tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31667723112175122092024-02-19T07:36:55.735-08:00BLOSSOM RAINMake the universe your companion, always bearing in mind the true nature of things—mountains and rivers, trees and grasses, and humanity—and enjoy the falling blossoms and the scattering leaves. ~BashōChristine "Chrissi" L. Villahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17834613429230278257noreply@blogger.comBlogger668125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166772311217512209.post-90888978601261860862022-11-09T20:00:00.006-08:002022-11-18T01:34:59.248-08:007th Jane Reichhold Memorial Haiga Contest (First Runner-Up, Traditional Category)<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>I'm so ecstatic! My haiga in the traditional catergory won first runner-up in the Jane Reichhold Memorial Haiga Contest. Thank you so much to the judges, </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/steve.hodge.756?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZW1vxMBK44uBZvpQ_haL2g021IOKw021iPcU52z0PIymypWm-EDhC-dZjM8ak_1dbLxn_rbLX06ewrINmXep6AHxwdDCaShBhg4HuGb4qXkJ5xXCOufns2PlQepSY60q8Mlt5tV7xP_pS1NXZPTLaCBTs7tQDJeAYOUS1T9M2LC29q2a8-EvK4vJSCIv5zegiU&__tn__=-%5dK-R">Steve Hodge</a><span> and </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hemaThetwisTedbrainS360?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZW1vxMBK44uBZvpQ_haL2g021IOKw021iPcU52z0PIymypWm-EDhC-dZjM8ak_1dbLxn_rbLX06ewrINmXep6AHxwdDCaShBhg4HuGb4qXkJ5xXCOufns2PlQepSY60q8Mlt5tV7xP_pS1NXZPTLaCBTs7tQDJeAYOUS1T9M2LC29q2a8-EvK4vJSCIv5zegiU&__tn__=-%5dK-R"><span color="windowtext" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Hemapriya Chellappan</span></a><span>. </span><b>Congratulations </b><span style="background-color: white;">to all
the winners - </span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/julie.warther.5?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZW1vxMBK44uBZvpQ_haL2g021IOKw021iPcU52z0PIymypWm-EDhC-dZjM8ak_1dbLxn_rbLX06ewrINmXep6AHxwdDCaShBhg4HuGb4qXkJ5xXCOufns2PlQepSY60q8Mlt5tV7xP_pS1NXZPTLaCBTs7tQDJeAYOUS1T9M2LC29q2a8-EvK4vJSCIv5zegiU&__tn__=-%5dK-R">Julie Schwerin</a></span><span style="background-color: white;">, </span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/JulieBlossKelsey?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZW1vxMBK44uBZvpQ_haL2g021IOKw021iPcU52z0PIymypWm-EDhC-dZjM8ak_1dbLxn_rbLX06ewrINmXep6AHxwdDCaShBhg4HuGb4qXkJ5xXCOufns2PlQepSY60q8Mlt5tV7xP_pS1NXZPTLaCBTs7tQDJeAYOUS1T9M2LC29q2a8-EvK4vJSCIv5zegiU&__tn__=-%5dK-R">Julie Bloss Kelsey</a></span><span style="background-color: white;">, Bona Santos/</span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/susan.burch.923?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZW1vxMBK44uBZvpQ_haL2g021IOKw021iPcU52z0PIymypWm-EDhC-dZjM8ak_1dbLxn_rbLX06ewrINmXep6AHxwdDCaShBhg4HuGb4qXkJ5xXCOufns2PlQepSY60q8Mlt5tV7xP_pS1NXZPTLaCBTs7tQDJeAYOUS1T9M2LC29q2a8-EvK4vJSCIv5zegiU&__tn__=-%5dK-R">Susan Burch</a></span><span style="background-color: white;"> and others.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIuqOoy09efL77wfZrnyFm3YfHuqEWAIdijnWKiW6sQQI7kNA6zVSaiYlLhc2uBf_HcYRuFCip9Qjx0JQ5KijIGBoREiQ00xHmeqiKcWJBIEIz7ACZZhuuu3zDyNI8gXeuAn1hzZS_dKXLbTuQwnYQuElo0xHsYrtIj86zKhDPqHnspaVk09C--WeUHg/s3017/Christine_%20L_Villa_meeting_him_again.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3017" data-original-width="2192" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIuqOoy09efL77wfZrnyFm3YfHuqEWAIdijnWKiW6sQQI7kNA6zVSaiYlLhc2uBf_HcYRuFCip9Qjx0JQ5KijIGBoREiQ00xHmeqiKcWJBIEIz7ACZZhuuu3zDyNI8gXeuAn1hzZS_dKXLbTuQwnYQuElo0xHsYrtIj86zKhDPqHnspaVk09C--WeUHg/w402-h554/Christine_%20L_Villa_meeting_him_again.jpg" width="402" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white;">This
haiga by Chrissi Villa presents itself as stomach-turning </span><span style="background-color: white;">butterflies,
a pounding heart and never-ending nervousness. We </span><span style="background-color: white;">don’t
know who the “he” is, but we sense a palpable tension. </span><span style="background-color: white;">When
you’re in love you find yourself unable to think straight, you </span><span style="background-color: white;">feel
ecstatic, you don’t know what’s next. You don’t think about </span><span style="background-color: white;">the
future because what could possibly go wrong? But then life </span><span style="background-color: white;">happens,
and you move on. There is nothing better than reliving </span><span style="background-color: white;">those
moments with your ex-whomever-it-is. Bittersweet moments </span><span style="background-color: white;">maybe
before and now but everyday seems like the first time </span><span style="background-color: white;">again.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> -Hemapriya
Chellapan</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-background-themecolor: background1;"><span style="font-family: arial;">See all the winners and
commentaries <a href="https://failedhaiku.files.wordpress.com/2022/11/jane-reichhold-haiga-contest-results-2.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0KTeODtdEl8MWkU7Heg2f_zBtbhMVhWV4kp9t1L-TeK-U2aBql8FVZIWU">here</a>.</span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-background-themecolor: background1;"><span style="font-family: "inherit", serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: #242526; color: #e4e6eb; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"></div>Christine "Chrissi" L. Villahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17834613429230278257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166772311217512209.post-84711562665477665472022-07-17T20:30:00.006-07:002022-11-18T01:58:56.365-08:00Neighborhood Haiku in Lexington, Massachusetts<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My haiku is painted
on the entrance door of the Lexington Historical Society building, which used
to be a train station. Poetry reading and celebration were held last night in
this building. Thank you so much, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/brad.bennett.5836">Brad Bennett</a>, for reading my haiku and for
taking these pictures. So thrilled and grateful! So grateful to your, Lord!!!
