tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88317461037304884052026-07-10T02:43:51.115-07:00haiku notebook by w. f. owenThis blog is an extension of the ideas presented in my book (Haiku Notebook Second Edition, smashwords.com, 2010). It is intended to be a forum for discussing haiku and haibun. My hope as an educator is to stimulate interest in writing these forms. So, please feel free to post. [NOTE: click "comments" to read poems by other poets, as well as discussion]. Thank you for visiting!w. f. owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07000159086728348420noreply@blogger.comBlogger586125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831746103730488405.post-17754661578423793182013-01-30T14:54:00.001-08:002013-01-30T14:54:18.955-08:00<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Just a brief word to announce that today I learned </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">my poem below was awarded the Museum of Haiku Literature</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Award by the Haiku Society of America for best poem published in the Autumn 2012 issue of <i>Frogpond</i>. I feel </span><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">very honored to be chosen! [I tied with another person's poem, so we each are honored!]</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Here is the poem (page 27):</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">new love the up and down of her teabag</span>w. f. owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07000159086728348420noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831746103730488405.post-53703446666260921502013-01-23T14:50:00.002-08:002013-01-23T14:50:19.238-08:00<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Hello, I am still alive and kicking. :)</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">I mostly have been pursuing my fine art photography,</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">which I believe is not too unlike haiku writing at least</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">in one respect. Each captures moments of experience.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">Please check out </span><a href="http://bill-owen.artistwebsites.com/"><span style="color: red;">my fine art photography site</span></a><span style="color: blue;"> and also</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">a place to </span><a href="http://zazzle.com/drbillcreations*"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><b>purchase products utilizing these photos</b></span></a><span style="color: blue;">.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">I also have a</span><a href="http://drbillcreations.blogspot.com/"> <span style="color: magenta;">photography blog</span></a><span style="color: blue;"> (yeah, I know, yet another blog), which </span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">many publicizes my various sales. Hey, just window shop, no need</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">to buy. :)</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Take care and try to stay well! :D</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOf7pDdeNJtcLMQqXXy9kbZ_m8V636PCi4GNZCp4ILwqOZr06HJOQQIQnHHnlNM8xWD65cuMVpqF2v0EAjueLNvQFm2CGwtykk1_R3OMDut8CYia-7e6kjwBqauPUchNamN-fv1pJQQKLv/s1600/1950AustrianStamp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOf7pDdeNJtcLMQqXXy9kbZ_m8V636PCi4GNZCp4ILwqOZr06HJOQQIQnHHnlNM8xWD65cuMVpqF2v0EAjueLNvQFm2CGwtykk1_R3OMDut8CYia-7e6kjwBqauPUchNamN-fv1pJQQKLv/s320/1950AustrianStamp.jpg" width="270" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: blue;"><b>1950 Austrian Stamp</b></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: blue;"><b>photo copyright 2013 </b></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: blue;"><b>Bill Owen</b></span></div>
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><br /></span>w. f. owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07000159086728348420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831746103730488405.post-33091390599560337382012-08-02T14:44:00.002-07:002012-08-02T14:44:41.782-07:00Stating the obvious, I have been remiss at keeping this blog going. As you may know, my interests have turned back to another love--fine art photography. I say "turned back" because I practiced and taught underwater photography back in the '70s (<u>19</u>70s, I'm not <u>that</u> old!). Check out over 700 of my photos on<br />
<a href="http://bill-owen.artistwebsites.com/">my photography pages</a>. Other than the occasional abstracts I have created, most of my photos are not unlike haiku sensibilities. Both can be understood as snapshots freezing some experiential moments. Still, I continue to write haiku and related forms, albeit at a reduced pace. Indeed, I have penned (who uses pens anymore?) a tan renga in the current <i>Frogpond</i> co-authored with one of my writing buddies, Yvonne Cabalona. Here is that haiku sequence:<br />
<br />
all day<br />
a scale<br />
on the fisherman's face (w. f. owen)<br />
<br />
the delicate hover<br />
of a hummingbird (Yvonne Cabalona)<br />
<br />
<i>Frogpond</i>, 35:2, 2012<br />
<br />
I still continue to sell my haiku and haibun ebooks and wish to offer you 40% off (the $3.99 full price) on each through September 2, 2012 at <a href="http://smashwords.com/">Smashwords.com</a> with these codes:<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/17633">Haiku Notebook, 2nd Ed.</a>: <strong style="background-color: #f7f7f7; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">NQ43V</strong><br />
<span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/18520">small events: haibun by w. f. owen</a>: </span><strong style="background-color: #f7f7f7; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">FK42H</strong><br />
<strong style="background-color: #f7f7f7; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></strong><br />
