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.

Carpe Diem's Renga Party #1 In The Twilight -- update !!

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

My excuses for this Renga Party Update, but I have a little change in the "line-up". Georgia asked me to change places with Usha or Dancing Echoes, because she cannot participate in the "first round" at the place in "line-up" as planned. So I have a little change to give Georgia the opportunity to participate. Georgia ... I have changed you with Usha, so you (Georgia) have to write/compose link 9 and Usha you have to write/create link 11.

First the old "line-up" part:

7.[3][A] Sky
8.[2] [Misc. / Love] Lolly
9.[3][Misc. / Love] Usha
10.[2][Misc. / Love] Dancing Echoes
11.[3] [Misc.] Georgia
12.[2] [Misc.] Dolores

And here is the new "line-up" part, the changes are highlighted in red:

7.[3][A] Sky
8.[2] [Misc. / Love] Lolly
9.[3][Misc. / Love] Georgia
10.[2][Misc. / Love] Dancing Echoes

11.[3] [Misc.] Usha
12.[2] [Misc.] Dolores

Sorry for this little change, but I love to give you all, who registered, the opportunity to participate.

Warm greetings,

Chèvrefeuille, your host.

Carpe Diem Extra #19 - 2015 Update Kukai "Wisteria"

 

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

After gathering all the votes I ended up with two winners. Of course that's not possible ... so I have asked Jane Reichhold to help me out. Her vote was worth 2 points. Today (April 29th) she emailed her 'vote'.

I will announce the winner next week. I have decided to grant the second runner up also a kind of price. The second runner up will be given the opportunity to choose from his/her haiku two or three verses which I will use in the first episode of Tokubetsudesu in June.

Be patient ... next week you will know who has won our first Kukai.

I already announce today our theme for our new Kukai, however you cannot yet submit for our 2nd Kukai, but you can already give it a thought. Our new Kukai starts at May 7th and the theme is "summertime".

Namaste,
 

Chèvrefeuille, your host.