HAIKU AND SENRYU HARVEST

BACK COVER of Haiku and Tanka Harvest

2012-01-16T19:19:00.000-08:00

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR, Victor P. Gendrano
Victor is a member of the Haiku Society of America, World Haiku Club, Tanka Society of America and the Anglo-Japanese Tanka Society. This is his second book. His first one, Rustle of bamboo leaves, selected haiku and other poems,was published in 2005. It is highly discounted in the publisher’s site:
http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/rustle-of-bamboo-leaves/246155

WHAT THEY SAY:
“Victor is a natural for haiku. But his tanka is something special. Tanka form seems to be a most suitable one for his sensibility, self-expression and sentiment. Tanka would be a better form for most of the haiku poets who have not grasped the essence of haiku like he had. In short, he is good at haiku as well as at tanka.”
- Susumu Takiguchi, Chairman, The World Haiku Club and Editor,
World Haiku Review

“Gendrano is a multitalented poet who is not afraid of expressing himself in various forms; he is not limited to nor defined only as a tanka or haiku poet; this freedom of definition gives his poetry a richness and depth. This collection of haiku and tanka is heartfelt and honest. Victor P. Gendrano’s voice is sincere,rich and authentic. It is a voice that needs to be heard.”
- Marjorie Buettner, poet, book reviewer, and author of
Seeing it now, a haiku and tanka book.

Victor P. Gendrano's second book, Haiku and Tanka Harvest, is a journey into the heart and soul of the poet. His poetic works are honest, sincere and, above all, will leave permanent footprints in the reader's heart. From loneliness, heartache, joy, and happiness, this book weaves a tapestry of his life's winding road. Haiku and Tanka Harvest is a must addition to any poet's library.
- Pamela A. Babusci, Editor of Moonbathing: a journal of women's tanka

COMMENTS ON NEW BOOK

2012-01-02T18:03:00.000-08:00

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Victor is a member of the Haiku Society of America, World Haiku Club, Tanka Society of America and the Anglo-Japanese Tanka Society. This is his second book. His first one, Rustle of bamboo leaves, selected haiku and other poems,was published in 2005. It is highly discounted in the publisher’s site {copy and paste URL):
http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/rustle-of-bamboo-leaves/246155

WHAT THEY SAY:
“Victor is a natural for haiku. But his tanka is something special. Tanka form seems to be a most suitable one for his sensibility, self-expression and sentiment. Tanka would be a better form for most of the haiku poets who have not grasped the essence of haiku like he had. In short, he is good at haiku as well as at tanka.”
- Susumu Takiguchi, Chairman, The World Haiku Club and Editor, World Haiku Review

“Gendrano is a multitalented poet who is not afraid of expressing himself in various forms; he is not limited to nor defined only as a tanka or haiku poet; this freedom of definition gives his poetry a richness and depth. This collection of haiku and tanka is heartfelt and honest. Victor P. Gendrano’s voice is sincere,rich and authentic. It is a voice that needs to be heard.”
- Marjorie Buettner, poet, book reviewer, and author of Seeing it now, a haiku
and tanka book.

Victor P. Gendrano's second book, Haiku and Tanka Harvest, is a journey into the heart and soul of the poet. His poetic works are honest, sincere and, above all, will leave permanent footprints in the reader's heart. From loneliness, heartache, joy, and happiness, this book weaves a tapestry of his life's winding road. Haiku and Tanka Harvest is a must addition to any poet's library.
- Pamela A. Babusci, Editor of Moonbathing: a journal of women's tanka

NEW BOOK AVAILABLE NOW

2011-12-24T11:22:00.000-08:00

PLEASE CLICK ON THE TITLE ABOVE: NEW BOOK AVAILABLE NOW to go to the ORDER SITE link.

Just in time for the holiday gift-giving for you or your friends. If the link does not work, copy and paste the URL to your browser. Merry Christmas to all!

NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT

2011-12-03T12:22:00.000-08:00

A NEW INFO:
The Epilogue of my book features Memorial and Death poems dedicated to poets Betty Kaplan, Janice Bostok, and Svetlana Marisova who passed away one by one while I was busy compiling the book. Dare I say I have also written my own?

Here is the cover of my forthcoming second book, HAIKU AND TANKA HARVEST, a slight variation of my blog's name. It has 126 pages, 6x9" size using Times Roman 12 with ISBN-13:978-1468017854. My first book, Rustle of bamboo leaves, selected haiku and other poems was published in November 2005.

Tha Haiku chapter is introduced by Susumu Takiguchi, Chairman of World Haiku Club and editor of its World Haiku Review and the Tanka chapter by haiku and tanka poet and eminent book reviewer Marjorie Buettner. The cover is designed by my artist friend, poet and long-time haiga collaborator Ashley Wood of England.

