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• May 3, 2008 -- The May 2008 Shiki Monthly Kukai Call for Submissions has been posted! Our Kigo theme is Lily and our Free Format theme is any Musical Instrument.

• April 27, 2008 -- The April 2008 Shiki Monthly Kukai Results have been posted! Our Kigo subject was Any Herb and our Free Format subject was Rust.

  Congratulations to Francine Banwarth, winner of our Kigo section and to Melissa Spurr, winner of our Free Format section!

  Please look for the release of the May Call for Submissions on or about Monday, May 5th, 2008.

• April 27, 2008 -- Join the Bangor Haiku Group and fellow haiku poets for an afternoon summer event on Saturday, July 26, 2008, 1-5pm.

  Visit the largest botanical gardens in New England in full bloom http://www.mainegardens.org and share haiku. Featured readers are Anne LB Davidson and Bruce Ross. View the meditation and rhododendron gardens and walk the Shoreline Trail. View the kinetic sculptures of George Sherwood.

  We have reserved the gazebo in the relatively quiet area near the Shoreline Trail, a half mile from the Visitors Center.

  Our schedule is: 
  

  1-2pm introductions and Anne LB Davidson/Bruce Ross reading at the gazebo 
   
  2-4pm walk where you wish or simply remain at the gazebo 
  

  4-5pm share your inspirations at the gazebo 
  

  5pm . . . dinner at nearby China by the Sea, Boothbay Harbor info@chinabythesea.com

  Come early and have your lunch in the picnic area or at the cafe. The admission is $10 at the entrance where you will be given directions to the gazebo. Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is about an hour northeast of Portland, Maine and about three hours from Boston.  For further information contact Bruce Ross at dr_bruce_ross@hotmail.com.  See you there!
  

• March 23, 2008 -- The March 2008 Shiki Monthly Kukai Results have been posted! Our Kigo theme was Anything Spring and our Free Format theme was Aging. Congratulations to Paul O. Williams, winner of our Kigo section and to Nancy Nitrio, winner of our Free Format section!

  Please look for the release of the April Call for Submissions on or about Monday, April 7th, 2008.

• February 29, 2008 -- The February 2008 Shiki Monthly Kukai Results have been posted! Our Kigo subject was Early Spring and our Free Format theme was Night Life. Congratulations to Tom Painting, winner of our Kigo section and to Petar Tchouhov, winner of our Free Format section!

  Please look for the release of the March Call for Submissions on or about Monday, March 3rd, 2008.

• January 30, 2008 -- The January 2008 Shiki Monthly Kukai Results have been posted! Our Kigo subject was Plum and our Free Format theme was Short Days. Congratulations to Audrey Downey, winner of our Kigo section and to Frances McCarthy, winner of our Free Format section!

  Please look for the release of the February Call for Submissions on or about Monday, Febuary 4th, 2008.

• December 26, 2007 -- Looking for a haiku holiday treat? Try The Heron's Nest. The deadline for their annual Readers' Choice Awards is January 15th. Review more than 50 pages of haiku to help them choose a winner. Details at: The Heron's Nest

• December 25, 2007 -- The December 2007 Shiki Monthly Kukai Results have been posted! Our Kigo subject was Narcissus and our Free Format subject was Cheese.Congratulations to Israel Lopez Balan, winner of our Kigo section and to George Hawkins, winner of our Free Format section!

  Please look for the release of the next Call for Submissions on or about Monday, January 7th, 2008.

• November 29, 2007 -- The November 2007 Shiki Monthly Kukai Results have been posted! Our Kigo topic was Turkey and our Free Format word was Marker.Congratulations to Rita Odeh, winner of our Kigo section and to Susan Constable AND Roberta Beary winners of our Free Format section!

• October 18, 2007 -- The Shiki Monthly Kukai's 5th Annual Poets' Choice Results have been posted!

  Congratulations to Ron Moss, winner of our Kigo section and to Kala Ramesh, winner of our Free Format section!

  Please look for the release of the next Call for Submissions on or about Monday, November 5th.

