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EDITORIAL TEAM:
DIRECTOR, WHC:
Paul Conneally, UK
EDITOR, WHR:
Ray Rasmussen, CA
PROOFREADERS:
Carol Raisfeld, US
Johnye Strickland, US
TECHNICAL
EDITOR:
Ray Rasmussen, CA
2005 SPECIAL
FEATURES IMAGE:
'Bamboo' Photo by
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EDITOR'S COMMENTS:
Welcome to the haibun section of
the World Haiku Review. In
this issue, the work of both old hands and newcomers to haibun composition
is featured. As you will see, contemporary haibun has travelled a long
way since Basho launched the genre by infusing his travel journals with
a poetic prose and haiku.
Contemporary
haibun includes writing about a day-to-day or longer term experience that
somehow stands out. The content
can include an experience in the human community, a memory, a dream, a
fantasy, or, as in Basho's case, an account of a journey through the countryside.
Modern haibun tends to be succinct, to utilize poetic prose, to describe
events and places more than philosophize or "tell."
If you would like to read more about haibun
composition, check the articles featured in the Rucksack section [to the
left]. If you are interested in writing haibun, the World Haiku Club's Haibun Forum is a place to try your hand. Forum members regularly submit writing and critique the writing of others. If you are interested in submitting your work to journals, I suggest that you start with the
list of online journals on the left.
Special thanks to my partners Johnye Strickland
and Carol Raisfeld for their help in preparing this section of
the World Haiku Review.
Ray Rasmussen
WHChaibun Editor WHR
EDITOR'S
CHOICE: a selection of one haibun with commentary:
The
Amish Woman
Helen Ruggieri, US
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The
Way Home
Nancy Barbara, US
Talking, the Moon
Debi Bender, US
This Continuous Rain
Marjorie Buettner, US
Granddaughter
Chris Bullock, CA
Summer
Solstice
Chibi, US
I
Feel Good
John Daleiden, US
Pine
Tree
Sharon Dean, AU
High
Country Spring
Lynn Edge, US
In Transit
Gary Ford, Canada
Sunset
in Chaco
Maggi Sullivan Godman, US
Shadows
Elizabeth Howard, US
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Negative Vibrations
Betty Kaplan, US
Recollecting
Sunday School Camp
Karina Klesko, US
Afternoon
In the Piazza
Allen McGill, MX
The
River’s Face
Paul Pfleuger, Jr., US
The
Soothsayer
Kala Ramesh, US
Summer Clouds
Bruce Ross, US
Winding
Through the Junipers
Deborah Russell, US
Trail
Walk
Adelaide B. Shaw, US
Pilgrims'
Progress
Johnye Strickland, US
Islets
Colin Will, UK
Fall
Fallout
Tad Wojnicki, US |
see more haibun at
these columns: WHChaiku features (vanguard):
Robert Wilson,
DW Bender; WHCportuguese:
hortensia anderson, WHCgerman:
Ingrid Kunschke &
Gerd Börner,
WHCpoetrybridge:
Karina Klesko |
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