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WHC Mailing Lists
The World Haiku Club sponsors various mailing
lists described below. These lists are cyberspace hubs for people to show,
appreciate and critique haiku and haiku-related poems. Some are also forums to
study, discuss and exchange information on all issues related to haiku, and to
learn the ropes of the art of writing haiku through workshops, seminars and
schools. Please note that there is a special email forum for young people.
Subscribe using the email addresses below. You
will receive an automated questionnaire from the list. It must be filled out and
returned to the list-owner for consideration toward membership.
Please include copy the questionnaire for each
WHC group you wish to join to the appropriate list-owner e-mail address.
If you are already a WHC member, please either answer the questionnaire with
updates, or make note that you are a member and which list you wish to join.
Please read and study the guidelines on the
following page to acquaint yourself with WHC and haiku mailing list practices
and netiquette:
Mailing
List Guidelines: Click Here
WHCacademia:
for the serious study and appreciation of haiku by debating, and kansho:
Subscribe: WHCacademia-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WHCacademia
List-owner: WHChaikuforum-owner@yahoogroups.com
WHCbeginners:
a sister list of WHChaikuforum designed for beginners, newcomers or anyone
who wish to learn the basics of haiku writing and WHC protocol & netiquette:
Subscribe: WHCbeginners-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WHCbeginners
List-owner: WHCbeginners-owner@yahoogroups.com
WHCbeginnersjapan:a
sister list of WHCbeginners for Japanese nationals living in Japan and abroad
only, who wish to learn how to
write haiku in English. (Posting in a mixture of Japanese and English)
Subscribe: WHCbeginnersjapan-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WHCbeginnersjapan
List-owner: WHCbeginnersjapan-owner@yahoogroups.com
WHCcharmedcircle:
a sister list of WHChaikuforum. Membership by invitation only. Address inquiries
to Susumu Takiguchi,
Chairman, WHC: WHC.takiguchi@susumu.freeserve.co.uk
WHCcomputer:
A practical list helping WHC members to solve computer problems by providing
tips and guidance about how to make the most of computer technology:
Subscribe: WHCcomputer-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WHCcomputer
List-owner: WHCcomputer-owner@yahoogroups.com
WHCessay:
for sharing essays/articles/papers on haiku:
Subscribe: WHCessay-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WHCessay
List-owner: WHCessay-owner@yahoogroups.com
WHCgoodcauses:
for charity and causes in such activities as haiku as a tool for healing;
haiku as practiced at schools for educational purposes; haiku workshop in
prisons, hospitals or other charity organisations:
Subscribe: WHCgoodcauses-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WHCgoodcauses
List-owner: WHCgoodcauses-owner@yahoogroups.com
WHChaibun:
for developing haibun:
Subscribe: WHChaibun-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WHChaibun
List-owner: WHChaibun-owner@yahoogroups.com
WHChaikujunior:
for encouraging young people to write and share haiku (an adult parent, teacher
or guardian needs to subscribe with a letter of permission):
Subscribe: WHChaikujunior-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
URL:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WHChaikujunior
List-owner: WHChaikujunior-owner@yahoogroups.com
WHChaikuforum:
Membership by invitation only. Address inquiries to Susumu
Takiguchi, Chairman, WHC: WHC.takiguchi@susumu.freeserve.co.uk
WHChaikumultimedia:
for sharing haiga, haiku-art, photo-haiku, music-haiku etc. etc.:
Subscribe: WHChaikumultimedia-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WHChaikumultimedia
List-owner: WHChaikumultimedia-owner@yahoogroups.com
WHCitalian:
for encouraging and developing haiku and haiku-related genres in Italian:
Subscribe: WHCitalian-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WHCitalian/
List owner: WHCitalian-owner@yahoogroups.com
WHCjapan:
for bridging the communication gap between Japan and the rest of the world:
Subscribe: WHCjapan-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WHCjapan
List-owner: WHCjapan-owner@yahoogroups.com
WHClovehaiku:
a special purpose list for our members and deals with the subject of love,
including sexual and erotic love. Membership by invitation only, Address
inquiries to Susumu
Takiguchi, Chairman, WHC: WHC.takiguchi@susumu.freeserve.co.uk
WHCmarlenemountain:
A special list for Marlene Mountain and friends. Membership by Marlene's
invitation. Address inquiries to Susumu
Takiguchi, Chairman, WHC: WHC.takiguchi@susumu.freeserve.co.uk
WHCneoclassical:
specialist fora and dedicated only to neo-classical haiku as defined by WHC.
In simplest terms, “classical
haiku” means those Japanese haiku poems which follow the strict traditional
Japanese haiku rules and other implicit or overt conventions.
"Neoclassical" is the haiku outside Japan which is the closest
equivalent to Japanese “classical haiku” or its closest development. In
terms of the haiku practiced in America it would probably mean the haiku of the
Yuki Teikei Association (the closest) plus haiku evolved from what was perceived
to be the American equivalent of “classical haiku”.
By tradition, certain
topics are held to be unsuitable for haiku in this school of thought: such
as war, atrocities, tragedy, explicit sex, ugliness etc. Theorisation,
conceptualisation, abstraction, explanation etc. are also unsuitable.
