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Reflecting ...
Oct. 21st, 2009 | 09:39 am
space: on my back
mood: 
cheerful
sounds: Vagabond - Wolfmother
Last Sunday i was invited to the launch of a new hardcover book that features poetry and artwork from Melbourne. One of my haiku/senryu or 'rooku' (as Australian short verse poetry has been dubbed) was included. You will have seen it before here on LJ as one of the poems that was selected to be shown on the trains around Melbourne as part of the 'Moving Galleries' project.
The launch was held at St Paul's cathedral and was attended by around 500 people! There were some amazing readings accompanied by an eighty year old man on a flute that really added some atmosphere. Some local haiku perrenials were there, Lorin Ford and Myron Lysenko.
It was all very grand and I did feel a bit special but my daughter fell asleep .....
On the way out of the cathedral she perked up when she saw ...
mid October ~
the city Christmas tree
not wearing its top
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Funeral
Oct. 9th, 2009 | 08:12 pm
space: In life
sounds: Take me to the other side - David Grey
the endless
blue sky
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come fly with me
Sep. 27th, 2009 | 06:24 pm
space: Hong Kong
mood: 
mischievous
sounds: No one laughs at God in the hospital - Regina Spektor
end of the pier
tattooed wings
on the fat man's back
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Downtown
Aug. 13th, 2009 | 02:38 pm
space: Los Angeles
mood: 
listless
sounds: Bar fridge hum
windsock
- full of itself
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Resounding
Jul. 26th, 2009 | 07:58 pm
space: On vacation
mood: chipper
sounds: My name - Melanie Pain
It arrived from America (via Japan - how apt) and I'm very pleased with the final product.
I have a few spare copies if anybody would like one.,( free to haiku lovers!) Just let me know.
There are 15 of my haiku/senryu and 17 poets in all.
A lot of my work has been posted here, but here's one that hasn't ....
we argue
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Oh deer
Apr. 3rd, 2009 | 03:48 pm
space: jet lag limbo
mood: 
sleepy
sounds: one helluva party - Air
I've just come home from a trip to visit family and friends in my home town of Yeovil which is in the countryside in Somerset, England. Whilst I was there ....
break from the trees
~ three, then two
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You've got mail
Feb. 26th, 2009 | 09:46 pm
space: The lounge
mood: 
bouncy
sounds: Ryan Adams - cobwebs
Today, in the post .....
My third place prize for the last Calico Cat contest, a beautiful original sumi e by Origa - 'Rolling Thunder'.
I raced out and bought a frame straight away and have it in pride of place in our lounge room.
Thanks Olga!
BTW if you want to own any of Origa's work, go to http://www.yessy.com/origahaiku/
a pot of jasmine green tea
~ overseas mail
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Bra strap
Feb. 17th, 2009 | 11:32 am
space: in hiding
mood: accomplished
sounds: Ray Lamontaigne - Trouble
Here are my three entries with the first one coming second (if you see what I mean!)
valentine's day -
a glimpse of the shop girl's
another argument
the rose petal's
burgundy edge
midwinter night
my white breath drifts
into the Milky Way
and the deserved winner, who wins a free trip to Japan is ........
Dorota Pyra
Gdansk, Poland
whiteness
the water falls
into its sound
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Boxing Day
Dec. 26th, 2008 | 11:25 am
space: Off to work
mood: determined
sounds: Hannah Montanna cd - for the 500th time
Boxing day ~
Barbie's shoe rattles
into the vacuum cleaner
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dovere
Dec. 10th, 2008 | 08:09 pm
space: in between days
mood: 
calm
sounds: New England - Billy Bragg
the talk
we had to have
~ early dusk
I was very pleased to hear today that this haiku has been selected for publication in the forthcoming book 'white lies: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2008'.
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Bookworm
Nov. 28th, 2008 | 03:02 pm
space: various
mood: bouncy
sounds: are friends electric - Gary Numan
My prize for coming in 2nd Place in the Poets' Choice Kigo Awards 2008. My haiku won first prize in the August 2008 Shiki Monthly Kukai and was forwarded to the annual competition for each month's top 3 winners. Quite a surprise to win either of them!
The books are all from Red Moon Press. I'm looking forward to getting stuck into them soon.
The subject for the haiku was 'spiders'...
every spider
has a name
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election
Nov. 5th, 2008 | 03:24 pm
space: away
sounds: The rising - Bruce Springstein
I am stuck in a hotel room in Los Angeles watching the election....
Autumn breeze
the election map
changes colour
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Big sky mind
Oct. 24th, 2008 | 08:37 pm
space: casa mia
mood: giddy
sounds: I don't wanna die in the hospital - Conor Oberst
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Spring has sprung
Sep. 11th, 2008 | 09:19 pm
space: outside
mood: chipper
sounds: Paul Weller - 22 dreams
At last, it is starting to warm up down here....
the smell of outside
inside
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Well chuffed
Aug. 31st, 2008 | 03:04 pm
space: out of bed ...just
mood: cheerful
sounds: Conor Oberst
I have been away and I haven't seen my inbox for about a week.
Hopefully this will give me some imputus to write more as I haven't contributed much this year for various (boring) reasons.
Cheers ;)
I'll start it off with a senryu ...
I am encouraged to take
fifty per cent off
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Haiku movie!!
Jul. 29th, 2008 | 02:01 pm
space: waiting .....
mood: bouncy
sounds: music for zen meditation and other joys - Tony Scott
This looks like an interesting film. The first ever full length movie about English languge haiku. Please follow this link to Youtube to watch the trailer of HAIKU: THE ART OF THE SHORT POEM
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blowing in the wind
Jul. 11th, 2008 | 11:13 am
space: under a blanket
mood: awake
sounds: long hot summer - Style Council
barely moving
this windy night
~ winter moon
Very windy last night ...
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Ginko
Jun. 26th, 2008 | 12:31 am
space: in silencio
mood: awake
sounds: dig Lazurus dig - Nick Cave and the bad seeds
Last week I attended a ginko at Melbourne cemetery. It was led by local poet and haijin Myron Lysenko. We had a haiku workshop where we had to write as many haiku as possible in 15 minutes (I managed 12), this was to stop ourelves from self editing. We also practiced 5/7/5 technique and the 'three 'w's - When/what/where technique. We had great fun (even in a cemetery) listening to and reading our haiku.
And we were also very lucky to have a perfect Melbourne Winter's day.
Here are a few of mine ...
city cemetery ~
the same sun
on every grave
Winter cemetery ~
a crow flies
across denominations
old graveyard ~
so many ways
to say goodbye
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Wisdom
Jun. 11th, 2008 | 06:53 pm
space: On standby
mood: 
contemplative
sounds: Fantasy - Earth, Wind and Fire
last light ~
the old duck's wake
widening
Wish I had a photo ....
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In between days
Apr. 27th, 2008 | 10:31 am
space: In transito
sounds: Theme from Shaft - Issac Hayes
I have't been able to contribute much to LJ this year. This is because of work commitments and a lot of travel. However, I have just won a promotion to a new job at work which makes it almost worth it. The down side is that I will be away from the 'haiku mind' and LJ for about another month whilst I am in training. Hopefully once this time has passed I shall be able to devote more time to the Haiku way and get back to you all more often. I do miss it ...
Cheers, Paul ;)
Here's an old one of mine
opening my eyes
under Winter stars
~ the earth has turned