Atlas Poetica Announces '25 Australian Tanka Poets'
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6 September 2010 — Perryville, Maryland, USA
*Atlas Poetica : A Journal of Poetry of Place in Contemporary Tanka*is
proud to announce '25 Australian Tanka Poets,' the fourth installment
of the ‘Special Features’ section of its website. Edited by Beverley George,
the well-known editor of *Eucalypt*, twenty-five Australian tanka poets each
wrote a new tanka representing the diverse landscapes of their country. By
bringing together poets from communities around the world, *Atlas Poetica's
*Special Features allows different tanka traditions to be appreciated
for themselves as well as offering the opportunity to compare and
contrast them with other traditions. The Special Features can be viewed for
free online at <http://AtlasPoetica.org>.
*Atlas Poetica* is an international tanka journal that publishes
tanka literature in many languages. However, it can be difficult for
readers and poets to find venues to enjoy tanka featuring different
languages and cultures. Therefore, *Atlas Poetica* has established the
Special Features section to focus on different aspects of the
international tanka community while leading up to a special edition of the
journal itself. ATPO 7 (Autumn, 2010) will feature tanka in translation
from around the world.
Designed by Alex von Vaupel, Technical Director for *Atlas
Poetica,*the website hosts information about the journal, submission
guidelines, ordering information and sample issues. Previous Special
Features have already appeared, including ‘25 Romanian Tanka Poets,' ’25
Canadian Tanka Poets in French and English,' and '25 New Zealand Tanka
Poets.' Two more special features are slated for presentation on an
irregular schedule, including ‘25 Tanka for Children’ edited by M. Kei, and
‘25 Tanka on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Themes,’ edited by
Alex von Vaupel. Both are expected in the autumn/winter of 2010.
Anyone interested in being a Guest Editor for a Special Feature at the *Atlas
Poetica* website will find guidelines on the Special Features home page
below the Atlas butterfly that is the symbol of the journal.
Anyone interested in being a Guest Editor should familiarize themselves
with the project by reading the Special Features section and also
sample issues of the journal archived on the site.
About Keibooks:
Keibooks is a micropress located in Perryville, Maryland, USA, founded by M.
Kei, a poet and tall ship sailor. Keibooks publishes select projects
reflecting his interest in tanka poetry and the sea. Using print-on-demand
technology, Keibooks is able to publish high quality literature in
attractive, affordable editions.
Keibooks is home to *Atlas Poetica : A Journal of Poetry of Place
in Contemporary Tanka,* and previously published *Fire Pearls :
Short Masterpieces of the Human Heart, *a classic anthology of tanka love
poems, as well as several other titles. It will soon publish *Catzilla! Tanka,
Kyoka, and Gogyohka About Cats.*
For more information, visit: < http://stores.lulu.com/keibooks>.
Contact:
M. Kei, publisher and editor
Keibooks
P O Box 516,
Perryville, MD, 21903, USA.
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M. Kei
Editor, Atlas Poetica
A Journal of Poetry of Place in Contemporary Tanka
AtlasPoetica.org
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Haiku Pix, a new paper review
Haiku Pix, a new paper review, seeks brief poems employing "word-pictures" to evoke emotion. Subscriptions: $20. Submit 1-10 poems. Your name, address, email on each page. Bio required. Deadline: October 31. Submissions: Haiku Pix Review, 11F, No.489, Tian-fu Rd., Hsinchu 30058, Taiwan. For more information, visit: www.haikupix.com/
Yours sincerely, Marie Kasprzak, Editor
editor@haikupix.com/
The Saigyo Awards for Tanka 2010
lies in your linen press
that you read one or two
with each clean sheet you take
each fresh cloth for your table
for she who loved apricot—-
the color, the bloom
and the way the fruit
clung lightly to the stone
hold for three days
then scatter...
