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Publishers' Response RECEIVED JULY 21, 2004
TIONG
Congratulations!
Your work has passed the first round of our selection process.
The deadline is still December 1, 2004, so we will be in touch with
more
news.
Best,
Steven Manchester
www.StevenManchester.com
info@StevenManchester.com
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ENTERED JULY 20, 2004
please read my winning haiku again, this time in
japan.
i am sure you will love it. it is about a dog;
morning taichi
pet dog watches
every of my steps
(result at end)
پ@http://www.city.hekinan.aichi.jp/SHOUKOKA/416genkissu-haiku-taikai-kekka/416genkissu-haiku-taikai-kekka.htm#e-a
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ENTERED JULY 22, 2004
Again, TIONG, thank you for your gracious feedback.
I begin my journey more confidently now that you've helped point me in the right direction.
J-M
lest i forget,
listen to that inner voice of yours since there is really no hard and fast rule besides what i have said.
that inner personality will make your haiku you since everyone is different. dont forget haiku is divided into various schools of thoughts too, so be careful of this while you learn. what is yes to one school may be no to the other. but haiku as it is always focuses on heightening one's faculty towards a particular experience. if you have achieved that, rest assured that you have succeeded as a haiku writer. thanks.
bye bye
--- J-M
> Thank you so much for taking the time to review my work and
respond.
> I've been looking for this clarification.
> Thank you for > sharing this significant insight. I will continue to study and learn.
>
> J-M
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TIONG CHUNGHOO [mailto:bagiruang@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 1:52 AM
> To: j-m@creativeoptions.com
> Subject: RE: [Mike's Writing Workshop] welcome to read my
winning
> haiku poems
>
> i like this one
>
> Wind chimes,
> A meadowlark
> ... Silence.
>
> because you leave room for
> readers to feel what is not said. there is a contrast which
makes it
> particularly good.
> the other haikus leave no room for that because you mention the
obvious. in haiku you need to leave that special room for
people to feel what need not be said, ie, never mention the obvious as it takes away the magic. show dont tell is the rule.
the other way to improve is to read a lot of good haiku, make special effort to be observant of your surroundings and of course write, write,
write... and seek opinions of others by joining a haiku group. there are many around. look for them at haikuworld.org
bye
good luck haikuing.
Hi, BAGIRUANG@YAHOO.COM
I saw your post on Mikes Writing Workshop. I went
the link and was impressed with what I found,
I have some haiku posted on my own website. I
don't know if it's worthy but might be interested in entering it into a contest.
You can see it at
http://www.creativeoptions.com/Gallery/Haiku.html
if you like (I plan to put some kind of graphics with each one
soon.
Do you have a website of your work? I'd be
honored to exchange
hyperlinks, if you are ok with that.
Joan-Marie
Joan-Marie Moss & Associates, Ltd
405 S. Home #201, Oak Park IL 60302
Phone: 708-383-3065
http://www.CreativeOptions.com
http://www.Joan-Marie.com
mailto:j-m@creativeoptions.com
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JULY 22, 2004
Thank you VERY much for your submission! I'll post it this week to the web log! Your submission is the first international entry. Any chance of you reading this entry or any others at the weigh-off and contest in October?
Thank you very much again!
Sincerely,
Stuart
Stuart B. Shim
Giant Pumpkin Kahuna
23 Rosa
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688-1401 USA
Tel: (949) 683-5932
Fax: (949) 589-2832
E-mail: sbs33@cornell.edu or interpac@aol.com
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JULY 22, 2004
We are pleased to inform you that the following poem(s) have been accepted for publication in the Eintouist. Please copy and paste the poem(s) in a reply email, and send with it any biographical information you would like for our readers to know about you.
Also, by replying to this email, you affirm that you are the sole copyright owner of the work(s) and release the Eintouist from any and all copyright infringement liabilities.
Once again, thank you for your interest in and support of the Eintouist.
Sincerely,
Editors, The Eintouist
1. haiku:
jazz club
three africans talk
about the gem in the dark
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ENTERED JULY 22, 2004
My name is Kiyohito Tsutsui, staff of Hekinan city hall, Aichi
prefecture,
Japan.