The book is a selection of my over 200 haiku and tanka poems published in various online and print journals as well as book anthologies written during the past six years, 2006-2011. There is a lenghty section of Senryu and Vanguard haiku. Included also are multilingual haiku and tanka in English, Spanish and Tagalog. Scattered all over the volume are samples of my haiga or picture poems from my sizable collection dating from 2000. More news forthcoming.

Wife's death

2011-11-20T13:14:00.000-08:00

brisk breeze blasts
the last remaining leaf
this blustery day
his wife of many years
has gone to rest
For Darrell

Modern English Tanka
Vol. 2, NO. 2. Winter 2007

Thanksgiving prayer

2011-11-17T15:28:00.000-08:00

For three years in a row now, I have been posting this Thanksgiving prayer. Here it is again and I hope you don't get bored by it. This Thanksgiving Day I will be hosting our family's traditional meal and and all members of my family and probably a few close friends will be here to celebrate with me.

THANKSGIVING PRAYER

Thank you
my Lord and God
for gift of life and health
remembering our lost loved ones
once more.

Heed not
our weaknesses,
teach us how to forgive
and live in harmony with all
others.

So that
once more this world
of hate will be again
a place of love and peacefulness,
Amen.

© November 2004-2011

Disabled Veteran

2011-11-11T14:55:00.000-08:00

wheelchair bound
the veteran feeds
a one-legged bird

World Haiku Review
Vol. 7, Issue 1, March 2009

Autumn wind

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the autumn wind
scatters the dried leaves
in the family photo
her face is gradually
and slowly fading

Modern English Tanka
Vol. 2, No. 1. Autumn 2007

SENRYU AND VANGUARD HAIKU

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From time to time, I will post here some of my poems in my forthcoming book, HAIKU AND TANKA HARVEST until it is published. Here is a section on Senryu and Vanguard haiku.

A senryu a day drives your shrink insane. - V. P. Gendrano's aphorism.

Following are samples of senryu I have written and published these past five years.

texting while driving
he wakes in the hospital
with only one leg

Sketchbook, Vol. 6, No. 3
May/June 2011

Facebook
the new public place
to bare yourself

Sketchbook, Vol. 6, No. 3
May/June 2011

senior power
a cup of coffee
for fifty-nine cents

Sketchbook, Vol. 5, No. 4
July/August 2010

teacher's pet
she tutors her student
the art of love

Sketchbook, Vol. 5, No. 4
July/August 2010

lingering heat
the girl removes her new bra
to freedom

Sketchbook, Vol. 6, No. 3
May/June 2011

Haiku and Tanka Harvest

2011-10-23T19:20:00.000-07:00

NEW BOOK NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT

My second book of poems is shaping up and now has over 100 pages already. Because the poems consists of only haiku and tanka, I tentatively titled the book HAIKU AND TANKA HARVEST, a slight variation of my blog’s name.

Included are my published articles on how I write both haiku and tanka. The poems are then arbitrarily grouped into seasonal, sequence, and multilingual. There are also several haiga (picture poems) throughout the book. The poems are all published and I have been posting them here for you my loyal readers as a kind of preview. More announcements coming.

Her absence

2011-10-21T22:02:00.000-07:00

he dreads
the dark demons
that inhabit his dreams
each night that passes by
in her absence

Sketchbook, Vol. 6, No. 1
Jan/Feb. 2011

Hospice visit

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hospice visit
for the third time
she asks the name
of her daughter
holding her hand

Sketchbook Vol. 5, No. 2
March/April 2010

Loneliness

2011-10-12T00:17:00.000-07:00

often
I feel alone
amidst a crowd
still hard to fill the void
you left behind

Sketchbook, Vol. 5, No. 4
July/August 2010

Autumn wind

2011-10-09T00:35:00.000-07:00

the autumn wind
scatters the dried leaves
in the family photo
her face is gradually
and slowly fading

Modern English Tanka
Vol. 2, No. 1. Autumn 2007

Discharged soldier

2011-10-05T22:50:00.000-07:00

discharged soldier
he stares at his gun’s barrel
to nothingness

World Haiku Review
January .2011
1st Place, Vanguard Haiku

One liner haiku experiment

2011-09-30T19:18:00.000-07:00

About the middle of September, I started to experiment writing a one-liner haiku based on a lead haiku poet’s daily prompt. Altogether I wrote nine haiku up to the end of the month. The following five haiku in descending order were the ones most liked by fellow poets. With that over, I now can concentrate in compiling my poems for my second book of poetry. It will be only in two poetic forms: haiku and tanka. So if I am not posting a lot here, you know why. By the way, there's no one-liner haiku in my new book. It’s over 100 pages now.