• September 26, 2007 -- The September 2007 Shiki Monthly Kukai Results has been posted! Our Kigo topic was Morning Glories and our Free Format word was Rainbow.Congratulations to Laurene, winner of our Kigo section and to Laura Orabone AND Carole MacRury winners of our Free Format section!

  We will be posting October's Annual Poets' Choice Call for Votes on Monday, October 8th.

• July 28, 2007 -- The July 2007 Shiki Monthly Kukai Results have been posted! Our Kigo topic was Flea and our Free Format theme was Weekend Activity. Congratulations to Paul Hodder, winner of our Kigo section and to Nancy Smith, winner of our Free Format section!

  Please note there will be no kukai for August and will be resuming in September. We will open the September 2007 kukai to submissions on Monday, September 3rd. Hope to see you then!

• June 29, 2007 -- The June 2007 Shiki Monthly Kukai Results have been posted! Our Kigo topic was Father's Day and our Free Format theme was Baseball. Congratulations to Zhanna P. Rader, winner of our Kigo section and to Tom Painting, winner of our Free Format section! We will open the July 2007 kukai to submissions on Monday, July 2nd.

• May 22, 2007 -- The May 2007 Shiki Monthly Kukai Results have been posted! Our Kigo topic was Dandelion and our Free Format theme was Of the Animal World. Congratulations to Carmel Lively Westerman, winner of our Kigo section and to Roberta Beary, winner of our Free Format section! We will open the June 2007 kukai to submissions on Monday, June 4th.

• April 25, 2007 -- The April 2007 Shiki Monthly Kukai Results have been posted! Our topics this month were Spring Dusk and Bridge. Congratulations to Mary Lee McClure, winner of our Kigo section, and to Kala Ramesh, winner of our Free Format section! We will open the May 2007 kukai to submissions on Monday, April 30th.

• March 28, 2007 -- The March 2007 Shiki Monthly Kukai Results have been posted! Our topics this month were Spring Wind and Song. Congratulations to Hortensia Anderson, winner of our Kigo section, and to Keiko Izawa, winner of our Free Format section! We will open the April kukai to submissions on Monday, April 2nd.

• February 25, 2007 -- The February 2007 Shiki Monthly Kukai Results have been posted! Our topics this month were Crocus and Dreary. Congratulations to Carol Raisfeld, winner of our Kigo section, and to Jacek Margolak, winner of our Free Format section! We will open the March kukai to submissions on Monday, March 5th.

• January 24, 2007 -- The January 2007 Shiki Monthly Kukai Results have been posted! Our topics this month were Blizzard and Temperature. Congratulations to Bill Hudson, winner of our Kigo section, and to Ann K. Schwader, winner of our Free Format section!

haiku book news

• Do you have a new haiku book that you think our readers should know about? Please send it for co nsideration to editor@haikuworld.org

• January 23, 2007 - We've just learned that Red Moon Press will be releasing big sky: The Red Moon Anthology 2006 on February 1st! I own most of the previous ten annual anthologies, and count them among the best books in my haiku library. I hope tha t you will join me in placing your order! Follow the link to also visit their new website and learn what else has been happening at Red Moon Press.

internet haiku update

• Do you have news about an Internet Haiku site that you would like to share? Please send it for consideration to editor@haikuworld.org.
• January 24, 2007 - David Lanoue continues to bless me every day with a haiku from his Daily Issa mailing list. If you subscribe with the "Deluxe" version, you get David's fine English translation of the haiku, the romanji of the haiku, and the original kanji of the haiku. What a great bit of haiku culture in the inbox each day!

• January 8, 2007 - Gilles Fabre shared with us the January issue of the Haiku Ireland Newsletter. A very nice 23 page newsletter, currently accepting submissions for the April edition with a deadline of March 15 for inclusion. (Also visit Gilles' site: haikuspirit.org.)

• January 5, 2007 - Anatoly Kudryavitsky sent us news of the new Irish Haiku Society website. Best of luck to our friends at IHS!

haiku magazine updates

• Do you have an announcement about a haiku magazine, or information about subscriptions that you would like to share? Please send it for consideration to editor@haikuworld.org