Contents July 2003, Volume 3, Issue 2, World Haiku Review

WHC RENKU SEMINAR 2000
Final 2 Workshop Essay-Lessons
with 2 completed renku
Paul MacNeil (US)

SESSION 6
the winter shisan renku,
'A SHINY ICICLE'

SESSION 7
the autumn kasen renku,
'A KITE RISES'

BOOKNEWS

Books

HAIKU

haiku for a moonless night
Vol I
by an'ya

Reviewed by Marjorie Buettner (USA)

haiku wine
by Ernest Berry & an'ya

Reviewed by Marjorie Buettner (USA)

HAIBUN

Vietnam Ruminations
an e-Book of 140 vanguard haibun by Robert Wilson

Reviewed by Susumu Takiguchi (UK)

Journals & More

Magazines

Yellow Moon Issue 13
Winter 2003 now available

Simply Haiku

New Press Website

natal*light press

Press Releases

Anthologie du
HAIKU en France
800 haiku by 80 authors

Cherry Blossoms
a collection of haiku by members of the Cherry Poetry Club

Crosswinds
a collaboration with twenty haiku by each author in 4

From Snapshot Press
Ebb Tide: Selected
Haiku by John Crook

Hymn to the Earth
collaboration between photographer, Ron Rosenstock and haiku poet, Gabriel Rosenstock

BOOKMART

A listing of books and chapbooks authored by WHC members and friends, & where and how to purchase them.

ABOUT THE COVER

VOLUME 3, ISSUE 2

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WORLD HAIKU REVIEW

Calligraphy: yume (dream)
by Susumu Takiguchi (UK)

WORLD HAIKU REVIEW
ARCHIVES
PAST ISSUES
1-1 through 3-1

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D. W. Bender (US)

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& Portfolios by
Ray Rasmussen (CA)

Artworks for the Cover page of World Haiku Review
& drawing on
R.H. Blyth Award page by
Susumu Takiguchi (UK)

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VOLUME 3: ISSUE 2
DECEMBER 2003

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WHC COLUMNS

Poetry Selections
and Highlights
From our WHC Mailing Lists

WHChaiku

HAIKU SELECTIONS
Susumu Takiguchi, Editor (UK):

HAIKU: General Category

HAIKU: Themed Category

HAIKU: Kigo Category

WHCjapan

HAIKU SELECTIONS from MIFA
Yasuomi Koganei, Editor (JP):

5 HAIKU
by Takashi Ikari (JP)

5 HAIKU
by 5 MIFA poets (JP)

WHCitalian

HAIKU & POETRY SELECTIONS
Moussia Fantoli (IT):

hortensia anderson (US)
Michiline Beudry (CA)
Marilì Deandrea (IT)
Riccardo Duranti (IT)
Moussia Fantoli (IT)
Serge Tome (BE)
Feu Violet (IT)

WHCrussian

DIRECTOR'S NOTEBOOK
Zhanna Rader (US/RU)

DIRECTOR'S CHOICE

HAIKU SELECTIONS:

Michael Baru (RU)
Alexander Belykh (RU)
Mariina Hagen (RU)
Zhanna Rader (US/RU)
Natalia Streletz (RU)
Zinovy Vayman (RU)
Eugene Wasserman (RU)

WHCspanish

HAIKU SELECTIONS
Carlos Fleitas, Editor (UR)

A Special Portfolio:
Haiku de un Viaje a Oriente
(Haiku From a Visit to the East)
by Rafael García Bido (DO)
with translations by Timothy J. Cullen

HAIKU: 1

HAIKU: 2

also see essay:

Among the Leaves
by Carlos Fleitas (UR)

WHCbeginners
an'ya (US), Editor, Director
Sue Mill (AU), Mentor
Alison Williams (UK) Mentor
kirsty karkow, (US) Mentor

DIRECTOR'S NOTEBOOK
an'ya (US), Editor, Director

MENTORS' HAIKU SELECTIONS

MOCK KUKAI WINNERS
with MENTOR CHOICES & COMMENTS

WHChaikujunior

POETRY & ART SELECTIONS
DeVar Dahl, Editor (CA)
Sonia Coman (RO)
DW Bender (US)

1. WHC Young People's Poetry
DeVar Dahl, Editor (CA)
DW Bender (US)

2. HAIKU
by Romanian Students of the
Japanese Culture and Civilization Centre, with teacher comments
Sonia Coman (RO)

also see

Haiku Treausre Trove
The Poetry of Nana Hiyashi
& Philip Harding

and

Haiku in Education

Frequently Asked Questions- with
Images from the Japanese Cultural & Civilization Centre, Romania
Sonia Coman (RO)

WHCvanguard

1. 'REAL HAIKU' SELECTIONS
Susumu Takiguchi, Editor (UK)

2. VIETNAM RUMINATIONS
Final installation in the series by Robert Wilson (US/PH)

WHCsenryu

SENRYU SELECTIONS
Susumu Takiguchi, Editor (UK)

SENRYU

WHChaibun

HAIBUN SELECTIONS
Paul Conneally, Editor (UK)

