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Picture: Margaret Beverland
March 2010
Supposedly it's autumn from March 1, but we all know that that's not much indication of anything, don't we? Forest fires in Dunedin, tsunami in Northland, strength-sapping humidity in the Bay of Plenty ... and that's on the last day of February.
Margaret Beverland, who lives on a kiwifruit orchard just south of Katikati, has sent in this month's photo, which made me think of this haiku on the pathway at Katikati:
autumn butterfly
enjoying the thermals
one last time
- pnw donnelley
Go to Haiku Happenings (Submissions) to find out how to submit "death haiku" to a book US writer Robert Epstein is preparing. (And if you'd like to know a little more about Robert, he and his work have featured recently in the "Three Questions" series on Curtis Dunlap's interesting Tobacco Road blog.)
And don't forget the Submission call to Going Down Swinging - $A10 per haiku/senryu/tanka selected, can't be bad!
Martin Lucas has kindly let me "mash up" various parts of his book Stepping Stones to create this month's article. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading the book, which includes commentaries on 366 haiku (all by British authors), and thought parts were worth sharing. Luckily, Martin agreed.
Haiku Happenings and Competitions have also both been updated and will continue to be throughout the month as information comes to hand - so don't forget to check back.
Please consider your Poetry Society when making charitable donations as it has, once again, been turned down by Creative NZ funders. As a result, your national co-ordinator will remain part-time and the a fine line magazine must become smaller to cut costs. If you think you can't afford to donate, consider how much you spend on coffee/cigarettes/alcohol/Lotto/ (gasp) chocolate in a year ... and if you're not a member of NZPS, become one today (and sign up a friend). Your Poetry Society needs you! Read about membership here while instructions on how to make a donation are on the NZPS homepage.
As always, if you have articles, details of contests or magazines, or general news and photographs from the world of haiku please send them for consideration.
