across the country easier for me &#8212; how could I say [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 2011 Touchstone Distinguished Book Awards:               Shortlist</title>
		<link>http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2012/01/13/the-2011-touchstone-distinguished-book-awards-shortlist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Harris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had a terrific response to our call for submissions to the Touchstone Distinguished Book Awards in 2011. To all who participated, thank you. The results of your efforts reveal a haiku publishing scene that is thriving and diverse. You have our admiration. After much deliberation, the panelists are agreed on a shortlist of contenders [...]]]></description>
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