Monday, April 21, 2008

Blossom Contest Winners!

Ngagpa Writer 1st place

Reading sutras
Cherry-blossom -
Lands on the open page

Ngagpa Writer 2nd place

By the Temple gate
Old plum tree -
Flowers once more

Morrhys Graysmark 3rd place

Your sleeping ashes
Don't hear the petals gossip
Gaily on your grave.

Honorable mentions

Burnt Burt

The falling blossoms,
Colliding with reflections,
Rippling the still pond.

Ngagpa Writer

Chanting monks
Fallen cherry-blossoms
Line the path

Nebbisk Oh

Sakura bloom
In two hundred varieties
But only one for you

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Shin Tao Haiku Retreat Blossom Festival

Shin Tao Haiku Retreat proudly announces the Grand Opening of its new Library of Haiku, with Geisha and Leopard displays, and the celebration of spring and Cherry Blossoms at Shin 2 and Shin Tao Haiku Retreat on April 18 and April 19.
We will have an Open House and a haiku reading, and a dance!

Friday, April 18, from 4 pm to 10 pm SLT
Saturday, April 19, from 4 pm to 8 pm SLT

We will be reading “Blossom” Haiku from the Masters and modern haiku poets. Winners of the Blossom Festival Haiku contest will be announced, and the submitted haiku will also be read.

Join us as we celebrate a new beginning and come see our petal dropping cherry trees as we celebrate Sakura Matsuri. Of course, the Library of Haiku will be open to anyone at any time, so if you can’t make these dates or times, please feel free to come any time.

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Monday, April 14, 2008

The Geisha, a display of art and haiku


The Shin Tao Haiku Retreat presents The Geisha, a display of art and haiku, appearing in The Japan Room at the Library of Haiku, in the Shin 2 Sim in Ophelia.

Friday, April 4, 2008

Any Blossom will do, Haiku Contest

Shin Tao Haiku Retreat will be holding another haiku contest in conjunction with the Grand Opening of the new Library of Haiku in Shin2, and the theme is “Blossoms,” after the Japanese Sakura Matsuri festival.

The winning haiku will be announced on Saturday, April 19, 8:00 pm SLT, and prizes will be awarded.

Contest rules:

Haiku or Senryu should be blossom related. Any blossom will do.

Type your haiku onto a notecard, and save the notecard with your name and “Blossom Contest” in the title and file name.

Submit your haiku by dropping it into DanteOsaka Deschanel’s inventory by Wednesday, April 16. If you are unfamiliar with how to do this, find DanteOsaka Deschanel in Search and open his profile. Drag your notecard from your inventory to the space towards the bottom of the profile for inventory. Or you can simply drop it onto Dante if you see him wandering about ShinTao.

If you have any questions or need any assistance with submitting your entry, IM Pomona Writer, Sunnie Beaumont, or the great cat himself, DanteOsaka Deschanel.