<span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">On Smashwords, every ebook format is offered and, if you purchase any ebook, you may download each one. However, for Kindle users, I also sell these same ebooks, though there is no mechanism for a discounts.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Finally, I am working on a photo book for later this year probably for iPads only. I will keep you informed.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Take care,</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bill</span></span><br />
<strong style="background-color: #f7f7f7; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></strong>w. f. owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07000159086728348420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831746103730488405.post-11895623038772692482012-03-04T15:11:00.000-08:002012-03-04T15:11:39.898-08:00the dove's stillness before the strut<br />
<br />
w. f. owen<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/17633">Haiku Notebook, 2nd ed.</a><br />
<br />
This and my <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/18520">haibun ebook</a> 1/2 price through March 10, 2012!w. f. owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07000159086728348420noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831746103730488405.post-82152473884317695902011-12-16T17:31:00.000-08:002011-12-16T17:31:05.235-08:00solstice morning i turn over the pillow<br />
<br />
w. f. owen<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/WFOwen">Haiku Notebook, 2nd Edition</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/wfoamaz">Kindle</a><br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/wfowenart">Art Photos</a>w. f. owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07000159086728348420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831746103730488405.post-11495347211749248932011-12-06T15:35:00.000-08:002011-12-06T15:35:51.260-08:00autumn deepens he searches the pan for my name<br />
<br />
w. f. owen<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/WFOwen">Haiku Notebook, 2nd Ed.</a><br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/wfophotos">Art Photos</a>w. f. owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07000159086728348420noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831746103730488405.post-77557948939151787402011-11-26T23:06:00.000-08:002011-11-26T23:06:17.442-08:00coming out of the fog her red lips<br />
<br />
w. f. owen<br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/wfoamaz">Haiku Notebook, 2nd edition</a> (Kindle)<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/WFOwen">Other Formats (Smashwords.com)</a>w. f. owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07000159086728348420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831746103730488405.post-10911691237651629332011-11-24T16:52:00.000-08:002011-11-24T16:53:49.117-08:00Happy Thanksgiving!<br />
<br />
Check out my art photos at:<br />
<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/wfowenart">Bill Owen Art</a><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKFWu98hJN8X0vcX1ackryWZhJy2zx_aEerP3jlSBGr3qkjVPxcXf1FkhzvduX30bwPEqBJRLUWa-N6aKqiI6m807Sh53oZ6Bcx25wrp9GX9AXIpir9t-H9rWZMq3YZHxERnrzQA_hdyQ6/s1600/leaves6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKFWu98hJN8X0vcX1ackryWZhJy2zx_aEerP3jlSBGr3qkjVPxcXf1FkhzvduX30bwPEqBJRLUWa-N6aKqiI6m807Sh53oZ6Bcx25wrp9GX9AXIpir9t-H9rWZMq3YZHxERnrzQA_hdyQ6/s320/leaves6.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><br />
bare trees another negative pregnancy test<br />
<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/WFOwen">Haiku Notebook 2nd Ed.</a>w. f. owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07000159086728348420noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831746103730488405.post-86986971554203988082011-11-22T08:49:00.000-08:002011-11-22T08:49:19.152-08:00first brushstroke standing back hands on her hips<br />
<br />
w. f. owen<br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/wfoamaz">Haiku Notebook</a>w. f. owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07000159086728348420noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831746103730488405.post-77762830245791105192011-11-18T14:17:00.000-08:002011-11-18T14:17:41.920-08:00after all the rain i play with the sun<br />
<br />
w. f. owen<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/haikubook">Haiku Notebook, 2nd edition</a><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxbvwXoSltfCLOp6yxSJNoMqA7jlWbbjStSdXarVlT1Iic-0txDg-RQY0uU87WFr2D6uKRNAoMxfCrjskTL-GMkQb0aC_gTaxZsbGUuy-grnnXyrPMsW89709RgfwdWCQ02pv8FKtdJQFs/s1600/cup5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxbvwXoSltfCLOp6yxSJNoMqA7jlWbbjStSdXarVlT1Iic-0txDg-RQY0uU87WFr2D6uKRNAoMxfCrjskTL-GMkQb0aC_gTaxZsbGUuy-grnnXyrPMsW89709RgfwdWCQ02pv8FKtdJQFs/s320/cup5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/wfophotos">More Photos</a>w. f. owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07000159086728348420noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831746103730488405.post-23568595413358861562011-11-13T18:40:00.000-08:002011-11-13T18:40:28.925-08:00autumn fog another friend slips away<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDQOc-WmZGN9jOHHtArgEYmjc3gkgCmV9UlDmDP5acdjHQ2u9AVh6h94-DFyFiYgTj89CO3BbzCsgFdTRIuY0nOqHqKF0W8_Ol_Lq7slaCDXty_c5H6hfkELsSfdEWbvEMvH7KkEgESxpd/s1600/SFChain1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDQOc-WmZGN9jOHHtArgEYmjc3gkgCmV9UlDmDP5acdjHQ2u9AVh6h94-DFyFiYgTj89CO3BbzCsgFdTRIuY0nOqHqKF0W8_Ol_Lq7slaCDXty_c5H6hfkELsSfdEWbvEMvH7KkEgESxpd/s320/SFChain1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