You make all these things possible!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvnN3daIkC43MjHe9Re3y-2cAtmalyvuKmEnUyPtGKVJXe0E2jYaIhUe08X4qs_WSMIHrsbocw_bj--22by0CVM_87hvbpuwDLWa83erJmDePfX5Yl7ihV2_A-E4z77oqUjLCNTVR9Qpl8EbO9SCfZIXuW2BIUBxLxxwIqVJCclQl3KAQLdoesJq0hfg/s640/IMG_0512.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvnN3daIkC43MjHe9Re3y-2cAtmalyvuKmEnUyPtGKVJXe0E2jYaIhUe08X4qs_WSMIHrsbocw_bj--22by0CVM_87hvbpuwDLWa83erJmDePfX5Yl7ihV2_A-E4z77oqUjLCNTVR9Qpl8EbO9SCfZIXuW2BIUBxLxxwIqVJCclQl3KAQLdoesJq0hfg/w341-h454/IMG_0512.jpg" width="341" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxwYbdU1P0K5NfKRDG3Dv98ALP5JEd2Lce1igsYQ95hMQT4TIM7860fp2qnNHF7Pz2FCSB0nybE98MYYO-hDvMOi4PZlYw0ChG4-RiVc9gxkzGhJJbzybxUu8hWwA1q1WeUyuR2vtXc5h4W4v62zQqROJ58oF210f1VapBB8LZq5A6YVJbLOG10DG3cA/s640/IMG_0513.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxwYbdU1P0K5NfKRDG3Dv98ALP5JEd2Lce1igsYQ95hMQT4TIM7860fp2qnNHF7Pz2FCSB0nybE98MYYO-hDvMOi4PZlYw0ChG4-RiVc9gxkzGhJJbzybxUu8hWwA1q1WeUyuR2vtXc5h4W4v62zQqROJ58oF210f1VapBB8LZq5A6YVJbLOG10DG3cA/w330-h439/IMG_0513.jpg" width="330" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbGqNMAEyI97oqAmnSP9U2dmM2juNHfZZSqN9mdhwDluePAf9ZVmNgXEDuj1bRz5pt_HJyqzvceIi6SVoSjSoDuZ2zvHI9nhflnCJKzNvjVRf2UZvaiHzzX9k_bvlRkvQvLd6omS6PRqPP699aUaj3FEQCTU64C2SHXDLlO44i9smba4NH2UnfI7gQKQ/s640/IMG_0514.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbGqNMAEyI97oqAmnSP9U2dmM2juNHfZZSqN9mdhwDluePAf9ZVmNgXEDuj1bRz5pt_HJyqzvceIi6SVoSjSoDuZ2zvHI9nhflnCJKzNvjVRf2UZvaiHzzX9k_bvlRkvQvLd6omS6PRqPP699aUaj3FEQCTU64C2SHXDLlO44i9smba4NH2UnfI7gQKQ/w492-h369/IMG_0514.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">If you want to know more about this haiku project, Neighborhood Haiku in Lexington, click <a href="https://www.lexartscouncil.org/haiku.html">here</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>Christine "Chrissi" L. Villahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17834613429230278257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166772311217512209.post-79114687112608613612022-03-21T20:38:00.012-07:002022-05-10T20:52:50.236-07:00The British Haiku Society Awards 2021 (First Place)<p><span style="font-family: arial;">I woke up with a big surprise! I won
first place in the Tanka Section of the British Haiku Society Awards 2021! My
deepest gratitude to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thebritishhaikusociety/?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZXcWeD_AnKAdfOONSlH0enkCbWwzT-eX_9gv-zULVky1_Dg3u5RjRQS3V5-fMfUpZwozUGL2uv5LqTx3HswPTe-ijehuAzaqeeVaUoYFgOR16reURaPQHN_UbtbnaFONPxj_jLTzQNrRQUBiOzqJblF&__tn__=kK-R"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0in; text-decoration-line: none;">The British Haiku Society</span></a> and to the esteemed judge, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/margaret.chula?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZXcWeD_AnKAdfOONSlH0enkCbWwzT-eX_9gv-zULVky1_Dg3u5RjRQS3V5-fMfUpZwozUGL2uv5LqTx3HswPTe-ijehuAzaqeeVaUoYFgOR16reURaPQHN_UbtbnaFONPxj_jLTzQNrRQUBiOzqJblF&__tn__=-%5dK-R"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0in; text-decoration-line: none;">Margaret Chula</span></a>, for selecting my poem. Here is my
winning tanka and the judge's commentary.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-background-themecolor: background1;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><span style="color: black;">Congratulations </span></b></span><span>to all the winners. </span><span><a href="http://britishhaikusociety.org.uk/2022/03/results-bhs-awards-2021/?fbclid=IwAR0CRpD0yvQkjEayIW4sU5tSdRzTI14FBVQXRqpigxJVr8PeBZ6tGFtzzTo" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0in;">http://britishhaikusociety.org.uk/.../results-bhs-awards.../</span></a></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaWXadOpN_TTnCZ9mgolFJqLzRbCFwlJdT3fzotNpscg-IaGM-cdUv0lkDidPyyhSzZfGC33wZU1npAN7JPHQTz-GuI8xHzeSdEBKgpDEPhJwFyreK2f_a-W5cck4XzCpqVJ4WadYWTNjdiFLXxpwQoxlbznWhu8lJJc2m7WdgxZVj3ySw6Eg0OMoJug/s3300/Winner%20MC%20-%20Christine%20L.%20Villa-page-001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="3300" height="409" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaWXadOpN_TTnCZ9mgolFJqLzRbCFwlJdT3fzotNpscg-IaGM-cdUv0lkDidPyyhSzZfGC33wZU1npAN7JPHQTz-GuI8xHzeSdEBKgpDEPhJwFyreK2f_a-W5cck4XzCpqVJ4WadYWTNjdiFLXxpwQoxlbznWhu8lJJc2m7WdgxZVj3ySw6Eg0OMoJug/w530-h409/Winner%20MC%20-%20Christine%20L.%20Villa-page-001.jpg" width="530" /></a></div>Christine "Chrissi" L. Villahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17834613429230278257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166772311217512209.post-22401911125258454692021-11-04T22:00:00.046-07:002022-11-18T02:00:01.883-08:006th Jane Reichhold Memorial Haiga Contest - First Place and First Runner-up!<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Who wants to do the happy dance with me? Thank you, Lord for my two recent awards - First Place in the Traditional Category and First Runner-Up in the Photography and Mixed Media Category. This is one of the beautiful ways you have turned my life experiences into gifts to be shared to everyone! I am very grateful!!!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I hope you all enjoy these. Congratulations to all the winner! See all the winners and the commentaries <a href="https://www.haikuhut.com/SixthAnnualReichholdHaigaContestResults.pdf">here</a>. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlpafmrjNtZtU8AycMlaUsoPvJ4f0vzsrZ4SAi1lnxavyriKex-_YQH84KoSJrJYzLbHChvDePTBYD3YsBZCqoVeRyHNgU-GZASY1qwFmcZMk0KLrxBlfjSGB5aTzIv3mKWQuFMNzeNJrn/s2048/Christine_L_Villa_1_traditional_haiga.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1567" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlpafmrjNtZtU8AycMlaUsoPvJ4f0vzsrZ4SAi1lnxavyriKex-_YQH84KoSJrJYzLbHChvDePTBYD3YsBZCqoVeRyHNgU-GZASY1qwFmcZMk0KLrxBlfjSGB5aTzIv3mKWQuFMNzeNJrn/w326-h426/Christine_L_Villa_1_traditional_haiga.jpg" width="326" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">First Place - Traditional Category</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">At first reading and viewing, this haiga by Chrissi Villa grips you. With each
successive reading, the compounding layers of possibilities in this senryu are
echoed visually in the varied and multi-textured circles of the image. One can’t
help but to wonder of the other rings once worn. Are the bestowers now as
nameless as the moon? The wonderful balance between fragment, phrase, and
image invites the reader to insert themself into the narrative and make it their own
without diminishing the original intent of the author, were we privy to it. (Commentaries by judges <span style="text-align: left;">Kelly Sauvage and Bryan Rickert)</span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggZe1oHHIA_4KycQgbtihfDQI900nGiLCHKPm1_X4U04E-bSgAitS3L76tGXHu1KDcYKJUHFQnt8dqTf6hK-hgr7f5BnEQ0ahZEElA4fTaxwYtVK9DtrBnHvjdFVBuacj-BhjiyhoNgmjz/s2048/Christine_L_Villa_mixed_media_haiga+original.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggZe1oHHIA_4KycQgbtihfDQI900nGiLCHKPm1_X4U04E-bSgAitS3L76tGXHu1KDcYKJUHFQnt8dqTf6hK-hgr7f5BnEQ0ahZEElA4fTaxwYtVK9DtrBnHvjdFVBuacj-BhjiyhoNgmjz/w478-h318/Christine_L_Villa_mixed_media_haiga+original.jpg" width="478" /></a></p><div> <span style="font-family: arial;"> First Runner-Up - Photography and Mixed Media Category</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">This haiga by Chrissi Villa activates all our
senses, as she invites us to view the textures, smell the flowers, and
contemplate all the varied interpretations of her one line senryu. The image
and senryu combined show a wonderful balance of softness and strength; yet, it
is the sense of whimsy that offers an uncommon optimism. Oftentimes, when we
think of abandoning a place or a situation, it is in the context of escape.