Thank you for your attending to our Haiku contest.
By the way, I would like to ask and confirm you about below items.
Because I would like to introduce your haiku toward our Hekinan
citizen.
1 Your name First name: Chunghoo
Middle name: John
Family name: Tiong
2 Your gender Male or Famale
3 Your address
4 Your country
I would be looking forward to your prompt reply.
Kiyohito Tsutsui
Staff of Hekinan city Hall
28 Matsumoto-machi, Hekinan city, Aichi prefecture, Japan
tel 0566-41-3311 ext. 371
fax 0566-41-5412
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ENTERED JULY 22, 2004
Wed, 14 Jul 2004 16:50:24 -0500
From: "Patti Kurtz"
To: "TIONG CHUNGHOO"
Subject: River Walk Journal submission
Dear John Tiong Chunghoo:
Thank you for submitting your two haiku revisions to River Walk Journal. Poetry is often very personal and it takes courage to send it out for consideration for publication. We appreciate your considering our journal as a venue for your poetry.
The editors read them with interest and we are pleased to inform you thYour poems will appear in our September/October issue.
Thank you again for submitting to River Walk. You can visit the journal on line at http://up.to/riverwalkjournal.
We have chosen to accept the haiku which begins with پgdusk, the sea rushes to me.پh This poem, along with your other two which were previously accepted, will be published in our September/October issue. Congratulations. We all enjoyed your use of imagery and vivid language in the poems and are certain our readers will enjoy them as well.
If you have not already done so, please send a 1 paragraph biography of yourself to me as soon as is convenient, so we can include that in the issue as well. And again, thank you for submitting to River Walk Journal.
Patti J. Kurtz
Senior Poetry Editor
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
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ENTERED JULY 22, 2004
It occurs to me that if you are looking for a poetry forum, which critiques poetry in English, at any time you could take a look at PK On-line Poetry Workshop
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/9952/pklist.htm
you can join the list from the main page. it is a very good critique list.
Jim
Jim Bennett
poetrykit.org
LINKS
POETRY KIT - Voted Poetry Super-Highway best resource 2001
http://www.poetrykit.org/
PK On-line Poetry Workshop
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/9952/pklist.htm
JIM BENNETT - Publisher's site
http://jimbennett.port5.com/
Some songs at;
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/3/jimbennettmusic.htm
An interview at;
http://www.poetrykit.org/iv00/bennett.htm
Poems
http://www.poetrykit.org/magazine/poems4.htm#bennett
From: "TIONG CHUNGHOO"
To: "Jim Bennett"
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 9:18 AM
Subject: Re: SUBMISSIONS
dear jim,
thanks for your intellectual stimulation. of course,
there is still a lot more for me to learn in the world
of poetry. it is not an easy field to pursue. one's
language has to be totally excellent to engage in such
a business. i regard myself as still a learner, and
still trying very hard to improve. your opinions are
that great gem i need to get my lines to sparkle.
i will do my best to contribute my best works to your
highly esteemed publication.
thanks and god bless always,
>
john tiong chunghoo
>
Jim Bennett
Dear John
As the editor of Caught in the Net and Poetry Kit
Magazine I have often made it my business to write to poets I have published to make a suggestion or two. I only do it to poets that I have published so that you know I like
your work enough to publish it, so it is already better than 99% ofwhat is out there.
In you case please forgive me if I make a comment.
The overall structure and flow of your poem is of a
very high standard but, it could be better.
My suggestion would be to take a look at the adjectives you are using in this poem -
endearing, jovial mood, lovely (these are all
abstract because they are in
the opinion of the observer. For example I want you
to tell me what they
were doing so that I can form the opinion that they
were being jovial.
Also I think you missed a great last line because you used "lovely" without
that it is a great line not just a good one.)
removing them would make this all an observed piece
and would remove your opinion from the piece. The result would be a much better stronger poem
which is concrete and objective without any abstract terms.
Hope this helps with your future work. Please submit again.
