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Comment on Shooting My Poetry Mouth Off (May 2010) by snowbird

snowbird — Tue, 25 May 2010 18:05:30 +0000

Thank you so much for posting this event so I could be with you all. Oh, what I’d give to be able to have been there!!! Many thanks, Merrill

Comment on The Breach of Meaning? Roland Barthes’s View of Haiku by Chen-ou

Chen-ou — Mon, 24 May 2010 23:47:40 +0000

Yes, I agree with you. But we need his “pointing finger” in order to see “the moon.”

And his view of haiku that is comparable to Zen koans is influenced by the dominant view of haiku in 1970s and also reflects his interest in Zen Buddhism.

Thanks for your closing reading and thoughtful reply. Much appreciated.

Chen-ou

Comment on The Breach of Meaning? Roland Barthes’s View of Haiku by chrispatchel

chrispatchel — Sun, 23 May 2010 18:56:26 +0000

I enjoyed the article but it seems to me Barthes’ own use of language betrays his stated views about it. And some of his notions about haiku, that it’s comparable to Zen koans, for instance, don’t square with its widespread appeal outside of Zen.

Comment on Shooting My Poetry Mouth Off (April 2010) by snowbird

snowbird — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:48:45 +0000

I agree that poetry must take precedence over form. Form is solely viable in its use as a structure…It’s when poetry and structure become one that it succeeds. Form and content… But a vase may take many forms…so the potter is free to bring out the character of the vase. The clay is meerly the building block…what are you building????

Comment on Event: NCHS’s 31st Haiku Holiday (North Carolina) by snowbird

snowbird — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 21:03:39 +0000

Thinking of you all. Sure wish I could be there to hear Roberta! So many good friends here…

friends gather
so far away
my thoughts fly

Comment on The Breach of Meaning? Roland Barthes’s View of Haiku by Chen-ou

Chen-ou — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:27:22 +0000

“tell you the truth I still struggle with “meaning”… Sometimes though it produces happy accidents that capture more than we know we are writing/speaking”

Snowbird, I couldn’t agree with you more.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

Chen-ou

Comment on The Breach of Meaning? Roland Barthes’s View of Haiku by snowbird

snowbird — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:18:30 +0000

This looks like an interesting column…I have been born and raised in the US and to tell you the truth I still struggle with “meaning”… Sometimes though it produces happy accidents that capture more than we know we are writing/speaking.

Comment on Event: International Haiku Spring Festival 2010 (Japan, Online) by Alan Summers

Alan Summers — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 10:58:45 +0000

May is certainly an exciting month for both Akita, Japan and Bath, England, as we run our sister festivals!

We are running parallel/sister festivals so both International Haiku Spring Festival 2010 (Akita, Northern Honshu, Japan) and 2010 Bath Japanese Festival run concurrently May 12th – May 23rd 2010.

Courtesy of our sister festival, in Akita, we have special guests Masuda Aika（桝田愛佳）a haiga painter, and her mother, Masuda Junko（桝田純子）a haiku poet, coming over to give a taste of haiku and haiga from Japan.

Here is a weblink to the 2010 Bath Japanese Festival:
http://area17.blogspot.com/2010/03/2010-bath-japanese-festival-there-is.html

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CHILDRENS’ AND YOUNG PERSONS’ HAIKU CONTEST
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This competition is in partnership with: both Japanese and British festivals; Judith Gorgone of Planetpals (Worldwide); Karina Klesko of Sketchbook, Journal for Eastern and Western Short Forms; and Alan Summers of With Words (UK) all in partnership with the planet to bring the Earthday Haiku Contest.

Kids Count for Earthday 5-7-5 Haiku Contest 2010
http://kidsearthdayhaiku.blogspot.com/2010/03/contest-is-open.html

***ONLY ONE ENTRY PER STUDENT!

Age Groups:

7-9 years old
10-12 yrs old

13-15 yrs old

16-18 yrs old
19-20 yrs old

all my very best,

Alan Summers
Literature Director,
2010 Bath Japanese Festival
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Comment on haijinx quarterly staff update: Jerry Dreesen by snowbird

snowbird — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 21:04:11 +0000

Congrats! Jerry, Looking forward to learning a thing or two!

Comment on Alan Summers by Alan Summers

Alan Summers — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:18:50 +0000

UPDATE ON ALAN’S FORTH PLINTH EVENT

Alan’s British Library archived webpage is:
Alan on Antony Gormley’s Trafalgar Square Fourth Plinth Project

Antony Gormley causing interest in New York:
New York Times article: Interlopers on the Skyline

One & Other – Report Update
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It’s been almost a year since the epic One & Other opened applications.

Antony Gormley’s commision was the first in the Sky Arts Artichoke season: Sky’s sponsorship enabled us, among other things, to stream the plinth live to millions of viewers across the world.

In fact, the website has been an integral part of the project, registering almost 9 million hits since its launch last year.

However, all good things must come to an end. At the end of this month http://www.oneandother.co.uk [http://www.oneandother.co.uk] will move to its new home in the British Library’s digital archive.

The website will feature all videos as well as the rest of the website, although the interactive features, such as the ability to comment on videos or blog posts, will be disabled.

You can visit the archived site by clicking here
[http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20100223121732/http://www.oneandother.co.uk/].

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