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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

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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

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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

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Shiki’s Fireworks

July 2002  WHC Shiki Celebrations: Essay – Susumu Takiguchi WHC MASAOKA SHIKI CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS Shiki’s Fireworks, a note from Susumu Takiguchi This text is extracted from the introduction to the fifth strand of the Masaoka Shiki On-line Joint Translation Project. … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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Zip: Form, Freedom and Phonics

Vol 1-1, May 2001 WHC Essay ZIP: Form, Freedom and Phonics An alternative approach to the Haiku in English John E. Carley Piloting their hired Czech sports car (a rocket-powered egg box called a ‘Tercet’) through the sign-free wilds of … Continue reading

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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

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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

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