Carpe Diem Extra October 7th 2016 - Carpe Diem's Winter Retreat "Find the Silence"

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

I have a few announcements to make, don't worry, they are all wonderful I think. First I love to inform you all already that we will have a tanka only month next month (November). Recently I read more tanka, and I think this beautiful poetry form diserves my attention here at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. I will create November around "Teika's Ten Tanka Rules" by Jane Reichhold (as published earlier here at CDHK in January 2016) and will try to improve your tanka writing skills. As you all (maybe) know I myself am not a great tanka poet, so for me this new month of CDHK will be a challenge too.

Than I have another announcement to make. You sure will remember our first Carpe Diem Summer Retreat. I will create a new CDHK retreat, but this time it's a Winter Retreat. In this Winter Retreat I challenge you to write a haiku or tanka every day for 30 days. For this new CDHK Retreat which I have titled "Find the Silence" you don't need to register, but please let me know if you would like to participate. This new CDHK Retreat will start on November 15th and will run to December 15th 10.00 PM (CET). For this Winter Retreat "Find the Silence" I have created already a special logo.

Carpe Diem's Winter Retreat "Find The Silence"

Than a last announcement, or more a question, ... Jane Reichhold was born on 18 January 1937 and I love to create a special CDHK episode on her birthday. Do you have ideas to make it a wonderful special CDHK episode in honor of her? Please let me know through the comment field.

the silence deepens

as the night falls like a blanket

upon a white world

© Chèvrefeuille

Namaste,

Chèvrefeuille, your host

Carpe Diem Extra 29 - 2015 Update New CDHK e-book

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

As you all know I have very close contact with Jane Reichhold, one of the most known modern haiku poets. I love to update you all on a project that Jane and I have started.

Yesterday I have spoken (through the mail) with Jane Reichhold. She and her husband are both well and healthy and are following CDHK with a lot of joy. This week I have created the e-book of Jane Reichhold's "Bare Bones School of Renga" and send it to her to get her permission of publishing. Together with Jane I have brought in a few changes and Jane asked me to enclose a new piece of text to it. I am busy to fulfill her wishes before publishing and I hope to publish it later on this week.

Than another thing I love to share with you. As you all maybe know I started last year (2014) with my own publishing company "Chèvrefeuille's Publications", maybe you have read that already in the published e-books. The goal of that publishing company is to bring e-books on haiku, tanka or other Japanese poetry forms to a bigger audience for free. I am really enjoying this new part of CDHK and today I decided to also create epub and mobi formats. I am busy to become qualified with those new e-book formats and the first epub edition of "On The Trail With Basho" is almost ready to publish.

To close this CD Extra ... our first Renga Party is running and I have read wonderful links. I enjoy this Renga Party a lot but of course I love to hear from you all if I have to change something e.g. more rules, do we have to follow the classical way, syllables count and so on.
As you all know I cherish this haiku family very much and I have said this earlier in several posts ... we are a family and I cannot make Carpe Diem Haiku Kai without so please feel free to bring in your ideas.

like a family
you my dear friends I embrace -
unconditional love

unconditional love
shared by a bunch of haiku poets
from all over the world

from all over the world
haijin come together to share
like a family

© Chèvrefeuille

Have a nice day.