Basho Workshop on Friday, May 23rd

The Friday Shin Tao Haiku Retreat haiku workshop will feature "An Evening with Basho," being a look at the premiere master of the haiku form. Time for our meeting will be Friday, May 23rd, at 7 pm slt, until the frogs come home!. This meeting will take place in our sister sim, Shin Tao 2, in the LIbrary of Haiku. Landmark enclosed! Dont forget to bring your own haiku, and snacks for the leopard!

sLiterary Magazine features DanteOsaka!

The Spring 2008 issue of sLiterary Magazine published a poem of our leopard. The poem 'Internet Avatar Crashtime Blues' by DanteOsaka Deschannel combines modern virtual world romance with a classical lyrical Blues form.

You can read the sLiterary Magazine here! Dante's poem is one page 11 but there are other awsome poems, short stories and serial novels too. I really like the layout of this magazine and even their ads are perfectly designed. I couldn't find an inworld issue but it's more practical in a browser anyway.

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

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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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.

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.

Haiku/Senryu Contest March 27

Amatsu Okiya will be celebrating its one year anniversary on Saturday, March 29th.

To celebrate this festive occasion Amatsu, in conjunction with Shin Tao Haiku Retreat will be holding a Haiku/Senryu contest. Submissions for the contest can be either Haiku or Senryu with themes of: Anniversary, Rebirth, Purification, Renewal, or Love and Kindness.

Submissions should be placed on notecards. Be sure to put your name in the notecard and lable the Description and Notecard as your name. Drop all notecard submissions into Pomona Writer’s inventory by Thursday, March 27th.

Prizes will be awarded and winning haiku read at the Amatsu Anniversary celebration.

A panel of judges will read all haiku and award prizes to the winning Haiku. Winners will be announced and their haiku read during the celebration. All haiku submitted will be available on notecards for anyone interested.

For additional information, please contact Pomona Writer.