Director's Noteboook

DW Bender (US)
Karina Klesko (US)
Michael McClintock (US)
Dick Pettit (UK)
Bruce Ross (US)
Kevin Ryan (UK)
Arthur Seeley (UK)
Cor van den Heuvel (US)
Michael Dylan Welch (US)
Eiko Yachimoto (JP)

WHChaikumultimedia

Carol Raisfeld, Editor (US)
Linda Papanicoleau, Editor (US)
Ray Rasmussen, Design Editor (CA)

DIRECTOR'S NOTEBOOK
Carol Raisfeld (US)

GALLERY SELECTIONS
Photo & Art-Haiku
Portfolio Design by
Ray Rasmussen (CA)

MEMBER PORTFOLIO:
Haiga by Louise Linville
Portfolio Design by
Ray Rasmussen (CA)

TULIP WORKSHOP:
Editor's selections
with comments
by Michael Dylan Welch (US)
Portfolio Design by
Ray Rasmussen (CA)

also see

A Special Feature Portfolio:
Rosenstock & Rosenstock
A Special Selection
of Photo-Haiku
Photography by Ron Rosenstock
Haiku by Gabriel Rosenstock
Portfolio Design by
Ray Rasmussen (CA)

THE NEWLY IMPROVED
WHC E-CARDS SITE
DW Bender, Editor (US)
Site Design by
Mark Allen Bender (US)

WHCrenku

See Special Feature:
Midsummer Darkness
the forum's
first kasen renku

and

Session 6
the winter shisan renku,
'A Shiny Icicle'

Session 7
the autumn kasen renku,
'A Kite Rises'

WHCmarlenemountain

POETRY SELECTIONS
Marlene Mountain, Editor (US)
Paul Conneally, Editor (UK)

Editor's Notes
Paul Conneally (UK)
the james connection
a series of mountain sonnets linked to "Suggestions for Writing Haiku in English"

WHCshortverses

Tanka, Modern Waka, American Cinquain, Sijo, Rengay, Experimental Verse, Sequences & Series, New Forms, Symbiotic Poems, Linked Verse

POETRY SELECTIONS
Debi Bender, Editor (US)

Editor's Notes
& Shortlist
for "Editor's Choice"

POETRY PAGE 1
POETRY PAGE 2
POETRY PAGE 3
POETRY PAGE 4

SPECIAL
FEATURES

A Special Multimedia
Feature Portfolio:

ROSENSTOCK & ROSENSTOCK
A Selection
of Photo-Haiku
Photography by
Ron Rosenstock (US)
Haiku by
Gabriel Rosenstock (IR)
Portfolio Design by
Ray Rasmussen (CA)

A HAIKU PATH

HAIKU ENLIGHTENMENT
The final Installments of a 6-part series by
Gabriel Rosenstock (IR)

Parts 5 & 6

WHF2002
A RETROSPECTIVE:

ON THE NORTHERN PATHS
OF THE FAR EAST: Part 2
Judit Vihar (HU)

RETROSPECTIVE
PHOTO GALLERY
Basho Journey and Options
Japan WHF2002

RETROSPECTIVE
PHOTO GALLERY
WHF2002 Conferences:
Kamakura & Yuwa-Town, Akita

JAMES W. HACKETT
JOURNEY TO OISO
and the home of R. H. Blyth
Japan 2002
with
PHOTO GALLERY
with the R H Blyth Home
J.W. & Patricia Hackett (US)

From WHCRenku
The forum's first kasen!

Introduction
Eiko Yachimoto, Sabiki (JP)

Midsummer Darkness
the kasen

Eight Poets and A Spectator:

The Renku Experience
an'ya (US)

The Word Circus
John Edmund Carley (UK)

Greasy Fingers
Paul Conneally (UK)

One e-mail
out of hundreds
during the session (excerpt)
John R. Snyder (US)

Moving Along
with "Midnight Darkness"
Carmen Sterba (JP)

Time is a major subject
Johnye Strickland (US)

I’m not so worried as I was
Gary Warner (US)

The renga as public performance
Dick Pettit (UK)

REGULAR
FEATURES

New Feature:

IN PRAISE OF
NON-JAPANESE HAIKU
Select Haiku by WHC Members with Commentary
Susumu Takiguchi (UK)

A WORLD MAP
Developments in Haiku

THE DISJUNCTIVE DRAGONFLY:
A Study of Disjunctive Methodology in Contemporary English Haiku
Richard Gilbert (JP)

THE INFLUENCE OF HAIKU
on Countries Foreign to Japan
In Japanese with partial translation to English
Kiyomi Somekawa (JP)

Chapter 1 (English)
Survey (English)

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Chapter 1 (Japanese)
Chapter 2 (Japanese)
Chapter 3 (Japanese)

TREETOPS
Ferris Gilli, Editor (US)

TREETOPS Highlights
Select Haiku & Commentary

and

TREETOPS Haiku
Page 1
Page 2
Page 3
Page 4

HAIKU
TREASURE TROVE

The Poetry of
Nana Hiyashi
& Philip Harding (JP)

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The Poetry of
Rob Mestre (US)

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The Poetry of
Toshiro Takeshita (US)
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The Poetry of
Rene Matousek (CR)