Yet, in this instance, the leaving is a lofting—ripe with infinite possibility</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">. (Commentaries by judges Kelly Sauvage and Bryan
Rickert)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></p></div>Christine "Chrissi" L. Villahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17834613429230278257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166772311217512209.post-72601196348917755992021-10-18T18:00:00.004-07:002021-12-02T03:04:16.352-08:00Gingko Walk Contest at the Haiku North America Conference 2021<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I enjoyed so much the Haiku North America conference
2021! As one of the moderators, I was honored to introduce presenters Brad
Bennett, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jennifer.hambrick.96?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZUYSb5paAGiB2anCZBF9LeT_-gyZDWNHLlfCM6MF-p_8CBY7jbAgg-HtAbrkjLFmrK8HBEQOKBWw-W2jrHhPYULT0cIAO39UrnM9h6KbMwdX5zBrua_RMskoNB5YBZxNXk&__tn__=-%5dK-R"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0in; text-decoration-line: none;">Jennifer Hambrick</span></a>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/michael.dylan.welch?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZUYSb5paAGiB2anCZBF9LeT_-gyZDWNHLlfCM6MF-p_8CBY7jbAgg-HtAbrkjLFmrK8HBEQOKBWw-W2jrHhPYULT0cIAO39UrnM9h6KbMwdX5zBrua_RMskoNB5YBZxNXk&__tn__=-%5dK-R"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0in; text-decoration-line: none;">Michael Dylan Welch</span></a>. I also learned a lot from the
presentations and from the renku session. Thank you, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/paplinda?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZUYSb5paAGiB2anCZBF9LeT_-gyZDWNHLlfCM6MF-p_8CBY7jbAgg-HtAbrkjLFmrK8HBEQOKBWw-W2jrHhPYULT0cIAO39UrnM9h6KbMwdX5zBrua_RMskoNB5YBZxNXk&__tn__=-%5dK-R"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0in; text-decoration-line: none;">Linda Papanicolaou</span></a>, for the informative and engaging workshop.
I had fun with the other participants. Lastly, I am so thrilled that I won
first place in the Gingko Walk contest conducted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/alan.pizzarelli?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZUYSb5paAGiB2anCZBF9LeT_-gyZDWNHLlfCM6MF-p_8CBY7jbAgg-HtAbrkjLFmrK8HBEQOKBWw-W2jrHhPYULT0cIAO39UrnM9h6KbMwdX5zBrua_RMskoNB5YBZxNXk&__tn__=-%5dK-R"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0in; text-decoration-line: none;">Alan Pizzarelli</span></a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/donna.beaver.568?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZUYSb5paAGiB2anCZBF9LeT_-gyZDWNHLlfCM6MF-p_8CBY7jbAgg-HtAbrkjLFmrK8HBEQOKBWw-W2jrHhPYULT0cIAO39UrnM9h6KbMwdX5zBrua_RMskoNB5YBZxNXk&__tn__=-%5dK-R"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0in; text-decoration-line: none;">Donna Beaver</span></a>. Haiku was barking when she knew I was excited
about the wonderful news. lol<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Watch the full video of the gingko walk here. Thank you, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/alan.pizzarelli?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZUYSb5paAGiB2anCZBF9LeT_-gyZDWNHLlfCM6MF-p_8CBY7jbAgg-HtAbrkjLFmrK8HBEQOKBWw-W2jrHhPYULT0cIAO39UrnM9h6KbMwdX5zBrua_RMskoNB5YBZxNXk&__tn__=-%5dK-R"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0in; text-decoration-line: none;">Alan Pizzarelli</span></a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/donna.beaver.568?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZUYSb5paAGiB2anCZBF9LeT_-gyZDWNHLlfCM6MF-p_8CBY7jbAgg-HtAbrkjLFmrK8HBEQOKBWw-W2jrHhPYULT0cIAO39UrnM9h6KbMwdX5zBrua_RMskoNB5YBZxNXk&__tn__=-%5dK-R"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0in; text-decoration-line: none;">Donna Beaver</span></a> for this inspiring video. </span><a href="https://vimeo.com/630495692?fbclid=IwAR3oOM2rHWpuE__b8zca_Psy0BLLFsRRFml0eraY8gpOeLwDPpUqg070Tkw" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://vimeo.com/63049569</span><span style="font-family: "inherit", serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">2</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "inherit", serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8PZrC4zrkvaNFpQYt5GEX-RloEZRmXoRcTW2EAeBSHPWDT5S8Jxla0RoiELN7AJEPKJyY95iGfy8lsV6MFME6CUVCdepqcZU37gk45nXK4Yie5wvjBLmSO7zmx57C8DuJOrjCHqEhwNnxWqmaQRLX6B7gg8J6P-QtQUOQAVghdfGP2eiWKA2nu44goA=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8PZrC4zrkvaNFpQYt5GEX-RloEZRmXoRcTW2EAeBSHPWDT5S8Jxla0RoiELN7AJEPKJyY95iGfy8lsV6MFME6CUVCdepqcZU37gk45nXK4Yie5wvjBLmSO7zmx57C8DuJOrjCHqEhwNnxWqmaQRLX6B7gg8J6P-QtQUOQAVghdfGP2eiWKA2nu44goA=w386-h386" width="386" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: #242526; color: #e4e6eb; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"></div>Christine "Chrissi" L. Villahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17834613429230278257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166772311217512209.post-34538753414587166422021-08-04T18:01:00.001-07:002021-08-04T18:02:04.336-07:00Failed Haiku, Volume 6 Issue 68<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">So happy to have two collaborative split sequences published in the latest issue of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/FailedHaiku/?__cft__[0]=AZUsTwoWsHyg1YEklQy_faqYNItWFbbfyG993Mo7s1gngQmv4WNHNYSADeoEAhoWUnuq8voolZtQLu4ilSItU0oR_XUhcS1ENHJsh6CH8zsMMSfED8nbSu7XsuXKcIIS6fDpXCW0t-NMPB9QuRTaL33u&__tn__=kK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Failed Haiku</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">! Here's one. So honored to write this with </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/susan.burch.923?__cft__[0]=AZUsTwoWsHyg1YEklQy_faqYNItWFbbfyG993Mo7s1gngQmv4WNHNYSADeoEAhoWUnuq8voolZtQLu4ilSItU0oR_XUhcS1ENHJsh6CH8zsMMSfED8nbSu7XsuXKcIIS6fDpXCW0t-NMPB9QuRTaL33u&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Susan Burch</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Thank you so much, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/bryan.rickert.3?__cft__[0]=AZUsTwoWsHyg1YEklQy_faqYNItWFbbfyG993Mo7s1gngQmv4WNHNYSADeoEAhoWUnuq8voolZtQLu4ilSItU0oR_XUhcS1ENHJsh6CH8zsMMSfED8nbSu7XsuXKcIIS6fDpXCW0t-NMPB9QuRTaL33u&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Bryan Rickert</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">, for publishing this. You can read the full issue here. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl py34i1dx gpro0wi8" href="https://www.haikuhut.com/FailedHaikuIssue68.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3xp06y9pXyblJoyFkXcNERN5V1ucfyFPhLuPGvcUa6VYLKyVXQtS_bFbw" rel="nofollow" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://www.haikuhut.com/FailedHaikuIssue68.pdf</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6gM3pTYsGE-0XX_R1JgG7lLJrx04NLA9dV1IhwfbpRmv9p4BQ8SPbiJF4W0jlImvH7h5-hDoimIkTsit6XZBhtmnLUAyr6oR0lmkwf78DBnc-ElxGtWRjJ0lttEGCsVFdmBD9I2mUPhx2/s1945/UNFRIENDED1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1945" data-original-width="1845" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6gM3pTYsGE-0XX_R1JgG7lLJrx04NLA9dV1IhwfbpRmv9p4BQ8SPbiJF4W0jlImvH7h5-hDoimIkTsit6XZBhtmnLUAyr6oR0lmkwf78DBnc-ElxGtWRjJ0lttEGCsVFdmBD9I2mUPhx2/w608-h640/UNFRIENDED1.jpg" width="608" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>Christine "Chrissi" L. Villahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17834613429230278257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166772311217512209.post-90581444652815494002021-08-02T19:30:00.010-07:002021-08-04T17:49:23.379-07:00Behold Issue 6 on Beautiful Defect edited by Susan Furst<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">My collaborative split sequence and artwork published in Behold, Issue 6, Peace. You can find more poetry and artwork in this wonderful issue edited by </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/susan.furst.3?__cft__[0]=AZVHPMG8dtt-Y7ghItzIOLESx0maYflQurkRoByAbywj8Fq7rGu9inDFFqAXqL7FAxNGAtCA860Ygrn0jWyOIY5GaVpfoYTZTD3JVRk5jvW0zZyji9c6W-KOL0h4rhpkttc&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Susan Furst</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"> here. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl py34i1dx gpro0wi8" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.beautifuldefect.