Geppo magazine of Yuki Teikei Haiku Society

Haiku in English: The First Hundred Years Edited by Jim Kacian, Philip Rowland, and Allan Burns Introduction by Billy Collins.

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The Geppo magazine:

• Is published by Yuki Teikei Haiku Society (the haiku society of syllables and seasons).
• Appears every two months.
• Contains:
  • Haiku submitted by members of Yuki Teikei.
  • Votes of appreciation (by Yuki Teikei members) of the haiku printed in the previous Geppo.
  • Reprinted copies of the two dozen (approximately) most popular of the haiku in the previous Geppo.
  • Dojin's Corner. This section fascinates and educates: two expert writers of haiku (Patricia Machmiller and Jerry Ball) each pick three favorite haiku from the previous Geppo, and comment upon them. This is immensely informative and instructive. An example is show below: Comments from Geppo November/December 2008.
  • The haiku submitted in response to (and all containing) the 'Challenge Kigo' presented in the previous Geppo.
  • A new 'Challenge Kigo' presented with an essay and examples and a request for haiku that use this Kigo.
  • A list of season words for the approaching season.
  • Submission guidelines for Geppo.
  • Information about meetings and contests.

Sample comment from the Geppo magazine:

The following is a comment in the November/December Geppo on this haiku by J. Zimmerman:

Summer heat — the sous-chef and the chocolate out of temper (Geppo, November/December 2008)

This haiku was selected anonymously for comment by haijin Patricia J. Machmiller (whose Blush of Winter Moon was published by Jacaranda Press in July 2001). She wrote:

Perfect — this haiku is like chocolate — a perfection of tone, kigo, and wit. The poet has matched the kigo with the perfect image. The heat of summer, its wilting quality — wilting of the spirit, of the physical being — both chocolate and chef — could not more accurately depict the feeling of a hot summer day. The touch of the writing is light, but true. The image has the perfect balance (like good chocolate), the right feel (sticky), the right tone (elegant tongue-in-cheek).

Books on Haiku.

The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson, and Issa edited by Robert Hass. The past-poet laureate of the U.S.A has compiled this enthralling collection of his own essays in which he summarizes the lives of three masters and inventors of the haiku tradition in Japan: Matsuo Basho (1644-94), the ascetic and seeker, Yosa Buson (1716-83), the artist, and Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), the humanist. He presents their lives, their prose, and 300 of their poems. The Haiku Seasons: Poetry of the Natural World by William J. Higginson.

Related pages: Books of Poetry Form. Alphabetic index of poetry forms and related topics. How to Write Poetry.

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