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Helen Buckingham's new collection by Waterloo Press

 One of With Words favourite haiku writers!

Helen Buckingham

Armadillo Basket (2011)

ISBN 978-1-906742-37-9

£10.00

http://www.waterloopress.co.uk/#/helen-buckingham-2011/4555530929

Helen’s strength is her killer lines and an honest dissection of her life, from haiku poetry, and haiku prose, to tanka and longer poetry: she taps the green light in us. From modern one line haiku: that point of white before christ muscles in to tanka that doesn’t relax into clichéd dreams of love, but our fears of losing

   out on life:
   counting stars
   in lieu of sheep
   not daring to blink
   for fear of missing
   one leap

But Helen has another strength in her humour: you will find the most hilarious story, set in haibun form, that highlights cultural differences, via tales of the most dramatic American legends being confused with British TV series The Prisoner, set in a small Welsh village. The mood changes with her ‘Summer is a Hospital’ which reveals the vulnerability in Helen’s formative years, with killer lines: bikini-line nerves… with some fumbling kid… to check into Summer. Strangely this is her most comfortable place as a writer: letting us know she’s been there too; and made mistakes alongside the best of us: that we’re simply not alone in doing this.

Alan Summers, With Words


We all have our ‘armour’ but Buckingham has raised her visor to allow us a glimpse into her life. Pain or pleasure — whatever you find in Armadillo Basket —it is all part of Buckingham and the hard outer protects the softer inner. With this collection she is certainly ‘Moving On Up’.

Colin Stewart Jones (Notes from the Gean, Editor-in-Chief)



One of the things I most admire about Helen Buckingham’s poetry is its ability to live within the moment of its making, a moment that goes on occurring over and over in the smallest of spaces. It’s a facet of the best haiku and one that, despite its reliance on the fewest words, is the hardest to produce.

Liam Wilkinson, Editor, Prune Juice

Liam's Full review:
http://prunejuice.wordpress.com/2011/08/29/review-helen-buckingham/ 
 

Helen’s earlier book from Waterloo Press:

Talking The Town Red - Waterloo Sampler 6 (2004)

SBN 1-902731-21-2

£3.00

http://www.waterloopress.co.uk/#/helen-buckingham/4548185413

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Alhamdulillah Ya Syahrini
Gaya Busana Syahrini Sesuatu Banget Jadi Trend.

Setelah menciptakan tren memakai kaftan pada Ramadan lalu, penyanyi Syahrini mencari gaya berbusana yang lain lagi dan tampil trendy.
Ia mengaku mendapat inspirasi saat jalan pagi untuk beraktivitas.

“Keluar pagi, pukul enam, ke acara musik pagi. Pas lihat orang-orang kantor pakai baju, lucu juga ya kalau dijadikan baju buat manggung. Sesuatu banget kayaknya. Pakai (sepatu high) heel eksis nih,” ujar Syahrini

Syahrini ingin mengubah penampilan setelah pada Ramadan lalu menciptakan tren menggunakan kaftan. “Kan zaman bulan Ramadan sudah. Masak sekarang pakai kaftan. Jadi ingin ngerubah saja, enggak tahu juga sampai kapan begini,” ucap pemilik single Kau yang Memilih Aku tersebut.

Kendati demikian Syahrini mengaku tidak terlalu boros berbelanja pakaian.

“Enggak terlalu harus membeli, ya. Kalau memang harus kencangkan ikat pinggang ya enggak masalah. Itu semua yang mengatur manajemen aku,”

"Aku kan suka banget pakai bling-bling, penampilan juga jadi acuan,”

Selain kata-katanya yang jadi populer, kini busana yang dikenakan penyanyi pop ini pun menjadi gaya busana yang dicari oleh kalangan kaum Hawa.

Busana Syahrini yang berupa terusan kaos model princess kini memunculkan tren busana Princess Syahrini.

Di salah satu toko busana di tanah-abang.com, baju fashion syahrini bisa kita temui

“Seperti tampilan khas Syahrini yang gemerlap"

Nah, bagi penggemar Syahrini, tampaknya busana ini harus menjadi salah satu koleksi. Selain bisa dikenakan untuk aktivitas santai juga bisa dikenakan untuk acara semi formal.




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