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WHC - SPECIAL FEATURES
WORLD HAIKU FESTIVAL: WHF
2005 in Romania
Features from the World
Haiku Club's 7th World Haiku Festival
Theme: "Education and Haiku"
INTRODUCTION:
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WHF2005 IN
ROMANIA
REPORTS:
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A STEP
FURTHER FOR HAIKU IN EDUCATION—WHF2005 in Romania—Official Report,
Sonia Cristina Coman, RO
PAPERS
(4 of many presentations)
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Keynote Speech:
FUGA NO MAKOTO—Poetic Sincerity, Honesty and Truth– the
Ultimate Aim of Haiku Education,
Susumu
Takiguchi,
UK
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HAIKU POETRY AS ONE OF THE MODES OF SPEECH AND LANGUAGE
REHABILITATION In a population of children with
specific language difficulties (with
Case Study),
Zrinka Simunovic, HR
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THE
IMPORTANCE OF RENKU TRAINING FOR TODAY'S HAIKU POET: an overview,
Raffael de Gruttola, US
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ROMANIAN REPLICA OF THE HAIKU:
the poem in one verse,
Vasile Moldovan,
RO
WHF2005
PHOTO GALLERY
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WHF2005:
photos of
people, places, events from WHF2005
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HAIGA
BY YOUNG PEOPLE:
haiga and haiku from the students of
Zrinka Simunovic, HR
WHR - FEATURES IN OUR POETRY COLUMNS
visit our poetry columns for more
WHCbeginners - BEGINNNER'S MIND
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KUKAI RESULTS
fun exercises and haiku from our beginners, world-wide
WHCfrench -
LE CHAPEAU D'HERBES / THE GRASS
HAT
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LE PREMIÉR COLLECTION DU WHCfrench— introducing
the WHCfrench forum
WHCgerman - STRANDGUT / FLOTSAM
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THE POETRY OF INGRID KUNSCHKE,
a special selection of poems by Ingrid Kunschke, DE
WHChaibun - FROM THE RUCKSACK
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HAIBUN
DEFINITIONS,
gathered
insights and guidelines on writing haibun
WHChaiku - TWADDLES
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HAIKU, THE
GENTLE ART OF DISAPPEARING, Part 2,
Gabriel
Rosenstock, IR
a series, with
extracts from his new book
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60 YEARS ON,
A Vanguard themed collection on World War II,
a special project with WHC members world-wide
WHChaikumultimedia -
A BRUSH WITH POETRY
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3 MEMBER PORTOLIOS with photo and art-haiku! Graffiti walls! See our fun 'Mr. Picassohead'
self-portraits and our "Artpad Interactive Haiga" workshop projects—and
then—try your own!
WHChaikujunior -
TWIGS
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CELEBRATING WHF2005
with featured poetry,
haiga and
photos
by young people from
Romania
and
Croatia.
The main theme and emphasis
of the festival was "Education and Haiku"
WHCitalian -
A FILO D’HAIKU / THE HAIKU EDGE
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IL VIAGGIO—THE JOURNEY
and
PETALI ROSSI—RED PETALS
two special themed & linked haiku series (Italian with English translations)
by members of WHCitalian
WHCjapan - TOMO NO WA /
FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE
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ON
ORIGINALITY AND JAPANESE CULTURE—Historical
Perspective of Art and Technology: Japanese Culture
Revived in the Digital Era,
a special feature
essay by Machiko Kusahara, JP
WHCmarlenemountain -
WORDSTRUNG
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some
one-line haiku comments plus/in response sorta
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new and heretofore unpublished haiku-musings in essay, by
marlene mountain, US
WHCpoetrybridge -
FLOATING BRIDGE
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THE PLEIADES
- a new form takes to the
stars when WHCpoetrybridge members collaborate and innovate:
WITHIN THE SAME
BOUNDARIES
is
abecedarious:
forty poems represent the twenty-four letters of
the alphabet
WHCrussian
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НОЧЛЕГ ВОРОНЫ
/ CROW'S ROOST
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Three
Russian/English haiku sequence projects to delight you:
APRIL DAY,
THE IRONY OF TAVISTOCK SQUARE
&
FLIGHT TO THE LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT
SUN
WHCsenryu - PITH AND
VINEGAR
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BAKUMATSU
AND MEIJI UNDERGROUND VERSE FORMS,
a special
feature article examining senryu (inc. use of ugachi) and related Japanese
verse forms, by Dean Brink of St. Martin's University, US
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A STUDY OF TRUE SENRYU (PART I),
introducing members' senryu and forum
projects since WHCsenryu forum's radical review and recommencement. An eye-opening
study on
UGACHI,
and Chick N. Lyttle ask "What's
So Funny?" about senryu; by Susumu Takiguchi, UK
WHCspanish -
RITMOS DEL CORAZÓN /RHYTHMS
