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Short Verse Forms 6 – Free Verse
December 2004 Free Verse Introduction by Conrad DiDiodato Free verse (from the French vers libre) is really a hybrid of two very different language forms, placed very elegantly somewhere between them: prose and the more traditional tightly-knit poetic structures of, … Continue reading
Posted in Renku, Vol 4-1 December 2004
Tagged Haiku, poems, poetic forms, Poetry, short poetry, writing
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A Mosaic in Words
WHR November 2002 WHC Renku Seminar Haikuforum Seminar on “Traditional” Renku in English Session 4: A Mosaic in Words Paul MacNeil Florida, US For this the 4th installment I shall try to discuss a few separate parts of what is … Continue reading
Posted in Renku, Vol 2-3 November 2002
Tagged Haiku, haiku club, poems, Poetry, renku, short poetry, world haiku, writing
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What’s in a Name – Defining Renku
WHR March 2002 WHCrenku Seminar 2000 – A Mosaic in Words When the World Haiku Club activated its first mailing list, Haikuforum, in December 1999, it quickly became a bustling centre for learning about haiku and related forms of poetry. … Continue reading
Posted in Renku, Vol 2-1 March 2002
Tagged Haiku, haiku club, poems, Poetry, renku, writing
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Eight Poets and a Spectator
December 2003 Eight Poets and a Spectator, comments on Midsummer Madness The Renku Experience an’ya, Oregon, USA Upon being invited to participate in this renku group, I must admit that I hesitated because my only other attempt at renku was … Continue reading
Posted in Renku, Vol 3-2 December 2003
Tagged Haiku, haiku poems, poems, Poetry, renku, writing
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Midsummer Darkness, a Kasen Renku
December 2003 This is the third on-line English language renku in which I was able to assume full sabaki-ship. I thank all my renjyu for trusting me when they must have had whole lot of anxiety, perplexity and doubt, along, … Continue reading
Posted in Renku, Vol 3-2 December 2003
Tagged Haiku, kasen, Poetry, renku, world haiku, writing
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Renku Training for Today’s Haiku poet
summer 2005 THE IMPORTANCE OF RENKU TRAINING FOR TODAY’S HAIKU POET: AN OVERVIEW WHF2005 in Romania Raffael de Gruttola, US One of my interests in writing this essay was generated by the fact that the Japanese poetic forms historically evolve … Continue reading
Posted in Haiku, Renku, Vol 5-1 August 2005
Tagged Haiku, haiku poet, literature, nature, Poetry, renku, short poetry, world haiku, writing
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The Alchemy of Live Renku
Vol 2-1, March 2002 Written for the WHChaikuforum Renku Seminar: “Traditional Renku in English” via the Internet, led by Paul MacNeil Christopher Herold Washington, US In Japan, historically, renku have almost always been composed face to face, up close and … Continue reading
Posted in Renku, Vol 2-1 March 2002
Tagged Haiku, live renku, poems, Poetry, renku, short poetry
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Shisan – The Dolphin Circle
VOLUME 3: ISSUE 1 MARCH 2003 WHCessay – Shisan: The Anatomy of a Renku Sequen Shisan: The Dolphin Circles: Tomegaki by Eiko Yachimoto A sabaki is expected to ensure a good time together and the inclusion of a verse(s) characteristic … Continue reading
Posted in Renku, Vol 3-1 March 2003
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Shisan – the Anatomy of a Renku Sequence
VOLUME 3: ISSUE 1 MARCH 2003 WHCessay – Shisan – the anatomy of a renku sequence John E Carley, UK An introduction For Masaoka Shiki, the archetypal modernist, renku was not worthy of consideration as literature. Renku, he declared, was … Continue reading
Whats in a Name : Defining Renku
VOLUME 2: ISSUE 1 MARCH 2002 WHCrenku Seminar 2000 – Defining Renku When the World Haiku Club activated its first mailing list, Haikuforum, in December 1999, it quickly became a bustling centre for learning about haiku and related forms of … Continue reading
Posted in Renku, Vol 2-1 March 2002
Tagged Haiku, poems, Poetry, renku, short poetry
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