tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post4015035517729876084..comments2023-12-05T03:34:14.680-05:00Comments on <b>Issa's Untidy Hut</b>: Before Music: Philip Rowland - Small Press FridayIssa's Untidy Huthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-52334962799354509012013-02-24T11:20:02.457-05:002013-02-24T11:20:02.457-05:00well Phil
these days I don't sweat the small &...well Phil<br />these days I don't sweat the small "stuff" or worry about much more than<br />whether or not I'll have a decent dump<br />today... or tomorrow .... or the day after that.<br /><br />seems to me that the better editors and/or publishers have and have always have had a stable of writers/artists that have kept them busy...<br /> those writers who have taken chances and were/are not concerned with rejection (well, mostly)<br /><br />hope that you do not mind that I just<br />found that CC interview that you and Cid and Shizumi did in 2000 and<br />passed it along to someone who is <br />willy-nilly re-writing an history of...<br /><br />the flashpoint folks are near me... Carlo and I went to school together at U of Md in our 1962-1967 period<br /><br />He lives about two miles from me.<br /><br /><br /><br />Ed Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-82885766426391737402013-02-23T19:14:32.159-05:002013-02-23T19:14:32.159-05:00No worries, Ed; the journal will remain decidedly ...No worries, Ed; the journal will remain decidedly non-monstrous, on-line or off! And thanks for the encouragement.Philip Rowlandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-74510561652010150102013-02-23T15:45:31.420-05:002013-02-23T15:45:31.420-05:00Tip of the hat, Greg. Thanks for the very kind wor...Tip of the hat, Greg. Thanks for the very kind words.Issa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-931296539573143972013-02-23T15:44:41.108-05:002013-02-23T15:44:41.108-05:00Peter:
What fine work ... so my many thanks to yo...Peter:<br /><br />What fine work ... so my many thanks to you. It was a pleasure, truly.<br /><br />best,<br />DonIssa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-20151339267496848332013-02-23T15:43:53.505-05:002013-02-23T15:43:53.505-05:00Alan ... you are so right ...Alan ... you are so right ...Issa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-4392107247584044992013-02-23T15:43:15.409-05:002013-02-23T15:43:15.409-05:00Cheers, Constance.Cheers, Constance.Issa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-80512033748406101442013-02-23T15:43:03.057-05:002013-02-23T15:43:03.057-05:00Peter ... uh-huhPeter ... uh-huhIssa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-5076244308849706932013-02-23T15:42:03.381-05:002013-02-23T15:42:03.381-05:00Ed, glad you liked ... I see you got an answer ......Ed, glad you liked ... I see you got an answer ... and replied. Issa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-62364181121218133382013-02-23T07:26:50.039-05:002013-02-23T07:26:50.039-05:00This sounds like a great book. Don, thanks for re...This sounds like a great book. Don, thanks for reviewing it -- you have a definite knack for reviewing haiku collections, and it helps me put together my wish list!Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15344808703550376121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-12826464450164328912013-02-23T07:02:55.013-05:002013-02-23T07:02:55.013-05:00an on-line N O O N ? The 100,000 online mags from ...an on-line N O O N ? The 100,000 online mags from what I see out there,<br />have ALL become out-of-control Monster "Magazines" with little-to-no<br />editorial "balls" and for the, whoevers who<br />are driving the thing -<br /> an all-consuming endeavor<br />and a plethora of non-stop submissions of (mostly) drivvelthatlookslikepoems<br />that are accepted and 'published'<br />ad nauseum...<br /><br />I, for one, look forward to what you do (if you do) especially if it continues along the line of your paper N O O N.<br /><br />the one-issue paper mag that I did (DOZEN) I limited to 13 poets included AND it was "submission by invitation only" .... and there was no-room-at-the-inn for any<br />Credentialists;<br /><br /><br /><br />Ed Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-3074676515600608582013-02-23T04:42:38.194-05:002013-02-23T04:42:38.194-05:00Thanks for the kind comments, and thanks again, Do...Thanks for the kind comments, and thanks again, Don, for the review. To answer your questions, Ed: yes, I'm still in Tokyo, and while NOON (a journal of the short poem) has been inactive for the last few years, I am hoping to restart it later this year - probably online, with occasional (perhaps annual best-of) print issues.Philip Rowlandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-19471957180381638262013-02-22T13:02:54.877-05:002013-02-22T13:02:54.877-05:00Thanks for the review. Books of this quality sho...Thanks for the review. Books of this quality show what is really meant by modern haiku.<br /><br />AlanArea 17https://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-80206196950459118782013-02-22T12:44:46.218-05:002013-02-22T12:44:46.218-05:00Thanks, Don. Very refreshing. I love the contemp...Thanks, Don. Very refreshing. I love the contemporary haiku world and am always heartened to read that others do, too. Stay warm!Constance Campbellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-29334606420363345192013-02-22T12:42:40.619-05:002013-02-22T12:42:40.619-05:00Aborted Haiku Valentine
A bowl of brown leaves
a ...Aborted Haiku Valentine<br /><br />A bowl of brown leaves<br />a breeze’s breakfast<br />at the end of the yard<br />no need for legs<br />just flap your arms<br />the sun’s in my lap<br />but my back is freezing<br />twice a day whether <br />I notice or not I’m <br />re-born for a minute<br />a music starts up<br />that’s my cue<br />then fades away<br />one more word <br />gets forgotten<br />sleeps waiting<br />to be recalled<br /><br />Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05821312923311461854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-25047935575926860422013-02-22T12:23:22.867-05:002013-02-22T12:23:22.867-05:00I really like/appreciate your "take" on ...I really like/appreciate your "take" on Philip's book ... <br />point-to-point-to-point<br />precisely as<br />poems just seen out of his book<br />; everything interpenetrating<br />; simultaneously<br /><br />He is ALSO a fine editor:<br />N O O N <br />a cpl of my pieces were along for the ride in his issue 3, march, 2006<br /><br />is he yet in Tokyo? Doing N O O N ?<br /><br /><br />Ed Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775noreply@blogger.com