I tell him I don't want to be
in love anymore
for this unpaved road
without a name
with corn on either side
flecked with unknown butterflies
swirling towards the ground
leaves
in their last cycle
my white hair
Galloway cows about their business,
and a man,
shirt unbuttoned, places
stone on stone to form a wall
to forsake the temple,
would the shadow
of something you said
still dwell in me?
taken by a gust
coming off the river—-
every falling leaf
deeper than birdsong
Carolyn Thomas
Magnapoets themed anthologies Spring & Summer 2011, and Journal
Magnapoets will be publishing two themed anthologies in spring and summer 2011. All forms of poetry are welcome. Previously unpublished poems are preferred, but previously published material will be considered. Submissions will be open from September 1, 2010 – January 1, 2011. Send all submissions (up to five poems per submission) to Magnapoets AT Gmail DOT com.
Theme One, Series 3: Love. Romantic love, platonic love, unrequited love, absence of love, any and all explorations of the theme of love are welcome. Be sure to place “Love Anthology” in the subject line.
Theme Two, Series 4: Epiphanies explored as loosely or personally as the writer chooses. What experiences or events, large or small, transformed your life? Be sure to place “Epiphany Anthology” in the subject line.
1.) What is your idea of perfect happiness?
2.) What is your greatest fear?
3.) Which historical figure do you most identify with?
4.) Which living person do you most admire?
5.) What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
6.) What is the trait you most deplore in others?
7.) What is your greatest extravagance?
8.) On what occasion do you lie?
9.) What do you dislike most about your appearance?
10.) When and where were you happiest?
11.) If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
12.) If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?
13.) What do you consider your greatest achievement?
14.) Who is your favourite artist, and who is your favourite composer?
15.) What is your most treasured possession?
16.) What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
17.) Who are your heroes in real life?
18.) What is it that you most dislike?
19.) How would you like to die?
20.) What is your motto?
Be sure to include a three-sentence bio and photo if you decide to take the Proust Questionnaire.
With best wishes,
Aurora Antonovic
Editor-in-Chief, Magnapoets
Haibun Today (September 2010) is now online.
The autumn quarterly issue of Haibun Today is now online for your reading pleasure at http://haibuntoday.com
Contributors to the current issue include Dan Allawat, Roberta Beary, Nathalie Boisard-Beudin, Marjorie A. Buettner, Glenn G. Coats, Tish Davis, Cherie Hunter Day, Albert DeGenova, Phuoc-Tan Diep, Lynn Edge, Jeffrey Harpeng, Maureen Scott Harris, Michele L. Harvey, Ed Higgins, Ruth Holzer, Gerry Jacobson, Gary LeBel, Chen-ou Liu, Victor Maddalena, Francis Masat, Robert Moyer, Ralph Murre, Eduardo N. del Valle, Stanley Pelter, Dru Philippou, Patricia Prime, Ray Rasmussen, Mark Ritchie, Bruce Ross, Cynthia Rowe, Adelaide B. Shaw, Mark Smith, Richard Straw, Linda Jeannette Ward, Theresa Williams and Jeffrey Winke.
This issue also features an in-depth interview with Ruth Holzer by Patricia Prime, an article on “The Ghost in Haibun” by Jeffrey Harpeng and book reviews by Tish Davis, Dru Philippou and Mark Smith.
Writers are now invited to submit haibun, tanka prose and articles for consideration in the December 2010 issue of Haibun Today. Consult our Submission Guidelines at Haibun Today. Forward any submissions by email to Jeffrey Woodward, Editor, at haibun.today@gmail.com
Simply Haiku calls for submissions
Simply Haiku calls for submissions
Submissions for the Autumn issue accepted from July 15 through September 15.
Accepting Quality Traditional English Language Haiku, Tanka, Haibun, Haiga, Renga, book reviews, interviews and feature articles.
Please read carefully the Submission Guidelines before submitting.
http://simplyhaiku.wordpress.com/2010/06/21/submission-guidelines/
Haiku to Robert D. Wilson: foamfish@gmail.com
Tanka to Amelia Fielden: anafielden@hotmail.com
Haibun to Kala Ramesh: kalaramesh8@gmail.com
Haiga to Silvija Butkovic: haigaeditor@gmail.com
Renga, Book reviews, interviews, feature articles to Robert D. Wilson and Sasa Vazic:
foamfish@gmail.com and vazicsasa@gmail.com
Robert D. Wilson & Sasa Vazic
MOONBATHING : A JOURNAL OF WOMEN'S TANKA call for submissions
EDITOR Pamela A. Babusci
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Moonbathing will feature only women poets. Send a maximum of 10 tanka per submission period. Submission deadlines: Fall/Winter Issue: In-hand Deadline: Dec. 15th Fall/winter or non-seasonal themes only. No previously published tanka or simultaneous submissions; no tanka that has been posted on-line, whether on a personal website/blog or on a tanka discussion group; and no publicly workshopped tanka will be considered or accepted.
