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seashores
an international journal to share the
spirit of haiku
The
objective of seashores is to share haiku from all over the
world and explore how the way and the spirit of haiku, with its power to
connect us to nature and our world can play a role in poetry and our lives in
general.
ONLINE EVENTS
seashores is looking to
hold three to four online haiku events every year for the subscribers,
contributors and the haiku community. These may be workshops, discussions on
haiku or competitions and will be announced by email and via social media.
NEXT EVENT
FUN
HAIKU SLAM
with special
prizes
Date: Sunday 29 May
2022
Time: 1700-1800
(Dublin, Ireland, Time)
Requirements: Internet
connection, laptop or tablet/smartphone with sound/video functions.
You can email to
register as participant or spectator for this fun haiku slam. All you need to
participate (beside IT requirements above) is app. 25-30 haiku (or senryu,
published or unpublished) of yours to read…
Judges to be advised
after deadline for participants on Sunday 15 May.
Deadline for “spectators”:
Sunday 22 May
Participants will be
put together in groups of 3 or 4 (depending on the number of participants) and “play
a match” against each member of his/her group.
The winner (or top two
participants, depending on the number of groups) will progress to final phase.
PREVIOUS EVENTS
Date: Sunday 9 May
2021
Time: 1800-1930
(Dublin, Ireland, Time)
Requirements: Internet
connection, laptop or tablet/smartphone with sound/video functions.
Presentations by 4 of
the 7 seashores contributors who had their collection selected by The Haiku
Foundation for the Touchstone Award Short List (2020) and will have 'carte
blanche' to share their insight and experience (haiku, publication...)
- Ashraf, Hifsa. Her Fading Henna Tattoo (Wilmington DE: Human/Kind
Press, 2020).
- Fabre, Gilles. Along
the Way: A Search for the Spirit of the World (Uxbridge UK: Alba Publishing,
2020).
- Kelly, David Small
Hadron Divider (Winchester VA: Red Moon Press, 2020).
- Polette,
Keith. pilgrimage (Winchester VA: Red Moon Press, 2020).
In the second part,
Maeve O'Sullivan (see short bio below) will give her feedback on a selection of
haiku sent by contributors/participants.
Bio: Maeve O'Sullivan’s poetry and haikai have been
widely published and anthologised. She is the author of four collections from
Alba Publishing, with a fifth, Wasp on the Prayer Flag (haiku& senryu),
forthcoming in June 2021. Maeve leads workshops in haiku & related forms,
and reviews for Blithe Spirit & other journals.Twitter
@writefromwithin
To conclude, for the
third part, participants will have the opportunity to ask questions to the
presenters.
If you want to attend
this event, please send an email to haikuspirit@haikuspirit.org (please copy to
seashoreshaiku@gmail.com) by 6 May 2021, advising your name and first name as
well as your country of residence, and you will receive the link to attend the
online event.
PREVIOUS EVENT
Date: Sunday 31
January
Time: 1700-1830
(Dublin, Ireland, Time)
Requirements: Internet
connection, laptop or tablet.
Next seashores
online haiku event will start with the special guests
who will have ‘carte blanche’ to share their insight and experience in writing,
editing or publishing haiku. A workshop will follow during which the 25 haiku
sent by seashores contributors will be discussed. Then, a vote
will determine the favourite haiku and the winner's name will be revealed (and
the prizes).
Haiku have been
received from Ireland, UK, France, Belgium, Caribbean’s, Croatia, Portugal,
Canada, USA and India…
Special Guests
Amanda Bell
(Ireland), Co-editor of The Haibun Journal
website | twitter
@gagebybell | instagram @amanda_bell_books
Jay Friedenberg (USA), President, Haiku Society of America
Caroline Skanne
(UK), Editor, Blithe Spirit (the journal of the British Haiku Society) & hedgerow
twitter @CarolineSkanne | instagram @carolineskannehaikuetc
Alan Summers
(UK), founding editor, The Blo͞o Outlier
Journal and co-founder,
Call of the Page
If you want to attend
this event, please send an email to haikuspirit@haikuspirit.org (please copy to
seashoreshaiku@gmail.com) by Friday 29 January and you’ll receive the link to
attend the online event.