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1pDOpZUJG0zWJgrWhKb0Z4NdqMwVPEAtsU9VqmRGjsRTn4M5mUQI_QOnI&h=AT3iZy1z0R0BD4r4Ah9vPdcGqtFzGAqedIxzc19z7YT8b_heBK4mV-b4_zenHGzmuCz1X6WeQ3VsHMo3CAHNzFOaPjiZQoDvd65FtwjZwZ6mKvjknV5Hjs83Kt7B2vxF1lYeYojUoP0ELDi5nA&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT0LDhb97RUP2GfEihxeMUm9prX5WEdJ6cykycQauHJEDnXN0bUrZ1RYaYhunsIj3SkQMVKrg70FLH9aw1QmOFs1N0HlX67Qu1bOdsfsSqeRiFo3eoSsML6eYe7Kf5AhpN-t6F_eZ6Zc6dDA_zoglSGmRGw" rel="nofollow" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://www.beautifuldefect.com/</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Thank you, publication twin </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/susan.furst.3?__cft__[0]=AZVHPMG8dtt-Y7ghItzIOLESx0maYflQurkRoByAbywj8Fq7rGu9inDFFqAXqL7FAxNGAtCA860Ygrn0jWyOIY5GaVpfoYTZTD3JVRk5jvW0zZyji9c6W-KOL0h4rhpkttc&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Susan Furst</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="l9j0dhe7" style="position: relative;"></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl" role="button" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span style="color: #f1765e; font-weight: bold;">Congratulations</span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="l9j0dhe7" style="position: relative;"><div class="n00je7tq arfg74bv qs9ysxi8 k77z8yql i09qtzwb n7fi1qx3 b5wmifdl hzruof5a pmk7jnqg j9ispegn kr520xx4 c5ndavph art1omkt ot9fgl3s" data-visualcompletion="ignore" style="border-radius: 4px; inset: -2px -4px; opacity: 0; pointer-events: none; position: absolute; transition-duration: var(--fds-duration-extra-extra-short-out); transition-property: opacity; transition-timing-function: var(--fds-animation-fade-out);"></div></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"> on a bigger and more blessed issue!</span></span><div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT60G3tAPoi8fdSDxX-OmQgYg9rJ-GQAOA8Ui0IyAUN-wf9-qpov7g7acFwj6qW-PaKYwGFNoC5sDIy33Dj9fTHH4W6-BoBEhzYyuqSP-7u0DDqchJtrgh0Igz_UoJVY7YRiqej0y2YPOL/s2048/VORTEX.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1500" height="572" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT60G3tAPoi8fdSDxX-OmQgYg9rJ-GQAOA8Ui0IyAUN-wf9-qpov7g7acFwj6qW-PaKYwGFNoC5sDIy33Dj9fTHH4W6-BoBEhzYyuqSP-7u0DDqchJtrgh0Igz_UoJVY7YRiqej0y2YPOL/w419-h572/VORTEX.jpg" width="419" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div></div>Christine "Chrissi" L. Villahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17834613429230278257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166772311217512209.post-48474305533815653272021-07-26T17:31:00.007-07:002021-08-04T17:35:43.210-07:00brass bell: a haiku journal <p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">My two haiku about childhood memories published in<a href="https://brassbellhaiku.blogspot.com/2021/07/childhood-memories.html"> brass bell: a haiku journal.</a> Thank you so much, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/zeezahava?__cft__[0]=AZW3l8cUmbVAnB9ZPqsGApB4gw8dyY2Fz9UCxQj1CCb5e_jAl-kmLD9dk0T5atGoFaxpdo2Y0yVbu5AxpB4KWSkRgB0F9SD0093mPipJV_M0RUGieh4rOYR3sZ87L-PlXZU&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Zee Zahava</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Looking forward to the next issue!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTlv6kKMg6DgZsDFWi1QOgVBvhVetlTh7RYtC_nEgEO8mWEyjtGX8C_0r1NwU_IScXOVg7DkkYRd_fTizvyn8VtqTKTtuA4ncixocg9iPpalC84mQWBJqjjfhwjg9QucL0Zzy4mwK0mHv/s268/BRASS+BELL3A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="255" data-original-width="268" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTlv6kKMg6DgZsDFWi1QOgVBvhVetlTh7RYtC_nEgEO8mWEyjtGX8C_0r1NwU_IScXOVg7DkkYRd_fTizvyn8VtqTKTtuA4ncixocg9iPpalC84mQWBJqjjfhwjg9QucL0Zzy4mwK0mHv/w399-h380/BRASS+BELL3A.jpg" width="399" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><p></p>Christine "Chrissi" L. Villahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17834613429230278257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166772311217512209.post-46045478926675644172021-07-19T23:30:00.008-07:002021-08-04T17:26:52.672-07:00Ribbons Spring/Summer 2021: Volume 17, Number 2<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Got my copy of Ribbons today! I forgot to submit a tanka for this issue, but I'm happy to see my scratch artwork with Susan Weaver's tanka. For the next issue, I will submit again another collaboration. I will ask the poet, whose tanka was previously selected for the back cover, to write a tanka for my artwork. That means I will be asking Marcyn Del Clements next. 😊</span></span></p><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">*This scratch works looks better in the issue because it's smaller. You don't get to see the imperfections of my scratching. lol</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZIRVN0-RzaZtyMGSH9Dabcu_Q1_LsDUDI2puT250FXqP0hBlbyO_kyr_dw0MmEAfD2TzoTWL_ntBl_zWKOIEwGIx4WxQEHvM-_G6LTTBW0ltB-oZXc13HgFMXHBtl89AznjVHIA0CqvzY/s2048/RIBBONS+FALL+2021+Susan+Weaver300.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZIRVN0-RzaZtyMGSH9Dabcu_Q1_LsDUDI2puT250FXqP0hBlbyO_kyr_dw0MmEAfD2TzoTWL_ntBl_zWKOIEwGIx4WxQEHvM-_G6LTTBW0ltB-oZXc13HgFMXHBtl89AznjVHIA0CqvzY/w461-h306/RIBBONS+FALL+2021+Susan+Weaver300.jpg" width="461" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div>Christine "Chrissi" L. Villahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17834613429230278257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166772311217512209.post-65016749843634732892021-07-11T17:09:00.009-07:002021-08-04T17:20:09.341-07:00Pandemic Special (Tanka Society of America)<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">Watch the video I made for the Pandemic Special compiled by </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/susan.burch.923?__cft__[0]=AZUT-b4xaJ2IcivWAb8s3uq4bAEgDnEB3bZkwPJMsj0kwbUCbG_vQYDgXEYTP1QvxNgd6v5MoVUqJ4ju7_9xpfsCFYq07xr7lKj4qGeiz0bfoOF-e04Cn30eOdFbbupSxHA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Susan Burch</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="l9j0dhe7" style="position: relative;"></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl" role="button" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span style="color: #f1765e; font-weight: bold;">Congrats</span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="l9j0dhe7" style="position: relative;"><div class="n00je7tq arfg74bv qs9ysxi8 k77z8yql i09qtzwb n7fi1qx3 b5wmifdl hzruof5a pmk7jnqg j9ispegn kr520xx4 c5ndavph art1omkt ot9fgl3s rnr61an3" data-visualcompletion="ignore" style="background-color: var(--hover-overlay); border-radius: 4px; inset: -2px -4px; opacity: 0; pointer-events: none; position: absolute; transition-duration: var(--fds-duration-extra-extra-short-out); transition-property: opacity; transition-timing-function: var(--fds-animation-fade-out);"></div></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to all the poets who are included in this wonderful collection, a daily post of tanka to celebrate National Poetry Month, April 2021. Contributing poets in order of appearance are Debbie Strange, James Chessing, Sara Ellison, Steve Black, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/margaret.chula?__cft__[0]=AZUT-b4xaJ2IcivWAb8s3uq4bAEgDnEB3bZkwPJMsj0kwbUCbG_vQYDgXEYTP1QvxNgd6v5MoVUqJ4ju7_9xpfsCFYq07xr7lKj4qGeiz0bfoOF-e04Cn30eOdFbbupSxHA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Margaret Chula</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/7GRIX?__cft__[0]=AZUT-b4xaJ2IcivWAb8s3uq4bAEgDnEB3bZkwPJMsj0kwbUCbG_vQYDgXEYTP1QvxNgd6v5MoVUqJ4ju7_9xpfsCFYq07xr7lKj4qGeiz0bfoOF-e04Cn30eOdFbbupSxHA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Grix Seven</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/akrotella?__cft__[0]=AZUT-b4xaJ2IcivWAb8s3uq4bAEgDnEB3bZkwPJMsj0kwbUCbG_vQYDgXEYTP1QvxNgd6v5MoVUqJ4ju7_9xpfsCFYq07xr7lKj4qGeiz0bfoOF-e04Cn30eOdFbbupSxHA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Alexis Rotella</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Marc Thompson, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/marilyn.humbert.1?__cft__[0]=AZUT-b4xaJ2IcivWAb8s3uq4bAEgDnEB3bZkwPJMsj0kwbUCbG_vQYDgXEYTP1QvxNgd6v5MoVUqJ4ju7_9xpfsCFYq07xr7lKj4qGeiz0bfoOF-e04Cn30eOdFbbupSxHA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Marilyn Humbert</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Keitha Keyes, Chen-ou Liu, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/pris.campbell?