Jim Bennett
poetrykit.org
Jim Bennett's new poetry collection "The Man Who
Tried to Hug Clouds"
April 2004 by Bluechrome read about it or order
http://www.bluechrome.co.uk/
POETRY KIT - Voted Poetry Super-Highway best
resource 2001
http://www.poetrykit.org/
PK On-line Poetry Workshop
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/9952/pklist.htm
JIM BENNETT - Publisher's site
http://jimbennett.port5.com/
Some songs at;
----- Original Message -----
From: "TIONG CHUNGHOO"
To:
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 12:33 PM
Subject: SUBMISSIONS
Song Of The River
BY JOHN TIONG CHUNGHOO
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after the rain the swollen river
so much to pamper the ears and sights.
the fishes splash, the river rushes,
the cold breeze blows against
the willows bringing
an endearing rustling sound.
a breakaway waterlily
sits on a slide to a new habitat
an empty corked plastic bottle floating down
effortless a ballet dancer,
a patch of watercresses swarm along
bidding each other goodbye with
some caught by tree branches.
nearby a group of boys in jovial mood
try their luck with their hooks,
sharing jokes about
which will be the lucky hook
to get the first fish
and who will eat the unlucky fish
the wind ruffles their lovely hair
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ENTERED JULY 22, 2004
Dear John,
Yes, I have received it, thank you!
19 July, we will post you "Ginyu" No.23 including your haiku.
Best wishes,
Ban'ya Natsuishi
3-16-11 Tsuruse-nishi, Fujimi, Saitama
354-0026 Japan
Ginyu Press
http://www.worldhaiku.net/link_file/ginyu_anthology/1.html
----- Original Message -----
From: "TIONG CHUNGHOO"
To: "Ban'ya Natsuishi from home"
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 10:34 PM
Subject: from john tiong chunghoo
dear ban'ya
recently i sent a letter enclosed with four us dollars
to buy a copy of july jingyu which features my haiku.
i just wonder whether you received the money i sent
and if so, whether your magazine has been sent out. i
am waiting in earnest for your magazine. thanks and
all the best.
john tiong chunghoo
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ENTERED JULY 22, 2004
Re: fall theme haiku submissions Hi, John, received your haikus. Will review them with a view to publication in the fall and get back to you by around August 31
Thank you,
Richard Vallance,
Editor
-----Original Message-----
From: TIONG CHUNGHOO
Date: 2004/07/06 02:23:49
To: vallance22@coolgoose.ca, bagiruang@yahoo.com
Cc:
Subject: fall theme haiku submissions
by john tiong chunghoo short bio: i am malaysian award winning poet who specialise in free verse poetry, haiku, senryu, and tanka. i take world freedom to mean that i too could dream about becoming a poet laureate one day. autumn themed haiku: 1. autumn dance a leave twists, twirls, sommersaults on ground 2. autumn magic the frogs turn red and brown 3. wordsworth's convert granny wears her amber for the park walk 4. autumn the clothesline too tones down its colours 5. persimmon farmer counting autumn's blessings in his fruits
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Thank you for sending the poems. We'd like to use them in July
Snakeskin.
I've set them up on one page as a group with the general title "Six
Short
Poems". OK?
All the best
George
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ENTERED JULY 22, 2004
George Simmers
Snakeskin Poetry Webzine is at
http://www.snakeskin.org.uk
From: "TIONG CHUNGHOO"
To:
Sent: 03 June 2004 14:30
Subject: submissions from john tiong chunghoo
short bio:
i have been writing poems for several years
concentrating on haiku, tanka and freeverse poetry. i
take world freedom to mean that everybody can write
whatever they could conceive in their mind.
rain
the shy woman runs to
collect her clothes
middle of the road
a stray kitten
meowing helplessly
first light
a chirp followed by
a flurry of chirps
spring winds
the weeds
dancing in ectasy
geraniums bow
i remember little cousin's
ballet steps
sea breeze
my libido rises
in waves
coconut plantation
three children each sitting
shaking on a dried nut
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ENTERED JULY 22, 2004
thank you for your submission to oht; will soon post on : http://www.geocities.com/opossumhollertarot/opossum.html
TIONG CHUNGHOO
BY JOHN TIONG CHUNGHOO
EMAIL: BAGIRUANG@YAHOO.COM
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A single sheaf of large shrivelled
Teak leaf glided uncannily to the
Ground with a tap and continued its
Forlorn dance across the road below
A lone street lamp - right in front
Of me as I was cycling by troubled
By an upcoming undertaking.
