Publication: Collaborative Photo-Haiku

On behalf of photographer Nikolai Abramov and myself, author of haiku, I express gratitude to the Akita International Haiku Network for including our collaborative work (three photo-haiku) into the Network's official journal:

Serow, Volume 5

Thank you.

The Ekphrastic Review: Poetry of Roman Khe in English Translation

Today in The Ekphrastic Review:

Roman Khe's original poem "At the Exhibition of Japanese Ceramics" and its English translation.

Grateful to the journal, and grateful to Roman Khe for the honor to translate his poetry.

Live for the Love of it,

Sasha A. Palmer (aka Happy)

Publication: "Memento Mori," a sonnet

Happy Easter!

Excited to have my sonnet published on The Society of Classical Poets site: 

"Memento Mori."

Live for the Love of it,

Sasha A. Palmer

Bewildering Stories' First Quarterly Review

 Excited to be published in Bewildering Stories’ First Quarterly Review, 2021.

The Editors have chosen both my poem Medusa (issue 885) and my short story Canis Familiaris (issue 892). Thank you!

Live for the love of it,

Sasha A. Palmer (aka Happy)

Publication: Canis Familiaris (short story)

 

As Perseverance lands on Mars, remember the unsung heroes of space exploration.

Check out my short story Canis Familiaris published on Bewildering Stories webzine.

Thank you

Image: Pixabay

Ekphrastic Poetry: Old Trees

The Ekphrastic Review logo

Happy dance: a publication! 

Head over to The Ekphrastic Review to read my poem Old Trees

and see the beautiful photo that inspired it. Thank you, Mark Windham!

Live for the Love of it,

Sasha A. Palmer (aka Happy)

A Nod to "Metamorphoses": Poem "Medusa"

My poem "Medusa" based on Ovid's version of this monster's (?) story is published! 

Check out issue 885 of Bewildering Stories.

This is my first work in BwS literary webzine, more coming up!

Live for the love of it,

Sasha A. Palmer (aka Happy)

image credit: Pixabay

"Western Haiku: A Collection" (hot off the press)

The latest release from Dagda Publishing:

"Western Haiku: A Collection."

I'm proud that one of my poems has been included in the anthology.


Live for the Love of it,
The Happy Amateur

Publication! Публикация!

Хочу поделиться приятной новостью: литературный журнал "Слово/Word" (номер 77) напечатал некоторые из моих недавних стихов и переводов (ссылка на страницу в Интернете приведена чуть ниже).  Журнал издаётся более 20-ти лет, начинался под эгидой Сергея Довлатова при поддержке Иосифа Бродского.  Публикация в "Слове" - большая честь для меня.  Спасибо.

(Один досадный момент: в моей фамилии была допущена ошибка.  Правильное написание "Палмер", без мягкого знака.)

 http://magazines.russ.ru/slovo/2013/77/

I want to share an exciting piece of news: a literary magazine “Слово/Word” has published some of my recent poems and translations.

(There has been an unfortunate misprint in my last name: it should read «Палмер», I hope it will be corrected soon.)

I am very happy and proud to be part of “Слово/Word” – a magazine that was founded more than twenty years ago under the auspices of Sergei Dovlatov with friendly support from Joseph Brodsky.  

Thank you.

Live for the Love of it,

The Happy Amateur

"Poetic Bloomings, the first year" is here!

Do look inside, do consider getting a copy.  Just received mine yesterday.  It’s a beautiful book, a true feast for the senses.  Marie and Walt, the constant gardeners of the poetic universe, never cease to amaze.  Thank you so much, Marie and Walt, for everything you do.

Live for the Love of it,

The Humbled Happy Amateur,

I'm honored to be part of this

https://www.createspace.com/4055955

http://www.amazon.com/Poetic-Bloomings-Marie-Elena-Good/dp/148029246X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1354638976&sr=1-1&keywords=poetic+bloomings

On Haiku and Origami (my origami chapbook is up!)

 

The September Heights haiku challenge hosted by Leo at Haiku Heights was good fun.  It’s always interesting to see how the same prompt – in this case, a specific word for each day of September – results in poems that are so different.  Different subjects, style, voice.  I chose to connect my haiku, in order to have a story by the end of the month.  I received a lot of support and encouragement as I was writing.  Thank you all so much.

Lynnie and Jan of Origami Poems Project have turned my haiku story into a lovely micro-chapbook, origami book; it fits on A4 sheet of paper and may be folded into a book, origami style:

http://www.origamipoems.com/poets/141-alexandra-palmer

Thank you, Lynnie and Jan, and thank you, Pip Hartnett, for the beautiful cover art.

Haiku and Origami, I'll toast you tonight.

Live for the Love of it,

The Happy Amateur

  

Image credit: Origami Poems Project