Outside my window is the first rainbow of my Melbourne winter, which begins today. Those in the Northern Hemisphere will soon be welcoming summer. Wherever you are in the world, the 15th issue of A Hundred Gourds, a quarterly journal of haiku, haibun, haiga, tanka and renku poetry is now online for your reading pleasure.

http://www.ahundredgourds.com

AHG 4.3 Feature

Between Basho and Ban’ya (bypassing Barthes): A New Brand of Haiku?’ by Charles Trumbull

AHG is delighted to publish Charles Trumbull’s witty and thought-provoking enquiry into a “hybrid” type of haiku which has become quite prevalent. This very enjoyable essay was first delivered as a presentation at the 4th Cradle of American Haiku Festival, in 2014.

Mike Montrueil, AHG’s Haibun Editor, provides an informative introduction to the context of Dr. Trumbull’s presentation, honouring the history of the Festival and allowing readers a sense of place.

Expositions

Mike Montrueil also interviews Ray Rasmussen on the subject of his thoughts about and his extensive involvement in haibun, Michael Dylan Welch, in an entertaining manner, shows us how Japanese sound units differ from English syllables and Beverley George reviews Cynthia Rowe’s new book.
A Hundred Gourds is still looking for a suitable editor for our Expositions section. Please direct any enquiries regarding the Expositions section and submit reviews, essays or commentaries for 2015 issues of AHG to me, Lorin, until further notice.

Submissions Deadline

The deadline for all submissions to AHG 4.4 (the September 2015 issue) is June 15th. AHG has an open submissions policy: any submissions received after the deadline will be filed for consideration for the December 2015 issue. Please check our submissions page for details and editors’ guidelines.

Please take the time to read the AHG submissions page, including the editors’ individual comments, and ensure that your submission complies with all requirements.

Lorin Ford – Haiku Editor, Managing Editor,
for the Editorial Team, A Hundred Gourds

A second guest reader is wanted

At Poetic inspirations @ Emerald

Calling all poets and lovers of poetry – Especially all those who write in another language than English and/or have their work in a bilingual or a translated form
Every second Saturday of the month

Next Reading is on

(Library closes at 2pm on Saturdays)

The following Reading dates through out 2015 are as follows:
July 11, 11.45AM-1.45PM
August 8, 11.45AM-1.45PM
September 12, 11.45AM-1.45PM
October 10, 11.45AM-1.45PM
November 14, 11.45AM-1.45PM
December 12, 11.45AM-1.45PM

For more information:

– Dimitri Troaditis troaditisdimitris@gmail.com and/or 0432 094 342
– Emerald Library and Heritage Centre
Art & Heritage Programs | Arts & Culture 9209 6416

Το πλήρες πρόγραμμα και οι τρεις πόλεις που θα επισκεφθούμε μέσα στον Μάη για την παρουσίαση του 5ου τεύχους καθώς και το πρώτο βιβλίο των εκδόσεων, την ποιητική συλλογή του Γιάννη Ζελιαναίου «Μακάριοι οι Σκύλοι του Οινοπνεύματος».

Θεσσαλονίκη / Τρίτη 19 Μαΐου / ώρα 20:00

Παρουσίαση στη Θεσσαλονίκη και στο καφενείο-μπαρ Έντεχνον, στον πεζόδρομο Ιωάννη Δέλλιου 4 – Πλατεία Συντριβανίου.

Θα μιλήσουν η Ειρήνη Καραγιαννίδου (ποιήτρια) καθώς και οι εκδότες Γιώτα Παναγιώτου και Γιάννης Ζελιαναίος.

Λάρισα / Πέμπτη 21 Μαΐου / ώρα 20:30

Το περιοδικό και οι εκδόσεις Θράκα παρουσιάζουν το Straw Dogs στην Λάρισα και στο καφέ kaveh kanes (Ασκληπιού 38).

Την εκδήλωση θα προλογίσει ο Θάνος Γώγος (ποιητής) ενώ θα μιλήσουν ο Γιώργος Σαράτσης (ποιητής) καθώς και οι εκδότες Γιώτα Παναγιώτου και Γιάννης Ζελιαναίος.

Αθήνα / Κυριακή 24 Μαΐου / ώρα 20:00

Παρουσίαση του περιοδικού στην Αθήνα και στη Βιβλιοθήκη Βολανάκη στην οδό Στουρνάρα 11 (Εξάρχεια).

Θα μιλήσουν ο Βάσος Γεώργας και οι εκδότες Γιώτα Παναγιώτου και Γιάννης Ζελιαναίος.
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Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες στις καθημερινές αναρτήσεις του ιστολογίου μας

http://strawdogsmagazine.blogspot.com

Sunday 3 May 2015, 2.00-5.00pm
The Provincial Hotel

T: (02) 9225 1881

The Law of Poetry – MTC Cronin

Written over a period of two decades, The Law of Poetry contains poems that pay personal tributes to ‘things’—broccoli, ducks and concrete—as well as poems that seek to physically enter the realm of abstract concepts —chance, kindness and explanations. Set out in alphabetical order—as if a dictionary of essences—each poem is titled ‘The Law of Something’, be that ‘The Law of Absolutes’, ‘The Law of the Child, Lost’ or ‘The Law of Rubber Gloves’. The reader is asked not to judge—as law stereotypically demands—but to engage with this very idiosyncratic world of the individual poet and to be injected, like the shrunken travellers in the 1966 classic, Fantastic Voyage, into the nervous system of another.
The Law of Poetry is dedicated to two eminent and groundbreaking legal thinkers, Regina Graycar and Dirk Meure.

the ascendant – Maria Zajkowski

Zajkowski’s writing has that kind of imaginative rightness that tells us something essential about ourselves and reads like something no one has ever said before. Imbued with human vulnerability, mystery, wonder and awe, the poems testify to a largeness of vision about what poetry can be and what a poet can accomplish. If it is possible that sometimes the soul just ‘appears’ then it has done so in this fine collection.
 
If you cannot attend the launch of these two titles, but would like to purchase the books, you can find  The Law of Poetry and the ascendant on the Puncher & Wattmann website.

Poetic inspirations @ Emerald

Calling all poets and lovers of poetry

Especially all those who write in another language than English and/or have their work in a bilingual or a translated form
Every second Saturday of the month

Next Reading is on
Saturday, May 9, 11.45AM-1.45PM
Featuring
Graig Coulson
Monika Athanassiou

and open mic

at Emerald Hill Library & Heritage Centre

195 Bank St.,
South Melbourne
(opposite South Melbourne Town Hall) 11.45am- 1.45pm (Library closes at 2pm on Saturdays)

The following Reading dates through out 2015 are as follows:
June 13, 11.45AM-1.45PM
July 11, 11.45AM-1.45PM
August 8, 11.45AM-1.45PM
September 12, 11.45AM-1.45PM
October 10, 11.45AM-1.45PM
November 14, 11.45AM-1.45PM
December 12, 11.45AM-1.45PM

For more information:

– Dimitri Troaditis troaditisdimitris@gmail.com and/or 0432 094 342
– Emerald Library and Heritage Centre
Art & Heritage Programs | Arts & Culture 9209 6416