Of course a cherry blossom haiku can only be printed on that colored paper
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To help digest
Image
to help digest
the rice cakes, grafting
the tree
–haiku by Kobayashi Issa (translated by David G. Lanoue), cartoon by Jessica Tremblay (Old Pond Comics)
first spring morning
Image
first spring morning
my 49th year
of blossoms
– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, Tr. David G. Lanoue, ill. Old Pond Comics
The Bulletin
Aside
Starting April 2013, Old Pond Comics will be published monthly in The Bulletin: a journal of Japanese Canadian Community, History and culture distributed in Japanese cultural centres across Canada (in print and also on the web).
In the interview, I talk about NaHaiWriMo created by Michael Dylan Welch, mention the Vancouver Haiku Group lead by Angela J. Naccarato, Lighting the Global Lantern written by Terry Ann Carter and the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival haiku Invitational.
I will post the PDF soon. (The Bulletin, April 2013 issue).
VCBH Haiku Invitational 2012
As leaves started falling outside, I took some time to read the winning cherry blossoms haiku from the VCBF Haiku Invitational 2012 announced recently. The Contest Judge was Beverley George from Australia.
Here are some of my favorites:
Best International Haiku
school for the blind
every fingertip sees
a different pink
David Terelinck, Pyrmont NSW, Australia
Best United States Haiku
cherry petals falling
the pond’s oldest koi
slowly surfaces
Michele L. Harvey, Hamilton, New York
- sent from
- weeping cherry—
- blossoms
my iPhone—
cherry blossoms
Beth Skala
Nanaimo, British Columbia
a petal lands
in my bento box
Pamela Cooper
Montreal, Québec
opening, opening
each face
Terra Martin
Toronto, Ontario
- construction site—
the hunk in the hard hat
sweeping blossoms
Carole MacRury
Point Roberts, Washington
- late spring,
this cherry blossom tree
one flower from darkness
Glen Fletcher
Maldon, Australia
Honorable Mentions
@YVR Status Update:
cherry blossoms spotted
#collectivesighofreliefJackie Poon
Richmond, British Columbia
- cherry blossoms
at last the chance
to speak to her
Peter Brady
Gatineau, Québec
- cherry blossoms . . .
the unfinished poem
in my pocket
Margaret Dornaus
Ozark, Arkansas
- moving day
still in bud
weeping cherry
Yukiko Yamada
Osaka, Japan
- her stilettos
clicking on the sidewalk—
pick up mud with pink petals.
Grace Zhu, age 11
Vancouver, British Columbia
Zine making
After wanting to make a zine for 5 years, it took the 24-hour zine thing challenge for me to finally make my first zine.
July is international zine month and the challenge consist of picking a day in July to create a zine in 24 hours.
A zine is a handmade publication created with photos, text, collage, glue and scissors. Here’s a photo of what my table looked like during the process:
The text of a zine is usually handwritten or typewritten. I got to use my old Royale typewritter and I realized how much I missed typing with it.
I’ve decided to do a zine about cherry blossom. I’ve printed some of my photos and added some words to them (mostly spontaneous bits of text). Here are some sample pages:
After the pages were finished, I created a mockup to determine the order of the pages.
Then I assembled them into a 24 pages booklet that I hand binded since I didn’t have a long stapler.
When you’re done with your zine, you send a copy to the organizer who will send you back a button stating you have completed the challenge.
You can still register and make a zine! It’s really fun and it can be on any subject and any format you like as long as it is 24 pages.
Hanami: pistil
Imagine a world without cherry blossoms
The cherry petals stick to my shoes, my umbrella, my clothes, my hair…. If I were a frog, I would be covered head to toe with petals and I imagine it would be very hard to get rid off. Therefore Kawazu is not too enthusiastic about cherry petals in this cartoon.
Old Pond Comic – Bloom!
I’m blogging about cherry blossom on this new blog: Experience Cherry Blossoms featuring photos, comics, crafts and games.