Neoclassical haiku may
include:
FORM
(prosody)
5-7-5:
The most important thing to do seems to me to be something which may never have
been said before: i.e. to seek the equivalent rhythm to the Japanese 5-7-5,
mobilising all necessary linguistic characteristics in a target language for
this particular purpose, such as syllables, intonation, word length and number
of words. Another important point may be to use some fixed forms as standards,
having any deviations as exceptions. These could be 3-5-3, 4-6-4 or any other
forms based on certain rationale. The crucial point for “neo-classical haiku”
is that forms are fixed.
kidai
or kigo: seasonal topics or words can and should be those suitable for the
climate of the region in the world where a particular poet lives or is
travelling. New kidai and kigo should be invented and determined for this
purpose. Saijiki (kigo directory with example haiku) should be encouraged to be
compiled in different local areas of similar climate. Muki or no-season
words, should be accepted as an exception.
kireji:
this issue seems to be well taken care of. The only thing which is never
mentioned is that the most important function of kireji in Japanese haikai was
to make a hokku to stand alone as in renku it is the only stanza which does not
have mae-ku (or previous stanza to which the new stanza should be linked). This
aspect therefore has not been followed outside Japan.
Topics
relating to nature
Humans
taken as part of nature: Because of misconceived definition of senryu and its
separation from haiku on the wrong basis, this aspect has been misunderstood and
needs to be reconsidered.
Human
activities, customs and emotions in relation to nature: As Japanese activities
are different, local equivalent must be found such as Wimbledon Match or
Thanks-giving Day.
Limited
membership. Address inquiries to Susumu
Takiguchi, Chairman, WHC: WHC.takiguchi@susumu.freeserve.co.uk
Subscribe: WHChaikuneoclassical-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WHChaikuneoclassical/
List-owner: WHChaikuneoclassical-owner@yahoogroups.com
WHCnewsletter:
WHC's communication channel for announcing news and events to the membership:
Subscribe: WHCnewsletter-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WHCnewsletter
List-owner: WHCnewsletter-owner@yahoogroups.com
WHCpoetrybridge:
a special list to bridge the gap between haiku poets and non-haiku poets, having
haiku as the common denominator:
Subscribe: WHCpoetrybridge-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WHCpoetrybridge
List-owner: WHCpoetrybridge-owner@yahoogroups.com
WHCrenku:
a renku forum for neo-classical renku. By invitation only at this time.
Address inquiries to Susumu
Takiguchi, Chairman, WHC: WHC.takiguchi@susumu.freeserve.co.uk
WHCrussian:
WHC's Russian language mailing list.
Subscribe: WHCrussian-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WHCrussian
List-owner: WHCrussian-owner@yahoogroups.com
WHCschools:
for learning different schools of haiku. As teachers are available. Please read
more about WHCschools at the haiku schools page
on this site before application.
Subscribe: WHCschools-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WHCschools
List-owner: WHCschools-owner@yahoogroups.com
WHCsenryu:
a purpose-built list to experiment creating a totally new genre and see if it
can stand in its own right as newly-defined senryu:
Subscribe: WHCsenryu-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WHCsenryu
List-owner: WHCsenryu-owner@yahoogroups.com
WHCshortverses:
for short forms of poetry of Asian origin other than haiku and senryu, such as
tanka and sijo:
Subscribe: WHCshortverses@yahoogroups.com
URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WHCshortverses
List-owner WHCshortverses-owner@yahoogroups.com
WHCspanish:
for encouraging and developing haiku and haiku-related genres in Spanish
from Spain to South America:
Subscribe: WHCspanish-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WHCspanish
List-owner: WHCspanish-owner@yahoogroups.com
WHCtakashi:
an important list to provide a unique opportunity to
non-Japanese poets to be taught by a leading Japanese haiku master, Takashi
Hoshino of the traditional Japanese haiku school:
Subscribe: WHCtakashi-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WHCtakashi
List-owner: WHCtakashi-owner@yahoogroups.com
WHCvanguard:
for exploring and developing all manners of progressive and "hard"
haiku, embracing all kinds of vers libre, and those haiku forms which are not
"yuki-teikei":
Subscribe: WHCvanguard-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WHCvanguard
List-owner: WHCvanguard-owner@yahoogroups.com
WHCworkshop:
WHC's mailing list for any kind of Japanese poetry (haiku, tanka, haibun,
senryu, etc., to be used in a workshop manner; members may suggest ideas for
workshopping together to improve works, understanding & knowledge of these
forms. Workshops may include, but are not limited to "kansho"
(appreciation of a poem), translations, histories, discussions, readings, etc.
In addition, members may C&C each other's works.
Subscribe: WHCworkshop-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
URL:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WHCworkshop
List-owner: WHCworkshop-owner@yahoogroups.com
Note: In order to participate in WHC's private
mailing lists you should first register as a user on YahooGroups. Once
registered, you may access any of the WHC YahooGroups homepages. PLEASE
register yourself on YahooGroups homepage with a Yahoo ID and Password and learn
to navigate the YahooGroups pages and your mailing list account's homepages --
even if you are currently subscribed to one or more list. This is important, as
YahooGroups offers many online features for your list memberships AND it is
essential to manage your accounts (lists to which you belong).
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