Published… WTF?? June 7, 2010
Posted by Elisa Hough in Language, Other Arts.Tags: Haiku, Luna's Cafe, poetry, Poetry Unplugged, Rattlesnake Press, Sacramento, Tonaki Island, WTF magazine
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Thanks to Sacramento writer buddy Josh Fernandez, the haikus I wrote in Okinawa got published in a poetry journal!
WTF is a free quarterly zine produced by Rattlesnake Press and the Poetry Unplugged poets from Luna’s Cafe in Sacramento. It features “X-rated” works from local writers and artists.
I hoped mine would be printed in English and Japanese, to give them some kind of context. They only printed translations (I swear, I know how to count syllables), but it’s still an honor to get published.
You can pick up a copy at The Book Collector or order it online here.
Iteru Fasho! April 11, 2010
Posted by Jojo in Other Arts, Photos.Tags: California, Haiku, hogen, Prison, Slang
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Above is a picture of all three of my quickly improvised haiku. The teacher wrote them on the whiteboard for group interpretation.
From left to right:
JOJO BRANDEL
1
IT’S CALIFORNIA’S
PRISON SYSTEM THAT’S WICKED.
“PUT ‘EM ALL IN BARS!”
2
AKI-SAMI-YO
MO CHOTTO AWAMORI, YO
ITERU FASHO!
3
CHI TO MITAI.
TONARI NO TOTORO,
TANOSHI DESHO
Not my greatest work ever, but it was pretty fun to see a professional critique a mash up of American slang and Okinawan Hogen. It turns out I can’t count syllables very well!
oki yo! 