__cft__[0]=AZUT-b4xaJ2IcivWAb8s3uq4bAEgDnEB3bZkwPJMsj0kwbUCbG_vQYDgXEYTP1QvxNgd6v5MoVUqJ4ju7_9xpfsCFYq07xr7lKj4qGeiz0bfoOF-e04Cn30eOdFbbupSxHA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Pris Campbell</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/PeggyHaleBilbro?__cft__[0]=AZUT-b4xaJ2IcivWAb8s3uq4bAEgDnEB3bZkwPJMsj0kwbUCbG_vQYDgXEYTP1QvxNgd6v5MoVUqJ4ju7_9xpfsCFYq07xr7lKj4qGeiz0bfoOF-e04Cn30eOdFbbupSxHA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Peggy Hale Bilbro</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/jenny.angyal?__cft__[0]=AZUT-b4xaJ2IcivWAb8s3uq4bAEgDnEB3bZkwPJMsj0kwbUCbG_vQYDgXEYTP1QvxNgd6v5MoVUqJ4ju7_9xpfsCFYq07xr7lKj4qGeiz0bfoOF-e04Cn30eOdFbbupSxHA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Jenny Angyal</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Lesley Anne Swanson, Marcyn Clements, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/serenfargo?__cft__[0]=AZUT-b4xaJ2IcivWAb8s3uq4bAEgDnEB3bZkwPJMsj0kwbUCbG_vQYDgXEYTP1QvxNgd6v5MoVUqJ4ju7_9xpfsCFYq07xr7lKj4qGeiz0bfoOF-e04Cn30eOdFbbupSxHA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Seren Fargo</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/michelle.brock.7927?__cft__[0]=AZUT-b4xaJ2IcivWAb8s3uq4bAEgDnEB3bZkwPJMsj0kwbUCbG_vQYDgXEYTP1QvxNgd6v5MoVUqJ4ju7_9xpfsCFYq07xr7lKj4qGeiz0bfoOF-e04Cn30eOdFbbupSxHA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Michelle Brock</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Julia Wakefield, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008147230731&__cft__[0]=AZUT-b4xaJ2IcivWAb8s3uq4bAEgDnEB3bZkwPJMsj0kwbUCbG_vQYDgXEYTP1QvxNgd6v5MoVUqJ4ju7_9xpfsCFYq07xr7lKj4qGeiz0bfoOF-e04Cn30eOdFbbupSxHA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Cynthia Anderson</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Charles Harmon, Tish Davis, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/carol.raisfeld?__cft__[0]=AZUT-b4xaJ2IcivWAb8s3uq4bAEgDnEB3bZkwPJMsj0kwbUCbG_vQYDgXEYTP1QvxNgd6v5MoVUqJ4ju7_9xpfsCFYq07xr7lKj4qGeiz0bfoOF-e04Cn30eOdFbbupSxHA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Carol Raisfeld</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Susan Weaver, Susan Burch, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/sheila.sondik?__cft__[0]=AZUT-b4xaJ2IcivWAb8s3uq4bAEgDnEB3bZkwPJMsj0kwbUCbG_vQYDgXEYTP1QvxNgd6v5MoVUqJ4ju7_9xpfsCFYq07xr7lKj4qGeiz0bfoOF-e04Cn30eOdFbbupSxHA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Sheila Sondik</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/mary.davila.921?__cft__[0]=AZUT-b4xaJ2IcivWAb8s3uq4bAEgDnEB3bZkwPJMsj0kwbUCbG_vQYDgXEYTP1QvxNgd6v5MoVUqJ4ju7_9xpfsCFYq07xr7lKj4qGeiz0bfoOF-e04Cn30eOdFbbupSxHA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Mary Davila</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Adelaide B. Shaw, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/leroy.gorman.9?__cft__[0]=AZUT-b4xaJ2IcivWAb8s3uq4bAEgDnEB3bZkwPJMsj0kwbUCbG_vQYDgXEYTP1QvxNgd6v5MoVUqJ4ju7_9xpfsCFYq07xr7lKj4qGeiz0bfoOF-e04Cn30eOdFbbupSxHA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">LeRoy Gorman</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/chrissi.villa/">Christine L. Vi</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/chrissi.villa/">lla</a><span style="font-size: 15px;">.</span></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="364" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lhXeiKE4fcs" width="481" youtube-src-id="lhXeiKE4fcs"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div>Christine "Chrissi" L. Villahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17834613429230278257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166772311217512209.post-29421516122698268512021-06-30T16:47:00.008-07:002021-08-04T17:50:10.295-07:00Vispo Contest in Sonic Boom Journal <p><span style="font-family: arial;">So honored to be included in Sonic Boom Journal's Vispo Gallery 2021. There were 93 entries and only 19 were selected. Yahoo! Clink here to see all the artwork. <a href="https://sonicboomjournal.wixsite.com/sonicboom/contests?fbclid=IwAR1QSQir6wPcm5wpGVbFmhWn1n8Jb1k7FRWVrNFot09ZZu_Q5e7d2peEr2Q">CONTESTS | sonicboom (wixsite.com)</a></span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgWdjiexqReJl6Vn-lwPo47KT6TFP8-Ys1O0TB1CWCWNU5Emd-DxO_t7CDZoBtjkU3hs_hFGLUZFCmVtxoclYRnRcLIFCrcnITTJzb3xHgGa45sWPD6rWcPLUK9tnZ1Zcqq7v4JDHIaBFe/s2048/PATCH+OF+SUNLIGHT2b300.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1590" height="549" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgWdjiexqReJl6Vn-lwPo47KT6TFP8-Ys1O0TB1CWCWNU5Emd-DxO_t7CDZoBtjkU3hs_hFGLUZFCmVtxoclYRnRcLIFCrcnITTJzb3xHgGa45sWPD6rWcPLUK9tnZ1Zcqq7v4JDHIaBFe/w426-h549/PATCH+OF+SUNLIGHT2b300.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Christine "Chrissi" L. Villahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17834613429230278257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166772311217512209.post-68298653521717862912021-06-16T16:40:00.000-07:002021-08-04T17:17:52.148-07:00Fireflies' Light, Issue 23<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Here are my poems published in Fireflies' Light:</span></p><p><b style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">SENRYU</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">biscuit crumbs</span><span style="background: lime;"><u></u><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">between the couch cushions . . .</span><span style="background: lime;"><u></u><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">forgotten lies</span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">sour milk</span><span style="background: lime;"><u></u><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">too late to say</span><span style="background: lime;"><u></u><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I'm sorry</span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">honeymoon</span><span style="background: lime;"><u></u><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">releasing the butterfly</span><span style="background: lime;"><u></u><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">in my obi</span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">park walk</span><span style="background: lime;"><u></u><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">in Valentine t-shirts</span><span style="background: lime;"><u></u><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">my dog and I</span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">HAIKU<u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">before sundown</span><span style="background: lime;"><u></u><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">the fiery glow</span><span style="background: lime;"><u></u><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">of a waterfall</span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">cherry blossoms</span><span style="background: lime;"><u></u><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">the way my dog and I</span><span style="background: lime;"><u></u><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">glance at each other</span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: arial;">summer night</span><span style="background: lime; font-family: arial;"><u></u><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">swaying to the beat</span><span style="background: lime;"><u></u><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">of calabash maracas</span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>TANKA<u></u> </b><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">cherry petals</span><span style="background: lime;"><u></u><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">float down the river . . .</span><span style="background: lime;"><u></u><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">how I wish</span><span style="background: lime;"><u></u><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I could tell you</span><span style="background: lime;"><u></u><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">one more time</span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">between seedlings</span><span style="background: lime;"><u></u><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">and unfolding petals . . .