Issue #7 of the Communion Arts Journal is now available online. Communion is produced by publisher, Ralph Wessman, and writer, Jane Williams. Each issue includes poetry, stories, memoirs and much more. Tasmanian based, the journal presents writing from Australia and around the world. Many will know Ralph as the publisher of Walleah Press and editor of the… Read More Communion Arts Journal: Issue #7
Established in 1969, Modern Haiku is one of the world’s longest running, most well regarded, English-language haiku journals. Modern Haiku is produced in the USA, so the Summer edition (Volume 48.2) was released recently. It had this to say about Blowing Up Balloons by Vanessa Proctor and Gregory Piko: A collection of poems on parenthood by two… Read More Modern Haiku Reviews BUB
New Zealand poet, Sandra Simpson, has posted a review of Blowing Up Balloons (BUB) by Vanessa Proctor and Gregory Piko on her website. You can read the review here. Sandra’s haiku have been widely published around the world and appear in many prestigious anthologies. Her haiku collection, Breath, was published in 2011. Sandra’s site always has… Read More Sandra Simpson Reviews BUB
Australian poet, Lyn Reeves, has written a review of Blowing Up Balloons (BUB) by Vanessa Proctor and Gregory Piko. Lyn’s poetry, stories and haiku have been widely published. Many people will recall Lyn’s work as an associate editor for the highly regarded literary journal, Famous Reporter. Her collection Designs on the Body, published by Interactive Press, won the… Read More Lyn Reeves Reviews BUB
The next Brush With Poetry open mic afternoon is coming up soon. BWP will be held on the last Sunday of July, ie the fifth Sunday, being 30 July. Please Note: for this event there will be a one-off change of venue. BWP will be held at the Binalong General Store which trades as a… Read More Brush With Poetry: 30 July 2017
Mike Rehling, editor of Failed Haiku, and Steve Hodge, editor of Prune Juice, recently conducted the 2017 H Gene Murtha Memorial Senryu Contest. The results of the contest can be found here. As many of you are aware, haiku are short poems that generally relate to nature, often refer to a particular season and usually involve a… Read More H Gene Murtha Senryu Contest
Down here in the Southern Hemisphere, the Australian Haiku Society (AHS) does a great job sharing information about haiku happenings in Australia. Of course, while many haiku writers around the world are currently enjoying mid-summer sunshine, we are in the depths of winter. To celebrate, the AHS last month sponsored a Winter Solstice Haiku String on… Read More AHS Winter Solstice Haiku String
Write like Issa: a haiku how-to is a recent release by translator, teacher and writer, David G Lanoue. David is a professor of English at Xavier University of Louisiana and is well known within the haiku community for translating thousands of haiku written by the Japanese master poet, Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828). The book is available as paperback… Read More Write Like Issa: David G Lanoue
