The Solitary Daisy Issue 34

Waterfall

Michele’s Musings

Thank you so much to everyone who sent best wishes for speedy healing for both Frithjof and me. It helped, because I am fully recovered now and Frithjof has moved up to putting a third of his weight on his broken ankle (while wearing the robo-boot). So upward and onward! My writing in general has ground to halt, however. So I’ve been reading this series from called New to Haiku: Advice for Beginners from the Haiku Foundation. It’s a great place to explore a variety of tips and tricks from experienced haikuists. Take a dive in and have fun!

Here is the link.

Member News

Our friend in Ontario, David Brydges received this email from the Asahi Haikuist Network:
 
Dear Haiku Colleague,
The poet emissary of The Ontario Poetry Society, David Brydges, confirmed “poetry is everywhere” even “while putting out the garbage” in front of his home in Cobalt, Ontario.

moody moon
hazy evening
after the rain

Your haiku will be featured here in the full moon issue on Oct 18,
https://www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/special/haiku/
 
All the best, David McMurray
 
I can’t wait to see your photo haiga, David!
 
Many of our members had haiku republished on Charlotte Digregorio’s blog over the last couple of weeks. Here are a few of them.

hunched over
his rolling walker
pinwheel starts and stops

by Jerome Berglund (USA)

the same faces
hour after hour
hospital waiting room

by Joanna Ashwell (UK)

pungency puckers
calico at the window—
winter savory

by Monica Kakkar (India/USA)

missing cat
the sun through a window
warms me

by kjmunro (Canada)

If you are interested in receiving Charlotte’s daily email,
go to www.charlottedigregorio.wordpress.com .
Write in the word “subscribe” in the search bar and scroll down to the end of the page. On the right-hand side, a screen will pop up saying “subscribe.” You click on that, and you can put in your email address.

Sally’s Notebook

We’ve been receiving so many wonderful haiku based on the prompts, it’s been difficult to decide which ones to include. Every so often, there is a haiku that doesn’t make it to the page, but sticks with me, like this one from Necia Campbell for our Lily Issue:

empty lily pads 
wither in summer heat
Champlain's freckled skin

Absolutely wonderful, Necia!
 
To celebrate our 35^th issue, Michele and I would like to feature newcomers. If you haven’t had a haiku published in our newsletter, we invite you to submit by September 4. Everyone, of course, is welcome to submit, but for this issue, preference will be given to those voices we haven’t published yet. Please remember to include your location with your submission.
 
As summer winds down, and autumn begins to show its lovely face, I hope you make the time for at least one more adventure!

Upcoming Deadlines

So many opportunities for the end of August and beginning of September!

Some of them I am completely unfamiliar with, but here is a list for you to peruse.

Drifting Sands Haibun – August 31

The 6th Morioka International Haiku Competition – August 31

The Society of Classical Poets – September 15

Kusamakura International Haiku Competition – August 31

Haiku Girl Summer – August 30

Presence – September 30

Kingfisher – August 31

Haiku Canada Review – August 31

Acorn Haiku – August 31

Tiny Words – August 31

2024 Porad Awards – August 31

Chrysanthemum Haiku – September 1

Jacob Salzer has posted a new interview, this time with US Haikuist, Mary McCormack. You can find that interview here.

This Week’s Prompt

For our Newcomer’s Edition, please send us an autumn haiku, without using the word autumn. Haiku can be sent to sally_quon@yahoo.com or kelownalady@hotmail.com. As mentioned in Sally’s Notebook, everyone is welcome to submit, but preference will be given to newcomers. Remember, Member Spotlight invitations can only be extended to you if we are familiar with your haiku.
We can’t wait to read your work!

Haiku is not a
shriek, a howl, a sigh, or a yawn; rather, it is the deep breath of life.

–     Santoka Taneda

Sally Quon( Writer / Poet )

Sally Quon is a disabled poet and photographer living in the Okanagan Valley of beautiful British Columbia, Canada. She is an associate member of The League of Canadian Poets and a member of Haiku Canada. Her work has been published in numerous journals including The Heron’s Nest, Modern Haiku, Frogpond, First Frost, and Time Haiku. She is currently working on her first book of haiku, haibun, and haiga, tentatively titled, “My Valley, My Home.”

Featherstone Creative

featherstonecreative.wordpress.com/

• Ginko Walk at Munson Pond
• Maude Roxby Ginko
• Interview with Michael Dylan Welch

Michele Rule

Michele Rule is a disabled writer from Kelowna BC. She is especially interested in the topics of chronic illness, relationships and nature. Michele is published in the Asahi Shimbun Haikuist, Pine Cone Review, the Enchanted Garden, Five Minute Lit, Shadow Pond, WordCityLit, and the anthologies F*ck the Patriarchy, Chicken Soup for the Soul, and To Live Here, among others. She is an associate member of the League of Canadian Poets and Haiku Canada. Michele has been awarded honourable mention twice for the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational and also for the Haiku Northwest Porad Award. Her first chapbook is Around the World in Fifteen Haiku. Michele lives in a beautiful garden surrounded by people who love her just the way she is.

michelerule.ca/

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