</span><span style="background: lime;"><u></u><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">all the waiting</span><span style="background: lime;"><u></u><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">sweetened by the songs</span><span style="background: lime;"><u></u><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">of a nightingale</span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>CHERITA<u></u> </b><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">the last fallen leaf</span><span style="background: lime;"><u></u><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">balances desperately</span><span style="background: lime;"><u></u><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">on another branch</span><span style="background: lime;"><br /><br /></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">like my final words</span><span style="background: lime;"><u></u><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="background: lime;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u></u><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">hanging recklessly</span><span style="background: lime;"><u></u><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">with yours</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">enfolding myself</span><span style="background: lime;"><u></u><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">with the scent of wildflowers</span><span style="background: lime;"><u></u><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="background: lime;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u></u><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I stay in this moment</span><span style="background: lime;"><u></u><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="background: lime;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u></u><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">where everything</span><span style="background: lime;"><u></u><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">sounds better</span><span style="background: lime;"><u></u><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><u></u></span></span></p><span color="windowtext" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: arial;">in my head</span></span><div><br /></div>Christine "Chrissi" L. Villahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17834613429230278257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166772311217512209.post-78129570799931184092021-06-15T16:20:00.021-07:002021-08-04T17:29:33.844-07:00Fireflies' Light, Issue 23<p><span style="font-family: arial;">First time in Fireflies' LIght! I have a bunch of haiku, senryu, tanka, cherita, and haiga included in the current issue. These are my haiga created by playing with alcohol ink, gel prints, and doodlng. If you want to read the full issue, here it is. <a href="https://www.mobap.edu/about-mbu/publications/fireflies-light/?fbclid=IwAR1LgZD5xYUEaygJO_FfuEVFHWBuD3V0JSq_c-ww3HFhWhOvEAxOU2DRmKI">Missouri Baptist University (mobap.edu)</a></span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdQxFE4BYDb_WPts2J9rWF5E86o_7UoaYEvcAKknNk9guGv9CkrDJm0AkQm9-8Tna45mN_MyW5iTOs4-wqV3sEdTBdwIRFuFVKbJwG54S2xc1NXFS7HFx6lo6nwnXTgP9usUQUXeVUv830/s2048/BIRDS+ON+A+WIRE+HAIGA300+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1585" data-original-width="2048" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdQxFE4BYDb_WPts2J9rWF5E86o_7UoaYEvcAKknNk9guGv9CkrDJm0AkQm9-8Tna45mN_MyW5iTOs4-wqV3sEdTBdwIRFuFVKbJwG54S2xc1NXFS7HFx6lo6nwnXTgP9usUQUXeVUv830/w466-h361/BIRDS+ON+A+WIRE+HAIGA300+%25281%2529.jpg" width="466" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV7QwU0FHxroLIqdu5PdLcmQOS4CyljogKhvetKCw2bj33nP5i29oHnlSDiehi6EZLe2dNVre6RHOnLrdcsMzABjOT4wJu-xf4M7iouQl_OH2Dw-sWx8UWpdRq278zMnDswUMy9QknE-zH/s2048/EVEN+AFTER+I%2527M+GONE+HAIKU300+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="457" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV7QwU0FHxroLIqdu5PdLcmQOS4CyljogKhvetKCw2bj33nP5i29oHnlSDiehi6EZLe2dNVre6RHOnLrdcsMzABjOT4wJu-xf4M7iouQl_OH2Dw-sWx8UWpdRq278zMnDswUMy9QknE-zH/w303-h457/EVEN+AFTER+I%2527M+GONE+HAIKU300+%25281%2529.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Aels1WJG3Pi4T7KdSLtMKWKOSmPxsCzpXAwmmnWsmhzsB1wV2xI-wWmpqToMHrAJ1Zmm3h4nsaJGSqJM0oIQhJuNUs6AZcNeYPykbi0ouozHwEfg7cHpKDwepgVlE36BsdaXKVjt2cpe/s2048/MORNING+TEA2300+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Aels1WJG3Pi4T7KdSLtMKWKOSmPxsCzpXAwmmnWsmhzsB1wV2xI-wWmpqToMHrAJ1Zmm3h4nsaJGSqJM0oIQhJuNUs6AZcNeYPykbi0ouozHwEfg7cHpKDwepgVlE36BsdaXKVjt2cpe/w307-h462/MORNING+TEA2300+%25281%2529.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPhHZLXelglTrt9RGRhLx68lvTr-P3e9hlVjAkhMq47x2xTj4AJojPltLDedFvdJTASYX337Q03jxIiYjTsNAY0OJr-8_-awoqACH7qL4FzbmmALrk-YT2EIbHaRGJLbMswaS7fcYSrTen/s2048/SCATTERED+LEAVES3300+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1463" height="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPhHZLXelglTrt9RGRhLx68lvTr-P3e9hlVjAkhMq47x2xTj4AJojPltLDedFvdJTASYX337Q03jxIiYjTsNAY0OJr-8_-awoqACH7qL4FzbmmALrk-YT2EIbHaRGJLbMswaS7fcYSrTen/w314-h439/SCATTERED+LEAVES3300+%25281%2529.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpzjOgxp8Fag2n3XJObYYVVmiUc8YkM30auFgjkSFotEZpeh8ZwbVnzp9UyqDUF2UO5CEv-bI1N2b87Ur2CGmhxBvGVawmnaQS-xoU6MZ4w9sM6K44YavAoQUnLGI4J596tTJwTFbI3LHS/s2048/WINTER+JASMINE2300+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1487" height="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpzjOgxp8Fag2n3XJObYYVVmiUc8YkM30auFgjkSFotEZpeh8ZwbVnzp9UyqDUF2UO5CEv-bI1N2b87Ur2CGmhxBvGVawmnaQS-xoU6MZ4w9sM6K44YavAoQUnLGI4J596tTJwTFbI3LHS/w318-h439/WINTER+JASMINE2300+%25281%2529.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Christine "Chrissi" L. Villahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17834613429230278257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166772311217512209.post-143789127327003472021-06-04T16:00:00.008-07:002021-08-04T16:10:33.847-07:00Moonbathing, Issue 21 (Spring/Summer 2021)<p><span style="font-family: arial;">My tanka appearing in the current issue of Moonbathing! Thank you so much, editor <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100036942061272">Pamela Babusci</a>. I'm sure there are some women out other who can related to this. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiycqT07-OiSj9VPdyjNpB1lFAroX2IcUYduOYBHYIP0pjynzWqQPW9-EzKUngfBYWbPuxY0w_eivNqRYC6G6sSwoNf2HFNXj6RRt4-xER619aNRAChO-qs9u7op8iv26rLvgccN5Uxkkux/s2048/MOONBATHING.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiycqT07-OiSj9VPdyjNpB1lFAroX2IcUYduOYBHYIP0pjynzWqQPW9-EzKUngfBYWbPuxY0w_eivNqRYC6G6sSwoNf2HFNXj6RRt4-xER619aNRAChO-qs9u7op8iv26rLvgccN5Uxkkux/w400-h400/MOONBATHING.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Christine "Chrissi" L. Villahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17834613429230278257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166772311217512209.post-73834236665733129982021-05-18T23:01:00.022-07:002021-05-26T23:30:27.042-07:00April Semi-Finalist in the ITO EN New Haiku Grand Prix 2021 Contest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAb44__I3tBHs9W3F0RrJCXhvDY98-Xnux6MTL1uGQVD0Yu650GWPSC5UqgWVQKaN2mH9MrnYPbTI5VuLJMTNcNSZOqqrcHFP9aSkNGFhYi-j-Kk0OgeJ6zHst8Uy_Gei-fE9s7a0dFcmE/s651/ITO+EN2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="326" data-original-width="651" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAb44__I3tBHs9W3F0RrJCXhvDY98-Xnux6MTL1uGQVD0Yu650GWPSC5UqgWVQKaN2mH9MrnYPbTI5VuLJMTNcNSZOqqrcHFP9aSkNGFhYi-j-Kk0OgeJ6zHst8Uy_Gei-fE9s7a0dFcmE/w400-h200/ITO+EN2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">You can find the full list of semi-finalists<a href="https://artofhaiku.org/semifinalists/april/"> here</a>. </span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>Christine "Chrissi" L. Villahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17834613429230278257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166772311217512209.post-32798673746370482472021-05-04T23:17:00.003-07:002021-05-26T23:31:20.712-07:00brass bell: a haiku journal<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Savoring all the "edible" haiku in brass bell: journal. Thank you so much, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/zeezahava">Zee