OF THE HEART
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LOS DIEZ MANDAMIENTOS DEL HAIKU NEOCLÁSICO:
The first five articles
of Susumu Takiguchi's "10 COMMANDMENTS OF HAIKU" is now translated to Spanish
TREETOPS -
OUT OF THE TREETOPS
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QUIETUDE AND SURPRISE—for
the 26th Annual Haiku Holiday Conference Sponsored by the North Carolina Haiku
Society, Lenard D. Moore
WHCworldkigo - KOSUMOSU
/COSMOS
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INTRODUCING ROMANIA
- celebrating WHF2005 in Romania, WHCworldkigo features a sampling of Romanian
kigo, collected and arranged by by poet, Cristian Mocanu, RO
NEWS
...FROM
THE WORLD HAIKU CLUB
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WORLD HAIKU REVIEW
selected by Harvard University preserved at Stanford University Library's
online archival system,
LOCKSS
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WHF2005
in Romania ends in great success, 14-20
June 2005: The seventh World Haiku Festival of WHC was held in Romania
from 14 to 20 June 2005 and was a resounding success. See the WHF2005
report in the current issue of WHR 5-1
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WHCe-Cards is now edited by Carol Raisfeld and
Linda Papanicolaou as a project of WHChaikumultimedia. It's been updated with
some great new selections. Do browse the categories and send a
WHCe-Card greeting to brighten someone's day!
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WHCfrench:
Joi! Announcing a new French/English bilingual haiku forum at WHC (YahooGroups)
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WHChaikujunior:
It's an open secret that some of the best haiku
today are being written by ...kids! Kids will be pleased to hear that
WHC welcomes haiku and discussion by
kids at
WHChaikujunior, the World Haiku Club's online
junior haiku forum at YahooGroups. Kids, parents and teachers are invited to
read the WHChaikujunior
column in this issue, and join us at our junior
forum!
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WHCsenryu:
WHCsenryu forum has recommenced after a radical review of
its aims, scope and modus operandi (15 February 2005). More intensive and
focused approach was taken for achieving the stated goals of the forum in order
to pursue the genre in a specific WHCsenryu way without any preconceived ideas
or definitions. For some results, visit the current issue of WHR 5-1
... FROM
AROUND THE WORLD
CONTEST NEWS:
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US:
ANITA SADLER WEISS
MEMORIAL AWARDS 2006
sponsored by
the Haiku Poets of Central Maryland (US). Open to
the public. Cash prizes.
LINKS
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IRELAND:
THIRD SAMHAIN INTERNATIONAL POETRY FESTIVAL 2005
Friday 28th to Sunday, 30th October 2005, Maggie Dans Tearoom/Theatre
Gotahork, Co. Donegal, Rep. of Ireland - Win $5,000 or €4,000 first prize in the
€6,000 Smurfit Haiku Competition
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JAPAN:
INTERNATIONAL KUSUMAKURA HAIKU CONTEST 2005
Deadline:
Postmark by September 30, 2005
Kusamakura Taisho (Grand Prize) to one winner:
Round-trip airfare to Kumamoto and accommodations for 4 days, 3 nights at a
local hotel and ¥ 50,000
EVENTS NEWS: LINKS
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HAIKU NORTH AMERICA:
HNA 2005 CONFERENCE
September 21-25, 2005— Schedule of Events
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GOT NEWS?
SUBMISSION
GUIDELINES
for newsworthy items of
interest to poets of haiku and related verse for our news sections
BOOK
NEWS
BOOK REVIEWS
critical reviews of
books
on or about haiku and related poetry
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SEE BOOK NEWS SUBMISSION
GUIDELINES
PUBLICATIONS
news, features
and site-links
for relevant new books, journals,
magazines & publications
FEATURES & PRESS RELEASES
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POETIC LEAPS:
COME
DANCE WITH ME
-
Robert Wilson, US & Anita Virgil,
US,
a
featured look samples of innovative verses written jointly by Anita Virgil and Robert D.
Wilson, extracted from their forthcoming book entitled,
Come Dance
With Me
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MAY DAZED - Deborah P Kolodji,
Ed., A Collaborative Cinquain Sequence composed by the CinquainPoets forum online writing community
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A
TRIBUTE TO CID CORMAN
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Ed. by Karina Klesko - an online book of poetry and art in honour of the life and
work of Cid Corman. To be published soon at Brooks Books
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LISHANU
- an interlingual Haikai Journal, Ed. by Norman Darlington
BOOKMART
where to purchase publications
offered by WHC members and friends
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BOOKMART: WHR - VOLUME 5, 2005
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BOOKMART ARCHIVES
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