#haiga, w. f. owen ©2011<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/haikubook">Haiku Notebook</a><br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/wfocreations">Google+</a>w. f. owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07000159086728348420noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831746103730488405.post-41469884571656246292011-11-08T13:56:00.000-08:002011-11-08T13:56:42.376-08:00big moon in the bottom of my cup<br />
<br />
w. f. owen<br />
#haiku<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/haikubook">Haiku Notebook</a><br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/aboutwfo">Author Page</a>w. f. owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07000159086728348420noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831746103730488405.post-82628419156828800012011-10-30T21:37:00.000-07:002011-10-30T21:37:31.486-07:00autumn evening her pills lined up by size<br />
<br />
w. f. owen<br />
#haiku<br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/kinhaiku">Haiku Notebook</a>w. f. owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07000159086728348420noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831746103730488405.post-3727249088630235092011-10-26T22:27:00.000-07:002011-10-26T22:27:20.889-07:00over pruning the tree last night's argument<br />
<br />
w. f. owen<br />
#haiku<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/WFOwen">Haiku Notebook</a>w. f. owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07000159086728348420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831746103730488405.post-80159457336211038752011-10-15T17:02:00.000-07:002011-10-15T17:02:27.182-07:00autumn heat a puff of dust from the catcher's mitt<br />
<br />
w. f. owen<br />
#haik<br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/wfoamaz">Haiku Notebook, 2nd. Ed.</a><br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/aboutwfo">Author Page</a>w. f. owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07000159086728348420noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831746103730488405.post-53951837951371460522011-10-14T10:56:00.000-07:002011-10-14T10:56:25.523-07:00morning bell dew spins from the kickball<br />
<br />
w. f. owen<br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/wfoamaz">Haiku Notebook</a>w. f. owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07000159086728348420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831746103730488405.post-82360753062863532432011-10-11T20:36:00.000-07:002011-10-11T20:36:59.074-07:00waxing moon the rolls rise above the pan<br />
<br />
w. f. owen<br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/wfoamaz">Haiku Notebook, 2nd. ed.</a>w. f. owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07000159086728348420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831746103730488405.post-69323715273216099522011-10-11T12:10:00.000-07:002011-10-11T12:12:53.236-07:00calm between storms like a brother till he wasn't<br />
<br />
w. f. owen<br />
<br />
#haiku<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/aboutwfo">Author Page</a>w. f. owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07000159086728348420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831746103730488405.post-33880848249117954802011-10-06T23:28:00.000-07:002011-10-06T23:28:08.880-07:00autumn heat he sniffs the bat after a foul tip<br />
<br />
w. f. owen<br />
<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/aboutwfo">Author Page</a>w. f. owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07000159086728348420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831746103730488405.post-34248990490565495642011-09-23T09:07:00.000-07:002011-09-23T09:08:44.956-07:00fall equinox the trail of ants splits<br />
<br />
w. f. owen<br />
#haiku<br />
<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/WFOwen">Haiku Notebook 2nd Ed.</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/wfoamaz">Kindle</a>w. f. owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07000159086728348420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831746103730488405.post-43884796957352314682011-09-14T20:50:00.000-07:002011-09-14T20:50:00.159-07:00 <br />
<br />
fallen fence the vine still climbing<br />
<br />
w. f. owen<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/17633">Haiku Notebook, 2nd. Ed.</a>w. f. owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07000159086728348420noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831746103730488405.post-18335353513652817702011-09-05T23:12:00.000-07:002011-09-05T23:12:16.100-07:00sumi-e the art of her fingertips<br />
<br />
w. f. owen<br />
#haiku<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/WFOwen">Haiku Notebook</a>w. f. owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07000159086728348420noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831746103730488405.post-34630903357984106702011-08-30T16:12:00.000-07:002011-08-30T16:12:46.323-07:00Here's a sample of my ebook, Haiku Notebook (2nd ed.):<br />
<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/haikusample">Haiku Notebook Sample</a><br />
<br />
peace,<br />
billw. f. owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07000159086728348420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831746103730488405.post-14948584655723293092011-08-30T16:02:00.000-07:002011-08-30T16:10:37.842-07:00<br />
tagging on the grade school misspelled<br />
<br />
w. f. owen<br />
#haiku<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/haikubook">Haiku Notebook</a>w. f. owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07000159086728348420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831746103730488405.post-12247219727968033712011-08-18T12:07:00.000-07:002011-08-18T12:07:40.950-07:00<br />
<br />
a breeze summer ends merely steps from here<br />
<br />
w. f. owen<br />
#haiku<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/WFOwen">Ebooks</a>w. f. owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07000159086728348420noreply@blogger.com0