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[2006-08-12 11:34:42 +0000 UTC]
"Chris"
(United Kingdom)
# Statistics
Favourites: 373; Deviations: 81; Watchers: 55
Watching: 59; Pageviews: 15550; Comments Made: 1888; Friends: 59
# Interests
Favorite movies: Too many potentials to list hereFavorite writers: Haruki Murakami, Herman Hesse, Jim Kacian, William M Ramsey, Fay Aoyagi, John Martone
Tools of the Trade: Pen and paper
# About me
Current Residence: UK# Comments
Comments: 282
Hey! What's up? Are you well? I log in from time to time to check up on things. Haven't stopped writing, just stopped uploading.
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you didn't upload your work to anywhere at all in the internet or just dA?
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I haven't uploaded anywhere at all. Except, if it counts, where my work has appeared in online journals (recently only Haiku News run by Dick and Laurence - Laurence55 and Solarts - though I'm waiting on a Heron's Nest submission). I've continued to send work to print journals too (Frogpond, Blithe Spirit).
There are a few reasons for this, but partly because I started doing a part-time masters course in English literature last September, with the hope of expanding my knowledge and understanding of poetry in general, and correspondingly to further my understanding of English-language haiku (what it is, what it can be). This has taken up a lot of the time I used to spend on DA etc!
How is the world of haiku for you? What else is new?
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i met a bottleneck in haiku making due to the official death of my electronic japanese-english dictionary...
i got so used to that gadget to get the right word.
recently i bought another second hand one. i am working on a new set, and i hope it will be substantial enough to be posted soon.
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"She stood there, half way between the orient and here. Bitter white clouds lingered and then went, capturing the splash of yellow that the sun bathed our faces in."
This is so beautiful! Where does it come from, who wrote it?
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You have been featured in our news article here: [link]
For #distinctreference March Article.
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Congratulations on your Daily Deviation! 
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Congratulations on your daily deviation. Your writing is truly fantastic
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Hey Chris! Thanks for the fave! I hope you're doing well.
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Hey man - I wrote a post on my blog about the new issue of Simply Haiku and quoted one of your poems - have a look here: [link]
Hope its okay to quote one of your poems.
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Thanks for the cookie
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Thanks for the fav on the renga between me n' Laurence. Much appreciated. I really need to write the next one - I am falling behind.
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No worries man, there are many fantastic poems in there, and nary a dud! Great collaboration
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Thanks. I am certainly enjoying doing it.
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my pleasure.
I'm not joining the haikuthon,
but I did get involved with the
haiku chain gang.
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Ah cool, I'll have to check out your entries
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Haha, no problem! MOD SQUAD FOREVER!
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You're off to a flying start
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Hey man! I just saw your work in the newest issue of 3Lights! Beautifully done!
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Hey man, thanks very much
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hahahaha!!! Nice! Mod Squad all the way man 
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hehe, glad you got a chuckle out of it. I wasn't sure if they'd put it in or not, so I'm glad they have.
Dick's seen it, and I've just let Scott know to take a look over there.
All the best my ninja friend!
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Thanks so much for the fave on Changed Man. It means a lot to me.
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Hi there Mahi, no problem
There are many powerful lines and turns of phrase in there, it was a pleasure to read. And I like works with an anti-war message. Am I right in thinking you were in the military at one point?
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Thanks Chris! I wasn't bothered by it at all.
You are correct. I was indeed a soldier at one point, though everything in here is drawn from my best friend's life. My story is explored more in 'Forgotten Soldier' which I wrote shortly after learning that a friend of mine was deployed.
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Hey dude - have you seen this: [link]
I would be keen to get you in on the act!!!
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Thank you for all of your support
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Hey dude - thought I'd let you know I got two poems accepted for the next issue of Simply Haiku so the three of us will be in it together. YAY!!!! How exciting - the new blood of modern haiku and senryu.
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Wow, that is so cool!!!
It's really exciting that we'll all be in there - kind of crazy actually!
the new blood indeed
Which ones did they take?
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They took:
half moon
a white face stands out
in Harlem
(which is interesting because that is definitely part senryu to me - I wrote it to have both a haiku and senryu reading). And they also took:
night fog
sinking into the bayou
cricket's song
Which is a re-interpretation of the famous Basho poem I wrote while in Mobile, Alabama at Christmas.
I think we three will go somewhere my friend! We are definitely the 'new blood'. The brat pack of haiku? The Holy Trinity - hahahahahaha! I am just kidding. Even I don't have an ego that big!!
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A great pair they chose, particularly that secong one - its so tangible!
I'm not sure if I know which Basho poem it references though.
Hahaha, the holy trinity! I don't think we'd get so far if we took that as our tagline!
Your ego may not be that big, but if you factor in your id and your superego... haha just joking!
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It references the Basho one-
stillness
sinking into rocks
cicada's song
Hahahahahaha - true, that superego always gets in the way...
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Ah yeah I did know that one by Basho actually. Very nice reference
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