Zahava</a>, for publishing my poem. You can read all the poems<a href="https://brassbellhaiku.blogspot.com/2021/05/edible-haiku.html?fbclid=IwAR3dO7Fta34fD1zqi3j3lpd6nQ_5r0h04CNlZYrgvEfDSf9lsAwQzkx7h3s"> here</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWiR5W5JjNjXyFBp_3EQHpDYnUjA-2MhuJbUHAcJdvVKanemJXBJndSbgKyv_r7cUgR_waWXXxwn4e3rwRUoCaaQGTNeMf0Tm2J1ppylbZJbwO2QyhabitG6V2ZJv7-b_OpsrJ3img3Ii3/s429/BRASS+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="247" data-original-width="429" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWiR5W5JjNjXyFBp_3EQHpDYnUjA-2MhuJbUHAcJdvVKanemJXBJndSbgKyv_r7cUgR_waWXXxwn4e3rwRUoCaaQGTNeMf0Tm2J1ppylbZJbwO2QyhabitG6V2ZJv7-b_OpsrJ3img3Ii3/w400-h230/BRASS+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Christine "Chrissi" L. Villahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17834613429230278257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166772311217512209.post-74808045309483711302021-04-10T02:00:00.005-07:002021-04-21T17:36:18.797-07:00The 24th Mainichi Haiku Contest (Honorable Mention)<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I have been feeling crappy after getting my vaccine, but this wonderful surprise made my day! My haiku received honorable mention in the <a href="https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210410/p2a/00m/0su/003000c?fbclid=IwAR26i4VyUdRABi1vtXZuGrvFAev_dGhEN-UIRwVzI4-pDWQl0cxTSCF7ZmM">24th Mainichi Haiku Contest</a>. Congratulations to a</span></span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">l the winners! </span>Pragya Vishnoi (<span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">first prize) and Robert Kania(second prize). </span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Honorable mentions include Agus Maulana Sunjaya, </span>Lakshmi Iyer, <span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Goran Gatalica, Mj Mayer, Ernesto Santiago, A</span>gnes Savich, <span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Priscilla Harlin-Lignori, etc. You can download the pdf of the full contest results <a href="https://cdn.mainichi.jp/vol1/2021/04/14/20210414p2a00m0et001000q/0.pdf">here</a>. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ytusfceCyNP6rZHoY12QFg7V0M2kvkn9pdZ1JyCXx9zw2d4XUhDYZ3ixN8RCSiAmOd2RyVpFU0kGUY1xxC9TCNrvwy4gIXlyUE9P4bUEFbqXBUoF4xe6oYTuUGL9VxocB_8v_KZYnoYu/s901/MAINICHI2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="901" data-original-width="762" height="645" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ytusfceCyNP6rZHoY12QFg7V0M2kvkn9pdZ1JyCXx9zw2d4XUhDYZ3ixN8RCSiAmOd2RyVpFU0kGUY1xxC9TCNrvwy4gIXlyUE9P4bUEFbqXBUoF4xe6oYTuUGL9VxocB_8v_KZYnoYu/w546-h645/MAINICHI2.jpg" width="546" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Christine "Chrissi" L. Villahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17834613429230278257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166772311217512209.post-32614458247446082292021-04-07T17:00:00.010-07:002021-04-21T01:37:17.450-07:00Last Train Home: an anthology of contemporary haiku, tanka, and rengay<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"> <span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Almost missed the train! So glad there was still one more "seat" for my tanka. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you so much, </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/jacquie.pearce?__cft__[0]=AZVroIM5IDGQiPa2uRtJSMqYFG5sNxn1w7i7f0QFy8wGBpyJO-m-WWayhj4_AnN2g__4Bxz2EAq2OUUzrEtXPBTR-FACfO8lDKfWrhFj38AqSO01Vz1iLj5tE1xPmHDq0TY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><div class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Jacquie Pearce</div></a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">! <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Last-Train-Home-anthology-contemporary/dp/1999180801/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=last%20train%20home&qid=1617835598&sr=8-3&fbclid=IwAR2rK7P6chD0O8qrLjVeEDvz_booZFm7Lk9as_l3dS7yljXiGtlO4XNZH24">Last Train Home: an anthology of contemporary haiku, tanka, and rengay</a></i> is now available on Amazon. </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 16px;"><img alt="🙂" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta5/1.5/16/1f642.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /> </span></span></span><div><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8EKl-WHomDvD0fInpb7jYOdaQKdvCqM64fDMmqDbencOXmG8oFNvRi-WnAmf4Xr9li57NlISIG-a4v9oE-S_AUx9XvVkCb_KsCzqGE4p4r5I4C3DUEnxR67_Vj07F_tVvec6EpQH6Y2Nv/s1800/LAST+TRAIN+ANTHOLOGY3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8EKl-WHomDvD0fInpb7jYOdaQKdvCqM64fDMmqDbencOXmG8oFNvRi-WnAmf4Xr9li57NlISIG-a4v9oE-S_AUx9XvVkCb_KsCzqGE4p4r5I4C3DUEnxR67_Vj07F_tVvec6EpQH6Y2Nv/w558-h371/LAST+TRAIN+ANTHOLOGY3.jpg" width="558" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div>Christine "Chrissi" L. Villahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17834613429230278257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166772311217512209.post-81678459192454578432021-04-06T02:30:00.019-07:002021-04-21T01:36:49.742-07:00Sonic Boom Issue Twenty<p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">My alcohol ink painting entitled "Spills" on the latest issue of Sonic Boom. Thank you so much, </span></span></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/shloka.shankar" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">Shloka Shankar</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">! It's</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"> always an honor to be a part of your amazing journal! Download Issue Twenty <a href="https://89b51d07-bdbc-4f8c-8b62-740f86360cd5.filesusr.com/ugd/61020d_b935ec5b4ffd43a485a4e6dca6796dd8.pdf">here</a>.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3XOY0cOHj2-r4gA0cRHB24Zk5hDiOj0lyXIFtQX4JxQZh5_5a1gbLdqHo9cZ0eLb4Cl_1JmWbyZy41f4SF8vuaXyoQOBJ-u4-fYuwusAfdXo6AW09GUgRFf3C6BtI5JyEnocFx14B9nhv/s1932/SONIC+BOOM+SPILLS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="1932" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3XOY0cOHj2-r4gA0cRHB24Zk5hDiOj0lyXIFtQX4JxQZh5_5a1gbLdqHo9cZ0eLb4Cl_1JmWbyZy41f4SF8vuaXyoQOBJ-u4-fYuwusAfdXo6AW09GUgRFf3C6BtI5JyEnocFx14B9nhv/w584-h584/SONIC+BOOM+SPILLS.jpg" width="584" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Christine "Chrissi" L. Villahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17834613429230278257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166772311217512209.post-38918004450890952892021-04-05T14:00:00.001-07:002021-04-21T01:44:30.795-07:00Ribbons Winter 2021: Volume 17, Number 1<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is my last issue! I decided to step down as editor of Ribbons to give more time to my writing and publishing business. I appreciate all the enriching experiences I have gained putting together four memorable issues. I thank all the poets who trusted my revisions, praised me for my hard work, valued my attention to detail, and those who have taught me to become a better editor.<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ribbons-Winter-2021-17-Number/dp/B08XY43SGL/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&keywords=ribbons+tanka+society+of+america&qid=1618994440&sr=8-9"> Ribbons Winter 2021: Volume 17, Number 1</a> is now available on Amazon. Thank you so much,<a href="https://www.facebook.com/hemaThetwisTedbrainS360"> </a></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hemaThetwisTedbrainS360">Hemapriya Chellappan</a>, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">for your beautiful artwork. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC0Nqh8mdU7GCnvVTi0s5D6ukJEsN15RXR6IEvKCvncSh5by-wmTpPg-6X8xekCLS3DqfKrZd2XjEd-AjGPj1kza8CrEIZmZo3N2cLs3ZdvjPf0MjcaRLMQvDEW5pg05EvbPYfxfp_sLzP/s2048/WINTER+COVER.