The dropping Of a leaf as if portending some
untoward happening coming my way, telling me
Not to go foward with what I had decided;
Nature's way of telling me to be careful,
That dangers lurked ahead; analoguous
To Caesar's wife's disturbing dreams
Of his coronation murder. I continued
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JULY 23, 2004
Dear John:
Thank you for submitting to Poetry Midwest. I'll be reading for the
Spring/Summer 2004 issue throughout the spring and early summer, with
final
selections made early in June, 2004. Meanwhile, if any part of your
submission is previously published or becomes committed elsewhere,
please
let me know, as Poetry Midwest publishes new work only.
Regards,
Matthew W. Schmeer
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Matthew W. Schmeer, Editor
Poetry Midwest
http://www.poetrymidwest.org
email: editors@poetrymidwest.org
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JULY 22, 2004
Dear John,
Thank you very much for your submission to Ancient Heart Magazine. Rest assured that I will review your work with care and that I will notify you of the outcome. Thanks again for your interest in my magazine.
Poetic greetings,
Richard James van der Draaij
www.ancientheart.co.uk
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JULY 22, 2004
Dear John Tiong Chunghoo:
Thank you for your submission of three poems to River Walk journal. The editors read them with interest and we appreciate your sharing them with us. Poetry is often very personal and emotional and it takes courage to submit it for others to read.
We would like to offer you full acceptance for your tanka and your poem "The Sea." These are wonderfully written, with vivid imagery and clear messages and we enjoyed reading them. We especially enjoyed how your poem expands on the ideas and concepts present in the tanka.
In addition, we would like to offer tentative acceptance of your related haiku. This poem also contains very vivid imagery and uses language in intriguing ways. We especially enjoyed how each of the three poems deals with the same subject matter, and how the form of each allows you to express slightly different and more complex ideas about the landscape and its effects upon you.
However, our editors felt that in the haiku, the words "over and over" could possibly be replaced with something a bit more expressive and meaningful. We realize of course that you are limited to some degree by the syllabic conventions of the haiku. However, we would encourage you to revise that last line so that it conveys the stronger and more vivid meaning that you have set us up to expect.
Please revise and re-submit the haiku as soon as is convenient for you. In addition, please include a short biography of yourself for inclusion in our journal. Thank you for submitting to River Walk Journal and we hope to hear from you soon.
Patti J. Kurtz
Senior Editor, Poetry
River walk Journal
the time, Meribor. Live now; make now always the most precious time. Now will never come again" -- Picard (The Inner Light)
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JULY 22, 2004
You are invited to browse the first issue of The Real Eight View.
July 2004 - Vol 1 Num 1
www.realeight.com
John Buckard
Editor
john@realeight.com
www.real-8.com
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JULY 22, 2004
Dear John Tiong Chunghoo,
This is a confirmation that we have received your TCR submission on
Sunday, May 30, 2004 7:00 PM CST. Attached below is a copy for your
records. Please note, the formatting of your submission below may not be
reflected accurately by your email program. Rest assured, we have
received your work as intended.
We hope to get back to you with a decision within 12 months. In the
meantime, please save this email for your records. That way you may
reference your submission, should you need to correspond with us.
Best Regards,
The Cortland Review
http://www.cortlandreview.com/
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JULY 22, 2004
Dear John,
Thank you for your reply.
Your haiku with Japanese translation will be included in "Ginyu" No.23
(20
July 2004).
If possible, would you post me more than two International Postal
Reponse
Coupons as postage of "Ginyu"?
And please let me know the pronunciation of your full name to write
your
name in Japanese.
Would you write a report on "Haiku writing in Southeast Asia" in a few
days?
The Japan Foundation need it to held some meeting this year.
