Shooting My Poetry Mouth Off
by Richard Krawiec

haijinx proudly announces the initial publication of the next of its regular columns. Shooting My Poetry Mouth Off is an examination of English-language haiku through Western poetics by Richard Krawiec. Enjoy this new column today:

May 2010 • Second Column

haiku by Buson translated by Mark Brooks
haiga by Kuniharu Shimizu from haijinx II:1

May 20, 2010

During the first half of May, the home offices of haijinx relocated from Austin to Georgetown, Texas. As a result, the haijinx wire went offline for a few weeks. The news feed will restart in June.

Also, since there has been such a disruption to our online presence, the deadline for the haijinx quarterly, a journal focused on putting the hai back in haiku, will be extended until June 1. More details can be found in our original call for submissions and our submissions page

Thanks for your patience!

Mark Brooks
Christopher Patchel
Carmen Sterba
Alan Summers

Full Bloom Renga from The Orchard Network

Full Bloom Festival
Date: April 16th – May 8th 2010

Location: online web renga

Visit the specially created Web renga website to take part on the online Full Bloom Renga. Each day a theme will be posted on line and a poet selects the verse that evening from an open submission process. You can contribute any number of verses any day. The three poets selecting for the web renga are Alec Finlay, Martin Lucas and Sheila Windsor.

Taj Mahal Review

Editor: Dr. Santosh Kumar (India)

Editorial Advisor: María Cristina Azcona (Argentina)

Editorial Advisor: Ban’ya Natsuishi (Japan)

Managing Editor: Karunesh Kumar Agrawal (India)

Last Issue: 8.2 December 2009

Next Deadline: May 15, 2010

Next Issue: 9.1 June 2010

Submissions may include up to ten (10) haiku.

For more info, see the submissions page.

About Taj Mahal Review

Our main aim is to publish the poets and writers in English all over the world. The critical articles, essays, and poems should exhibit the post-modern trends, without obscurity, artificiality and violation of laws of criticism. Taj Mahal Review does not accept compositions founded on violent self-pity, or feelings of egocentricity. We will accept published, unpublished and also simultaneous creations, but Taj Mahal Review does not publish anonymous writings.