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1467" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC0Nqh8mdU7GCnvVTi0s5D6ukJEsN15RXR6IEvKCvncSh5by-wmTpPg-6X8xekCLS3DqfKrZd2XjEd-AjGPj1kza8CrEIZmZo3N2cLs3ZdvjPf0MjcaRLMQvDEW5pg05EvbPYfxfp_sLzP/w342-h478/WINTER+COVER.jpg" width="342" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p>Christine "Chrissi" L. Villahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17834613429230278257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166772311217512209.post-44260351299869338582021-04-01T20:30:00.004-07:002021-04-21T01:51:09.630-07:00brass bell: a haiku journal (haiku happiness)<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I'm so glad I didn't miss this one--"Things that Make Us Happy" on <a href="https://brassbellhaiku.blogspot.com/">brass bell: a haiku journal</a>. Thank you so much,<a href="https://www.facebook.com/zeezahava"> </a></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/zeezahava">Zee Zahava</a></span><span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">! </span><span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl py34i1dx gpro0wi8" href="https://brassbellhaiku.blogspot.com/2021/04/haiku-happiness.html?fbclid=IwAR0xrfxnfcKsb8CTviDTuYg0ZiSF35lLtdoOfV5-WGQ4spmLf932MiBbleg" rel="nofollow" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://brassbellhaiku.blogspot.com/.../haiku-happiness...</a></span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Mg7dzE6iKihMrtDRPM7XkqtfRjDqDi6tNS78u_n-Q9D02f2SRpZT_SqCei9jfahhh9fo14p4AL7B5faqN4wIpQ9sh_fd_r65DrlPCasQ8AYGw2DWs_4aViKBhXiAeEofr2Ju9se2jmah/s1044/BRASS+BELL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="1044" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Mg7dzE6iKihMrtDRPM7XkqtfRjDqDi6tNS78u_n-Q9D02f2SRpZT_SqCei9jfahhh9fo14p4AL7B5faqN4wIpQ9sh_fd_r65DrlPCasQ8AYGw2DWs_4aViKBhXiAeEofr2Ju9se2jmah/w511-h348/BRASS+BELL.jpg" width="511" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Christine "Chrissi" L. Villahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17834613429230278257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166772311217512209.post-48495864965057181292021-03-31T14:30:00.006-07:002021-04-21T17:37:20.567-07:00Rattled Anthology, Edited by Corrine Timmer<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">So honored to be a part of </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/corineaddis">Corine Timmer</a></span><span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">'s book project, <i>Rattled</i>, an anthology of rat and mice haiku by 53 poets from around the world in celebration of the Year of the Rat. Proceeds go to the amazing Apopo HeroRATs. Published by Bicadeideias in 2020. </span><span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl py34i1dx gpro0wi8" href="http://www.bicadeideias.com/?fbclid=IwAR37qG7PrzS7LZjCbPEeurGlUQh3NMTb1061cNeOHyoDbBW2AWeGtHHL_jc" rel="nofollow" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">www.bicadeideias.com</a></span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqAT2bIbzxBUzw0PhZSnrbjMU7xa9LBv_EYDJ8S6LxjrCvXyIZAlpB8pfF-C2r81mWl0tbKgr7Ph9eY05n6WPdXyJC-fLYodkuRN7vkMEWbl_aXZuraP6zHwyuowVUH1f3ysLnSbddZ6mt/s1800/RATTLED3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqAT2bIbzxBUzw0PhZSnrbjMU7xa9LBv_EYDJ8S6LxjrCvXyIZAlpB8pfF-C2r81mWl0tbKgr7Ph9eY05n6WPdXyJC-fLYodkuRN7vkMEWbl_aXZuraP6zHwyuowVUH1f3ysLnSbddZ6mt/w529-h352/RATTLED3.jpg" width="529" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Christine "Chrissi" L. Villahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17834613429230278257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166772311217512209.post-86714265565172591932021-03-28T01:30:00.000-07:002021-04-21T02:06:24.908-07:00Holy Week Special on Beautiful Defect<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">This is my haiga (alcohol ink art painting and haiku) published for the Holy Week special on </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/susan.furst.3">Susan Furst</a></span><span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">'s Beautiful Defect. </span><span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl py34i1dx gpro0wi8" href="https://www.beautifuldefect.com/behold/behold-volume-32-holy-week-broken?fbclid=IwAR0cqU5glrRPgejKmVCJVRN0KK9vOYxSaf3x5O0MZUs6x3dbg9zjmeWIWPM" rel="nofollow" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://www.beautifuldefect.com/.../behold-volume-32-holy...</a></span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3IqM_NRq690hbkmBNXIYciEit7nlWahedB39KxqyTFkPjX5HF-NKPsHQKSW2T5sentR26kGqGYz9ii2mZuIjGj5-91A7qOlivPkIo6V08CABbCjdwDQ1iahxIXNz0R2kWKMPTKg7PF1le/s1579/SUSAN+FURST+BLOG+RAIN+SHOWER.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1579" data-original-width="1061" height="613" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3IqM_NRq690hbkmBNXIYciEit7nlWahedB39KxqyTFkPjX5HF-NKPsHQKSW2T5sentR26kGqGYz9ii2mZuIjGj5-91A7qOlivPkIo6V08CABbCjdwDQ1iahxIXNz0R2kWKMPTKg7PF1le/w411-h613/SUSAN+FURST+BLOG+RAIN+SHOWER.jpg" width="411" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Christine "Chrissi" L. Villahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17834613429230278257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166772311217512209.post-28378995554852536072021-03-24T16:00:00.022-07:002021-04-21T21:28:33.695-07:00British Haiku Society Awards 2020 (Honorable Mention)<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Two great news today! Aside from having a wonderful podcast interview by </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">Jed Doherty and his intern </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and his intern Hannah Pat Oboyski of Reading with Your Kids </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">Podcast</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">, I also received a Honorable Mention certificate for the<a href="http://britishhaikusociety.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BHS-Awards-2020-Results.pdf"> British Haiku Society Awards 2020</a>. Yayyyyy!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinYSJV2QkDFqiVN3dFF3J6W6WIchHduE_kZ84YEvYK7mT5wMTV5OO0-UdabmFHfo9Tw8eyWqGrB3ow6yDxyNWBWaJ4UetUY6CmQQ5XzIBzBaaQ-UumkF73DLV7B7FGwKxhgFoNb01ek_DR/s2048/TANKA+HONORABLE+MENTION.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1447" data-original-width="2048" height="387" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinYSJV2QkDFqiVN3dFF3J6W6WIchHduE_kZ84YEvYK7mT5wMTV5OO0-UdabmFHfo9Tw8eyWqGrB3ow6yDxyNWBWaJ4UetUY6CmQQ5XzIBzBaaQ-UumkF73DLV7B7FGwKxhgFoNb01ek_DR/w547-h387/TANKA+HONORABLE+MENTION.jpg" width="547" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">*Click the photo below to enlarge.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGK_umULWp_a4KQ8yw9vPqqbocm1pcmG_1njyR0e6YJcqiK_3-ZF4bmpQUtILc65qtXeDDy-IF6WfzoBMaETc07NKKuVU_Um_7wcQ9d3D2w2_h9n6vKj6e1i1tVxByeOnxteE6LuSUvE1/s811/BRITISH+SOCIETY.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="553" data-original-width="811" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGK_umULWp_a4KQ8yw9vPqqbocm1pcmG_1njyR0e6YJcqiK_3-ZF4bmpQUtILc65qtXeDDy-IF6WfzoBMaETc07NKKuVU_Um_7wcQ9d3D2w2_h9n6vKj6e1i1tVxByeOnxteE6LuSUvE1/w619-h422/BRITISH+SOCIETY.jpg" width="619" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Christine "Chrissi" L. Villahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17834613429230278257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166772311217512209.post-55456508712731716142021-02-27T00:00:00.010-08:002021-04-21T21:41:07.882-07:00Contemporary Haibun Volume 16<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">This haiga is among the 32 haiga included in Contemporary Haibun Volume 16. It originally won second place in the <a href="http://www.haikuhut.com/FifthAnnualReichholdContest.pdf">5th Annual Jane Reichhold Memorial Haiga Contest</a>.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLXTEslrzLc54U1g3w2lY-bx-dE1NUo6Ps_77oupat7GDMe7h4t1qBs4dqapzA3c4JKdepfgqWoZInayaRltSm7pRzyWMiQSN0z1kTaQkyhKd0Da_1k6s0dbuBr-5ltBMc7ThToUQtQbPD/s2942/JANE+R+HAIGA+CONTEST+MIXED+MEDIA.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2942" data-original-width="2005" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLXTEslrzLc54U1g3w2lY-bx-dE1NUo6Ps_77oupat7GDMe7h4t1qBs4dqapzA3c4JKdepfgqWoZInayaRltSm7pRzyWMiQSN0z1kTaQkyhKd0Da_1k6s0dbuBr-5ltBMc7ThToUQtQbPD/w375-h550/JANE+R+HAIGA+CONTEST+MIXED+MEDIA.JPEG" width="375" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Contemporary Haibun is a series dedicated to the best haibun and haiga published each year in English around the world. ch16 features 93 haibun and 32 full-color haiga.“contemporary haibun has stood alone, for more than a decade, as the chief vehicle and bulwark of the burgeoning haibun movement in English. 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