Best wishes,
Ban'ya Natsuishi
3-16-11 Tsuruse-nishi, Fujimi, Saitama
354-0026 Japan
Ginyu Press
http://www.worldhaiku.net/link_file/ginyu_anthology/1.html
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JULY 22, 2004
We have received your submission to Banyan Review and will be reading
for
the July issue over the next few months. Please notify us if your work
is
accepted elsewhere in the meantime. We expect to make acceptance
decisions
by mid-June.
Thank you for sending us your work,
Editors
Banyan Review
----- Original Message -----
From: "TIONG CHUNGHOO"
To:
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 10:58 AM
Subject: FIVE POEMS
> BY john tiong chunghoo
> 7e, crescent court
> jln tun sambanthan
> bricksfield,
> 50470 kuala lumpur
> malaysia
>
> short biO: i have been writing poetry for many years
> concentrating on haiku, tanka and free verse poetry.
> i take world freedom to mean i can write my way in the
> way i prefer to a poet laureatship.
>
>
> 1. haiku
>
> stepping
> on the sky
> stepping
> into the sea
>
> 2. haiku
>
> death of singer
> in hours, she looks from
> a different age
>
> 3. tanka
>
> thirst for life
> on tropical road, a dried
> flat frog in leaping posture
>
> 4. free verse poetry:
>
> a celestial stage
>
> A grandiose theatre stage our universe
> The sky its backdrop,
> The twinkling stars, its white angels
> The Moon its alluring princess
> And the Sun its master of ceremony
> Honouring everything with a name
> Giving each created a character and form
> Pampering the windows of our souls
> The lightnings and thunders
> Are the drums and strobelights
> Punctuating the climaxes and suspense
> Of these celestial histronics
> Raging through our heavens
> And the cumulous clouds the scene parters
> The gentle winds are to show directions
> And the rains a bonus to calm
> The audience's nerves and boost fertility
> To beget flowers, greenery and everything lovable!
>
> -------------------------------------------------
JULY 22, 2004
Confluence accepts submissions from Sept. 1 through Jan. 31. We are
working on the 2004 issue and will not begin working on 2005 until
September.
Wilma Acree
Editor
>
> From: TIONG CHUNGHOO
> Date: 2004/06/01 Tue PM 04:05:39 GMT
> To: wilmaacree@charter.net, bagiruang@yahoo.com
> Subject: submissions from john tiong chunghoo
>
> short bio: i have been writing poetry for several
> years specialising in haiku, tanka and free verse
> poetry. i take world freedom to mean that i can work
> towards becoming a poet laureate.
>
> submissions:
>
> haiku:
>
> jasmine scent
> the indian boy tells me
> siva dances in the bloom
>
> tanka:
>
> road hindu shrine
> a dog sleeping
> below the dieties
>
> poetry:
>
> Muffled chirps
> magnifying
> their sweetness;
> the dream
> wrapped notes
> wakening up
> my brain
> with joyful
> delightful
> crystal
> images of
> paradise
> where birds
> and living beings
> share eternal life
> in glittering grace
> where belief has it
> that men would not
> see the full spectre
> of its wonders
> till one completes
> a life of
> integrity and charity
>
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JULY 22, 2004
Thank you for allowing Banyan Review to read your work. While we have
decided not to publish your submission, we are pleased you shared your
work
and would like you to consider us again. Please do not assume that our
rejection of your work is necessarily a judgment against its quality.
Decisions are especially difficult because we have received a large
response
to our call for submissions, much of it fine work that we simply do not
have
the space to publish. We wish you the best of luck in placing your work
elsewhere.
Sincerely,
The Banyan Review Editors
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JULY 22, 2004
Dear Writer:
Publication of The Romance Rag has been suspended. Any changes in
status
will be published on www.romancerag.com under "For Writers."
Best wishes in placing your work.
Teresa Acosta
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JULY 22, 2004
Tue, 15 Jun 2004 16:11:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Dicey Brown"
Subject: Re: SUBMISSIONS
To: "TIONG CHUNGHOO"
Dear Tiong Chunghoo,
Thank you for your submission, but it is not quite
right for DICEY BROWN.
Good luck as you travel on the road to the world of
laureates!
