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TRANSLATIONS Part I -- Переводы Часть I
These are all the haiku in English and Russian. Some statistic, as always: 204 poems by 80 poets from 28 countries. That's our new record -- THANK YOU all, dear haiku friends! Please take your time to read the four parts of the translations and discuss all the poems, choose your favorites, make new friends, and enjoy yourselves :) I'll add links ( Read more... ) -
TRANSLATIONS Part I -- Переводы Часть I
These are all the haiku in English and Russian. Some statistic, as always: 134 poems by 58 poets from 20 countries. It's wonderful -- THANK YOU all, dear haiku friends! Please take your time to read the tree parts of the translations and discuss all the poems, choose your favorites, make new friends, and enjoy yourselves :) I added the links to ( Read more... ) -
Tanka publications, and some gifts. -- Публикации танка; танковые подарки.
A premier issue of new tanka journal "Moonbathing" has arrived in my mail box a few days ago. This is a venue for women's tanka, the first one these days, to my knowledge. The Editor of Moonbathing is Pamela A. Babusci, who was one of the recent prize winners in our Calico Cat haiku contest. If you are a tanka poetess, you may submit your poems to ( Read more... ) -
Unconventional haiku exercise. Part I -- Хайку "не по правилам" для обсуждения. Часть I
Below, there are some unconventional haiku -- only in Russian (in Part I of the exercise). I translated haiku into Russian from other languages, and will show the originals in the next post (Part II). So please, dear English- and Japanese-speaking friends -- bear with us, and I promise the mystery will be solved to your satisfaction and reading ( Read more... ) -
頑張って下さい (ganbatsute kudasai), translator san! -- Hang on there, translator! -- Удачи, переводчик!
This post is two days late due to a visit by Melissa and Michael (on their way to England) -- we hadn't seen them for two years, so can imagine our business :) Anyway... This is a book of poetry translation by a wonderful American translator Arthur Kalmeyer
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In Memory of Kilmeny Niland, in the first issue of Notes From the Gean.
Inaugural issue of the Notes From the Gean is up. In this issue, I was editor for Haiga section -- please enjoy all the lovely works of modern haiga artists (the links are CLICKABLE). These are real masters of the genre, and I am happy that their works made such a nice show in this issue. You may click on "Slideshow" and "Full Screen" to see the ( Read more... )