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Saturday, April 30, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
Emily Dickinson gendai haiku for NaPoWriMo aka National Poetry Writing Month
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National Poetry Writing Month
Gendai haiku challenge
inspired by Emily Dickinson
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last quarter
I save up for a chin of gold
and a new moon
4am moonrise
your chin of gold, and me
tucked in bed
moonrise
I shine your chin of gold
and dimities of blue
backscattered
from the lunar surface
the universe my shoe
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haiku for a Royal Wedding
haiku for a wedding:
hornbeams and maples
Milton echoes round the vaults
of Westminster Abbey
Royal Wedding April 29th 2011
Prince William & Kate Middleton
weblinks:
Royal Wedding video feeds:
Trees in Westminster Abbey:
Westminster Abbey:
20ft-high English field maples, six in total, along with two hornbeams.
The hornbeam is known for being extremely hard and is said to symbolise resilience. The English field maple is said represent humility and reserve. It is the favoured wood used for harp making and it is also used to create medieval loving cups.
John Milton, possibly the world’s most accomplished poet:
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
gendai haiku for NaPoWriMo aka National Poetry Writing Month
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
gendai haiku for NaPoWriMo aka National Poetry Writing Month
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National Poetry Writing Month
April 27th concupiscence challenge
Emperor of Ice-Cream
my life as concupiscence
in a kitchen stanza
A nod to Wallace Stevens and thanks to The Columbia History of American Poetry. Ed. Jay Parini and Brett C. Miller. New York: Columbia UP, 1993.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
gendai haiku for NaPoWriMo aka National Poetry Writing Month
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National Poetry Writing Month
www.napowrimo.net
2 single-line English-language gendai haiku by Alan Summers for NaPoWriMo for Monday and Tuesday April 25th and 26th 2011
corn chaff realising oil as one colour
field of dreams an unborn child's colour isn't rapeseed
gendai haiku:
It should be our method that we create haiku which match the times. This is not a new idea and was prevalent in the old days; even Sanki Saito wrote about it before the association existed. Sanki believed:
"To the difficult question 'what is new?'
I will answer: the new means how the emotions of today's society and people are expressed to fit the times. The haiku must be innovative in any time.
So we should begin and continue to express the emotions of the people of this time and generation."
(Gendai Haiku, S.21.10)
Kiyoko Uda
President, Modern Haiku Association
President, Modern Haiku Association
Tokyo, JAPAN
(English Translation: Akiko Takazawa)
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Monday, April 25, 2011
Alan's haiku created into posters at StudioManchester's Japan Art Auction
An incredible collaboration with Hidenori Hiruta and Sarah Jane Robertson through haiku and art has created the opportunity that my haiku have helped in a small way with the disasters that Japan are suffering.
It wouldn't have been possible without Sarah Jane Robertson approaching me, and for Hidenori Hiruta to be so open and ready to help despite being in Japan amongst all the sorrow.
For more of my comments scroll further down, but for now, enjoy the images and the story.
STUDIOMANCHESTER
Hulme Street, off Oxford St, Manchester
haiku©Alan Summers
translation©Hidenori Hiruta
Japan Art Auction
Thursday 7th April 2011
An exhibition and auction of creative work was organised to raise funds for the British Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal, including two of my haiku which were also translated into Japanese by Hidenori Hiruta, and made into beautiful art posters by Sarah Jane Robertson of Creative State.
More than 40 artists from the UK, Ireland, USA, France, Norway and Japan pledged to donate existing work or create new pieces. The artists range from photographers and illustrators to writers, ceramic artists and jewellery designers.
100% of proceeds donated to the British Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal.
Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke of the legendary Manchester band The Smiths opened the exhibition.
[scroll down for later larger amount!]
A big thank you also to the Sponsors:
Samsi Japanese RestaurantsJonathan Oakes
Studio Manchester
Sarah Jane Robertson, Creative Director at Creative State not only kindly created two stunning haiku mandalas for the auction, in collaboration with myself and Hidenori Hiruta, she also continued to sell them via her blog to raise another £400 for the Red Cross.
