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Christchurch, 22 February 2011 ~ Japan, 11 March 2011
Showing posts with label Japan earthquake/tsunami. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japan earthquake/tsunami. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Monday, November 21, 2011
NZPS Special Call For Submissions
Call for submissions for a special edition of haikai café to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the 2011 earthquakes in Christchurch (22 February) and Japan (11 March).
This will appear in the March 2012 issue of a fine line - The Magazine of the New Zealand Poetry Society.
Please send up to five haiku and/or tanka for consideration to Kirsten Cliff with 'HAIKAI CAFE' in the subject line. (NZPS members only)
Unpublished poetry is preferred, but previously published works will be considered (if credit supplied).
Deadline: 31 January 2012
(Note: a fine line is always looking for Feature Articles "to encourage informed debate, and to assist readers to improve their understanding of poetry." See the submission guidelines here.)
This will appear in the March 2012 issue of a fine line - The Magazine of the New Zealand Poetry Society.
Please send up to five haiku and/or tanka for consideration to Kirsten Cliff with 'HAIKAI CAFE' in the subject line. (NZPS members only)
Unpublished poetry is preferred, but previously published works will be considered (if credit supplied).
Deadline: 31 January 2012
(Note: a fine line is always looking for Feature Articles "to encourage informed debate, and to assist readers to improve their understanding of poetry." See the submission guidelines here.)
Friday, May 13, 2011
A Matter of Tea - All Proceeds to Japan Quake Victims
Friend, author and fellow haijin Charles T. Whipple has put together an anthology of short stories to raise money for Japan's earthquake victims - A Matter of Tea and other stories
All royalties which would normally go to the author and the publisher will go directly to help the earthquake victims. Laura Shinn, the cover artist, also donated her design and cover work for this project.
Charles T. Whipple, aka Chuck Tyrell, is on the scene in Japan and will be personally overseeing the use of these funds, as well as donating his time and labour, to aid those in such desperate need. More on Charles' blog.
Only US$1 for this ebook available in several different formats here at Smashwords or for Kindle from Amazon.
"This work is dedicated to the people of Japan – May they overcome the overwhelming tragedy and destruction thrust upon them March 11, 2011." Charles T. Whipple
All royalties which would normally go to the author and the publisher will go directly to help the earthquake victims. Laura Shinn, the cover artist, also donated her design and cover work for this project.
Charles T. Whipple, aka Chuck Tyrell, is on the scene in Japan and will be personally overseeing the use of these funds, as well as donating his time and labour, to aid those in such desperate need. More on Charles' blog.
Only US$1 for this ebook available in several different formats here at Smashwords or for Kindle from Amazon.
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| Title story "A Matter of Tea" Winner of the 2010 Oaxaca International Literature Competition |
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Tears For Japan
With the rest of the world, I was shocked to hear of the massive earthquake in Japan, and the resulting and devastating tsunami. The scenes I watched that night were surreal. I felt a great sadness (and even writing this now brings tears to my eyes) as yet again a huge tragedy has rocked the people and the places I know, and this seems to have a direct line to the grief I still experience re my leukaemia. Once this connection is locked in, it's hard to move away from.
Once again, I scored a small victory for myself in recent days when a letter from my haematologist said that my blood counts were stable for the time being and I could take leave of my weekly blood tests for a month. At the same time as celebrating this, I was thinking of all those in Japan (and in Christchurch), who are beginning their own journeys of loss and recovery, and my heart goes out to them.
That night was also a scary one for me as news reports came through of a possible tsunami hitting New Zealand shores: I live about a 10 minute walk from Papamoa Beach. I'm extremely grateful that we were spared any further devastation in the form of Mother Nature; thankful that the only mess to clean up the next morning was from the usual Friday night party-goers:
viewing
last night's destruction
not a tsunami
but from the waves
of drunken teenagers
Sending out much love to Japan: a place where I lived and worked for six months, a place that has captured my love of words in it's many forms of poetry. These tears are for you. Kia kaha. Xx
Once again, I scored a small victory for myself in recent days when a letter from my haematologist said that my blood counts were stable for the time being and I could take leave of my weekly blood tests for a month. At the same time as celebrating this, I was thinking of all those in Japan (and in Christchurch), who are beginning their own journeys of loss and recovery, and my heart goes out to them.
That night was also a scary one for me as news reports came through of a possible tsunami hitting New Zealand shores: I live about a 10 minute walk from Papamoa Beach. I'm extremely grateful that we were spared any further devastation in the form of Mother Nature; thankful that the only mess to clean up the next morning was from the usual Friday night party-goers:
viewing
last night's destruction
not a tsunami
but from the waves
of drunken teenagers
Sending out much love to Japan: a place where I lived and worked for six months, a place that has captured my love of words in it's many forms of poetry. These tears are for you. Kia kaha. Xx
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