Welcome to another Renku session. I am Linda Papanicolaou. The renku I am leading this time is an Imachi, an 18-verse form from Renku Masters Shunjin and Seijo Okamoto (“Waiting for the Moon,” 1984). Like Junicho, the other form they gave us, Imachi is a single-sheet renku though it develops in a … [Read more...]
Welcome to A Sense of Place
Welcome to A Sense of Place In his essay ‘So:ba’, given at the International Haiku Conference (SUNY Plattsburgh, NY, 2008) and published serially in Frogpond, Jim Kacian discusses the concept of ba: “If you look up ba in any Japanese-English Dictionary you'll find it means … [Read more...]
Book of the Week: The Smell of Mom’s Cooking
R.J. Stefanac, author of today’s Book of the Week, The Smell of Mom’s Cooking, published haiku/senryu most actively from 1996 to 2002, winning or placing high in several competitions. As far as I can determine, this is his only chapbook, self-published in 1996. thunderclap! an … [Read more...]
Per Diem for July 2018: Herpetofauna
Per Diem: Daily Haiku for July features guest-editor Linda Weir’s collection on the theme of Herpetofauna. This is what Linda offers by way of an introduction to her theme: The English Oxford Living Dictionary defines herpetofauna as the reptiles and amphibians of a particular region, … [Read more...]
In Search of Basho — The Complete Series
We know what you’re looking for — the latest installment of Mark Fittock and Ross Findlay’s haiku noir comic strip, In Search of Basho. Unfortunately the strip has reached its denouement, but you can view the strip in its entirety in the In Search of Basho Archives. Enjoy! … [Read more...]