SUBMISSION ADDRESSES: Send your tanka IN THE BODY OF AN E-MAIL to: Pamela A. Babusci: moongate44(at)gmail(dot)com PLEASE NO ATTACHMENTS. E-mail submissions ONLY.
I hope that all tanka poets who have their work accepted will support Moonbathing by purchasing a copy or a subscription. If Moonbathing is to survive it will need your support and I will be most grateful for it. DONATIONS MOST WELCOME.
DISCLAIMER: Moonbathing does not assume liability for copyright infringement or failure to acknowledge previously published tanka.
The Editor of Moonbathing is looking forward to receiving your best tanka. If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail Pamela A. Babusci moongate44(at)gmail(dot)com
Respectfully submitted, Pamela A. Babusci, Editor of Moonbathing
ATLAS POETICA 6 published
CONTEMPORARY TANKA PUBLISHED
15 August 2010 - Perryville, Maryland, USA
Keibooks is pleased to announce the publication of Atlas Poetica : A Journal
of Contemporary Tanka, issue 6 (Summer, 2010). Atlas Poetica, edited by M.
Kei, is published in print and digital formats, both available through an
online point of sale <http://Lulu.com/Keibooks> or through <
http://AtlasPoetica.org>. ATPO has expanded to contain 84 pages of poetic
content in a large, 8.5 x 11 inch format to accommodate individual tanka,
tanka prose, tanka sequences, book reviews, articles, and international
resources. Print ISSN is 1939-6465 and the digital ISSN is 1945-8908.
ATPO is the only tanka journal devoted exclusively to tanka poetry of place.
It brings multiple language offerings from poets around the world together
in each issue. It is also the only tanka journal that devotes itself to
tanka literature in all its forms, including individual tanka, tanka
sequences, tanka prose, shaped tanka, book reviews, articles, and
international resources. ATPO seeks to publish all forms of tanka tradition
and innovation from well-known and emerging poets and authors around the
world. For full submission information, please visit the new website at:
http://AtlasPoetica.org.
ATPO is planning a special issue, ATPO 7, to be dedicated to tanka in
translation from around the world, as well as under-represented tanka
communities. Already submissions in Lugana, Hebrew, Japanese, German,
Romanian, Spanish, Chinese, Dutch, and other languages have been received,
and many more are expected and hoped for. In addition, articles covering
different tanka traditions, book reviews, announcements, and resources are
wanted. Book notes and announcements can be in any language, do not require
translation into English, and can be up to 200 words long.
Volunteer translators who would like to assist with the effort to update the
submission blurbs and information in languages other than English should
contact Editor (at) AtlasPoetica (dot) org with a subject of “Translation”.
Individuals and organizations who would like to be listed or to update their
listing with ATPO should do contact the same address.
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Atlas Poetica : A Journal of Poetry of Place in Contemporary Tanka is
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M. Kei
Editor, Atlas Poetica
A Journal of Poetry of Place in Contemporary Tanka
AtlasPoetica.org
Government Recognition for M. Kei's Slow Motion collection
<http://www.chesapeakebay.net/suggestedreading.aspx?menuitem=16529>.
"The Chesapeake Bay Program is a unique regional partnership that has led and directed the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay since 1983. The Chesapeake Bay Program partners include the states of Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia; the District of Columbia; the Chesapeake Bay Commission, a tri-state legislative body; the Environmental Protection Agency, representing the federal government; and participating citizen advisory groups. For more, visit our overview of the Chesapeake Bay Program." —from 'About Us'
It's gratifying that the governments of the Chesapeake Bay region consider Slow Motion to be a significant work of literature on the topic of the Chesapeake Bay's boats! Slow Motion can be read free online at <http://www.scribd.com/doc/25945756/Slow-Motion-Scribd-com-Edition>.
Enjoy!
~K~
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Mariko Kitakubo & Linda Galloway, benefit performance of tanka
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