Taking the new total to £5,160!
My profound thanks to Sarah Jane Robertson for contacting me with the suggestion of haiku art to help raise funds.
My deep thanks, respect, and admiration, always, to Hidenori Hiruta (Secretary-General of the Akita International Haiku Network) for creating wonderful translations and being such a supportive colleague, in a time of great need.
Details:
image/art © Sarah Jane Robertson
magnolia moon haiku©Alan Summers
image/art © Sarah Jane Robertson www.sarahjrobertson.co.uk
haiku©Alan Summers
translation©Hidenori Hiruta
image/art © Sarah Jane Robertson www.sarahjrobertson.co.uk
image/art © Sarah Jane Robertson www.sarahjrobertson.co.uk
Alan's haiku translation©Hidenori Hiruta
image/art © Sarah Jane Robertson www.sarahjrobertson.co.uk
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image/art © Sarah Jane Robertson www.sarahjrobertson.co.uk
printing process images/art © Sarah Jane Robertson www.sarahjrobertson.co.uk
Leeds and Edinburgh-based graphic designer, Sarah Jane Robertson created this pair of A3 mandala letterpress prints. Entitled Sunshine & Moonlight, she worked with myself and Hidenori Hiruta, in response to the Earthquake and Tsunami and radiation threats.
Sarah then created the prints in response to the poems and letterpress printed them to give greater depth and definition, adding to the original artwork.
photo©Molly Cockcroft 2011
Sarah contacted me with this idea with a very short deadline for both of us. I don't know how Sarah pulled out all the stops to produce artwork and then have it created as a quality poster, but it happened.
Hidenori Hiruta came up with quality translations in a very short time, no easy task, and once Sarah received our work in no time she got a design idea working that could incorporate my haiku and Hidenori's translations.
Thanks to two fabulous sponsors of Sarah's who we thank profusely:
Blush Publishing from North Wales, using traditional printing techniques and vintage printing presses.
GF Smith: a specialty paper merchant from Hull, East Yorkshire going for over 100 years, and no need to say more, than if it's from Hull, it's always going to be special, friendly, and quality all the way.
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Sarah Jane Robertson:
Creative State is the trading name for Creative State Studio Ltd. Registered in England and Wales No. 6557792.
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Registered Office 6 Chapel Lofts, Commercial Street, Leeds LS27 8HL. VAT Number: 940 0169 54.
Registered Office 6 Chapel Lofts, Commercial Street, Leeds LS27 8HL. VAT Number: 940 0169 54.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
gendai haiku for NaPoWriMo aka National Poetry Writing Month
image©NaPoWriMo
National Poetry Writing Month
http://www.napowrimo.net/Gendai haiku challenge
one line haiku
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r : I've a need for the next biblical cubit
kslvr : I've a need for the next biblical cubit.
Friday, April 22, 2011
gendai haiku for NaPoWriMo aka National Poetry Writing Month
image©NaPoWriMo
National Poetry Writing Month 2011
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Single line gendai haiku:
Pharmakós the name you scratch inside
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Thursday, April 21, 2011
gendai haiku for NaPoWriMo aka National Poetry Writing Month
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http://www.napowrimo.net/
Catching up to April 22nd and Easter Gendai!
Red Sea
stone fish penetrate
my rubber soul
stone fish penetrate
my rubber soul
I sneeze half-a-dozen times the Red Sea parted
Red Sea
Year of the Rabbitfishes
Betty goes Wilde
Red Sea
the Rabbitfishes
out of the jug
Red Sea
a Boxfish breaks out
of its wrapping
the Medusa Stage
out of the fire
out of the coral
Red Sea beat my still heart hydrozoa
Byztantine reasons
deep-water squid
feed the whale
AV positive
the great sperm whale
reigns fifty years
fifty years
the sperm whale
and Justinian
Zam Zam
the baby keeps crying
mosaic over teak
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
{crown of blossoms}
{maria palm lyduch, julie rode and solveig mørk hansen by signe vilstrup for elle denmark, april 2011 via oh fashion models}
Friday, April 15, 2011
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