1) SUNSET - grandpa rode the sunset heading home

2) MOUNTAIN - hardest to climb mountain of self-doubt

3) BEACH - letter in a bottle widow's beach find

4) ANIMAL - a veteran feeds a one-legged bird

5) FLOWERS - hurried steps she stops to admire the orchids

Make-believe love

2011-09-27T14:33:00.000-07:00

her make-believe love
holds me hostage
a little bit longer
the last leaf falls
in the brisk wind

Modern English Tanka
Vol. 1, No. 4, Summer 2007

One liner haiku

2011-09-20T10:21:00.000-07:00

Since about the middle of this month September, I have been experimenting with one liner haiku following a daily subject prompt from a haiku poet. As you will see, they consist of just one line with no punctuations. So far I have written about mountain, river, animals and beach. See if you like or can understand these ultra-minimalist poems. Here's my latest on top, No. 6 for my late wife. Today 9/24 on children is now topmost.

7) children 9/24
new children's game cyber bullying

6) autumn 9/23/11
autumn blues wife's death anniversary

1) mountain 9/16/11
hardest to climb mountain of self-doubt

2) river
slaughtered whales lifeless in blood-stained water

3)
animals
a veteran feeds a one-legged bird

4) beach
letter in a bottle widow's beach find

5) beach 2
a half-empty baby's milk bottle aground

Trilingual haiku

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Here is my recent tri-lingual poems. Hope you like it.

TATLONG WIKA, ISANG KAHULUGAN
(Three tongues, One meaning)

I. KALUNGKUTAN (Tagalog)

gabing walang bituin
hinihintay kita sinta
kahit sa panaginip

SOLEDAD (Español)

la noche sin estrellas
esperaré por te amor
aun en mi sueño

LONELINESS (English)

starless night
I'll wait for you my love
even in my dream

Sketchbook
Vol. 6, No. 3
May/June 2011

BLACK DAY OF SEPTEMBER

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BLACK DAY OF SEPTEMBER

by Victor P. Gendrano

(Dedicated to the victims of the
September 11, 2001 tragedy)

I see many faces in New York
face of hate of the perpetrators
face of death from workers and passengers
face of fear of facing death
face of despair for unuttered love
face of panic not knowing where to hide
and what to expect

but also
face of faith calmly accepting death
face of love comforting each other
face of compassion from the public
face of caring for the wounded
face of grief of kins of those who perished

the face of death is everywhere
death of lives
death of hopes and dreams
and
death of peace

Published in my book, RUSTLE OF BAMBOO LEAVES, © 2005

In memoriam

2011-09-09T21:46:00.000-07:00

It is sad and depressing to report that another haiku poetess, Janice M. Bostok, of Australia has also passed away the first week of this month. She is a revered poet, editor, teacher and patron of the Australian Haiku Society. I sent the following tanka in her memory. May she rest in peace…

in the haiku garden
another leaf fell
its imprints scattered
and left for those
who pass this way

In memoriam

2011-09-08T09:03:00.000-07:00

To Svetlana,

a shooting star streaks
to its blazing glory
Eden lost to Paradise

On the recent death of fellow poet Svetlana Marisova. May she rest in peace...

New York Terrorism

2011-09-04T19:54:00.000-07:00

NEW YORK TERRORISM
(September 9, 2001)

Victor P. Gendrano

simple math
six hijackers
to six thousands dead

innocence crumbles
among New York rubble
September rain

patriotic fervor
the red geraniums
remain in bloom

blood-stained sun
sinks in the rubble
twilight of hopes

the Vietnam vet buys
red, white and blue tulips
memorial garden

In my book, Rustle of bamboo leaves, © 2005, but first published in World Haiku Review, Vol. 1, Issue 3, November 2001.

Texting while driving

2011-09-01T16:52:00.000-07:00

texting while driving
he wakes in the hospital
with only one leg

Sketchbook, Vol. 6, No. 3
May/June 2011

HAIKU AND SENRYU HARVEST

MORE READERS' BOOK COMMENTS

BACK COVER of Haiku and Tanka Harvest

COMMENTS ON NEW BOOK

NEW BOOK AVAILABLE NOW

NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT

Wife's death

Thanksgiving prayer

Disabled Veteran

Autumn wind

SENRYU AND VANGUARD HAIKU

Haiku and Tanka Harvest

Her absence

Hospice visit

Loneliness

Autumn wind

Discharged soldier

One liner haiku experiment

Make-believe love

One liner haiku

Trilingual haiku

BLACK DAY OF SEPTEMBER

In memoriam

In memoriam

New York Terrorism

Texting while driving