Issue 5 – 08/03/2019
Image and Word We are delighted to have, when next we next meet as like minds, a session with Kristen experiencing the power of image and words and how it inspires ourselves and others. 14th March - 10.30 am at Costa Coffee, Bridgeman St. Bolton
We started at Turton Tower Thank you to everyone who with we have met. We are one! The group was started a year ago by Elaine Morris, Ian Hill, and Steffie Rowling, and its due to the endeavour of all of us that join in, it continues to grow week by week to be much fun, delightfully diverse and thriving.
A group for short form poetry enthusiasts
We love Limericks! A Lovely Submission A senryu by Susan N. Aassahde Susan a poet from Preston contacted us via the website and was happy to join in with us by sending this.
A Report on the Last Meeting We met at base camp ‘Costa Coffee’ finding the sitting area by the door and window (poets need to be nosey) and at times we were happily noisy too. Poetry fetched in included the forms of haiku and senryu, quite a lot of consideration and conversation was focused on the differences of the two forms and what ingredients were required or not. The online submission via the website by Poet Susan (see above) was read out, lapped up and discussed at length. The deconstruction of one haiku spontaneously occurred bringing about its essence in 3 ways – it’s seed (as a uncounted haiku), its longer counted haiku, and from within the We are meeting up next at activity a wonderful piku showed its self.
Costa Coffee, Bridgeman Linda created and submitted a Costa Haiku (In reference to the meeting before and Street, Bolton. refreshments) – Thank you Linda 10.30 – 12.30 ish on 14th Got a takeaway coffee March Toast and butter in a bag Why not drop in, it’s a relaxed thing, no need to Dishwasher broken read out or write – as sometimes it’s just good to Yet again members short form poetry has been out and about, this time in the form of hang out with like minds. haiku hanging within the trees, a delight for the local walkers.
Pi Day
Diary Dates
Celebrated on March 14th (3/14) (an incidental haiku group meeting day!) around the world Pi (Greek letter “ π ”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant — the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — which is approximately 3.14159. Many things are relalised and done due to Pi and short form poetry is no exception, the word piku is often given to a micropoem with the syllable of 3 1 4 over 3 lines. daisy games show ways of the heart
upper crusts for number crunchers
blackbird pie once or just a myth
multiply Pi nine point eight six
• Next meeting 10.30 a.m. on Pi Day at base camp Costa • An outing Brockholes Country Park on 30th March (times to be arranged) Some weekend submissions light path so many stories cross and vapourise (E.P.M.)
…… why not send in your Pi Poetry Get in touch We love submissions whether they are articles, haiga, micropoetry, or other shortform, as well as haiku.
Cool skies warm sunshine green shoots appear under foot
We will endeavour to answer any of your queries
at last rebirth
Our Website - incidentalhaiku.com
(Ian Hill)
Email – steffie@incidentalhaiku.com