I look forward to you coming back, all my very best, and many thanks for your book!
Folks, John has brought out a (bi-lingual) book of his Scots haiku titled:
"The Throu-Gaun Chiel" ISBN 978-81-8253-117-8
There are many favourites including: scuil hoalidays - in the playgrun the widden-dug's weet een
school holidays - in the playground the wooden-dog's wet eyes
Another favourite is the award-winning haiku
skreich o day - licht muives athort the boo o the aipplt
dawn - light moves across the curve of the apple
award winner 10th annual Suruga Baika Literary Festival
There are 99 haiku in English and Scots to enjoy!
Ask John how you can order a copy.
"The Scots haiku, 'The Throu-Gaun Chiel' are an absolute dream to read, and are yet another example of how important non-English language haiku (other than Japanese of course) are to the world of haiku." Alan Summers, With Words
Hi John,
ReplyDeleteI look forward to you coming back, all my very best, and many thanks for your book!
Folks, John has brought out a (bi-lingual) book of his Scots haiku titled:
"The Throu-Gaun Chiel"
ISBN 978-81-8253-117-8
There are many favourites including:
scuil hoalidays -
in the playgrun
the widden-dug's weet een
school holidays -
in the playground
the wooden-dog's wet eyes
Another favourite is the award-winning haiku
skreich o day -
licht muives athort
the boo o the aipplt
dawn -
light moves across
the curve of the apple
award winner
10th annual Suruga Baika Literary Festival
There are 99 haiku in English and Scots to enjoy!
Ask John how you can order a copy.
"The Scots haiku, 'The Throu-Gaun Chiel' are an absolute dream to read, and are yet another example of how important non-English language haiku (other than Japanese of course) are to the world of haiku."
Alan Summers, With Words
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enjoy your break, john, and congratulations on the book!
ReplyDeleteI'll see you then. :)
ReplyDeletea book!? I need to look into this. sounds wonderful!
John,
ReplyDeleteI've just got back. You must read about the holiday train chaos on my blog under 'poet escapes 2008 football tournament...'
What's all this about a book? Hey, I've got one coming out - maybe we can do a swap?
Gwilym
Looking forward to your return.
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