Haiku North America attendees will have a unique experience on Saturday, August 17th, to see a performance of three grand prize-winning renku from the Haiku Society of America's Einbond Renku Contest.
As Paul MacNeil, associate editor of The Heron's Nest describes the performance in relation to the conference theme:
Intervals
As Paul MacNeil, associate editor of The Heron's Nest describes the performance in relation to the conference theme:
Intervals
the lull from one wave to the next,
linking of renku stanzas, longer and shorter alternating for the sake of flow
the pause between breaths.
like haiku, the hokku has its own space built in for resonance and juxtaposition. Taken as a whole, a classic renku, also has built in breaths, between each succeeding pair of verses/stanzas. The juxtaposition allowed in such renku is within pairs.
The renku are each “classically” oriented kasen (36 verse) renku, following the “rules” and structure taught by Bill Higginson and Shinku Fukuda. The renku will be "performed" -- read with feeling, interpreted by pace, volume, serious to comic, with one reader for each original poet.
Confirmed participants:
Paul MacNeil, Florida, USA
Yu Chang, New York, USA
John Stevenson, New York, USA
Ron Moss, Tasmania, Australia
Sandra Simpson, New Zealand
Sophia Simpson, New Zealand
linking of renku stanzas, longer and shorter alternating for the sake of flow
the pause between breaths.
like haiku, the hokku has its own space built in for resonance and juxtaposition. Taken as a whole, a classic renku, also has built in breaths, between each succeeding pair of verses/stanzas. The juxtaposition allowed in such renku is within pairs.
The renku are each “classically” oriented kasen (36 verse) renku, following the “rules” and structure taught by Bill Higginson and Shinku Fukuda. The renku will be "performed" -- read with feeling, interpreted by pace, volume, serious to comic, with one reader for each original poet.
Confirmed participants:
Paul MacNeil, Florida, USA
Yu Chang, New York, USA
John Stevenson, New York, USA
Ron Moss, Tasmania, Australia
Sandra Simpson, New Zealand
Sophia Simpson, New Zealand
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