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JULY 22, 2004
Thu, 17 Jun 2004 11:57:45 -0500
From: monterey@montereybaypoetry.com Add to Address Book
To: "TIONG CHUNGHOO"
Subject: Re: sea poetry
Dear Tiong Chunghoo:
Thank you for submitting your work to The Bathyspheric Review.
Unfortunately, we
have decided to pass on it at this time but we urge you to re-submit at
any
time.
Best,
Ryan Masters
Editor
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JULY 22, 2004
Thank you for your poetry submission to Adagio Verse Quarterly. While it is appreciated, it is not that work which we are currently seeking, and so we must decline.
Please feel free to submit work again in the future.
TIONG CHUNGHOO
short bio: john tiong chunghoo
i am a Malaysian poet who specialises
in haiku, tanka and free verse poetry.
my work has been published in India,
the United Kingdom, United States,
Japan, the Balkans, Australia, Europe
among others. my idea of world freedom
is that i too can become a poet laureate
one day.
TITLE: I DANCE WITH
THE GODS AND GODDESSES
i could have danced away
in the lotus bloom,
the wood that
comes to life
under the hands
of a master carver.
my eyes fleet from
one sacred countenance
to the next,
the prelude to the
mystic dance
i am drawn to do
with the
gods and goddesses.
the first step
i learn from the
KuangYing (goddess of mercy)
with a thousand hands,
so graceful
and delicate
they curl to
form an arc
above her.
my heart
goes afflutter,
my limbs soft
my soul flies
in her gaze.
if i could
just possess
two of those
artistic hands,
i would
swing them
in the
ballet world.
the sakyamuni
buddha in his
meditative stance -
the depth
that it brings
my heart to
the sacred world -
that empty realm
and sanctum
where everything
goes quiet to
let god take
centrestage;
those seconds
in any
dance show
where the
audience's mind
is led to
run on
infinity,
every dancer
still like me
enthralled
at the buddha's
magic and spiritual aura.
the laughing budda
with his potbelly
i nearly stumble
in my urge to
touch, to rub off
some luck
to level my
years of financial
inadequacy.
and i stand aghast
at the drunken Monk
in torn fabrics
with his mouth tightly
squeezed against
a wine gourd
reminiscent of
a baby suckling
from a mom's
succulent breast.
the whiskered
Kuang Kong (god of war)
in that familiar
honorable martial pose
with his large spear
inspires anybody's
sense of patriotism
and readiness
to make that leap
for action to protect
one's nation.
these multi-faceted gods
and goddesses
elevate my sense
of humour
in the joy
that there are
so many wondrous characters
in the heavens
waiting to light up my life
if i were lucky to enter them.
l saunter through the hall
with the ramayana
gods and goddesses
in caves, in lotuses, on rocks
sending me off
to the real world.
i dance the last
few steps that
herald me back
to the mundane world
.....of toil and pain, senses
a world these gods and goddesses
decide to sacrfice their own paradise
to get me out of.
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JULY 22, 2004
Dear Tion Chunghoo,
Thank you very much for your recent submission and your interest in The
DMQ
Review. We're sorry to report that the work you sent isn't quite what
we're
seeking. We appreciate your time and wish you success.
Regards,
The DMQ Review editors
www.dmqreview.com
-----Original Message-----
From: TIONG CHUNGHOO [mailto:bagiruang@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 10:09 AM
To: editors@dmqreview.com; BAGIRUANG@yahoo.com
Subject: submissions from john tiong chunghoo
SHORTBIO; I have been writing poetry for many years
specialising in haiku, tanka and free verse poetry.
i take world freedom to mean that i too can work
towards becoming a poet laureate.
haiku:
rain in the mount
i watch it lashing down
in silence
tanka:
stage item
in the artists'
dance, i see children
pleasing their
dads and moms
free verse poetry:
LEAF
Nature's topmost creative quests
Reflected in leaves,
So many shapes and shades
They do a million dances
In the winds to delight and
Uplift the world;
A bamboo slim tapering tipped ends;
A Thai dancer's graceful fingers
Tickling our hearts.
A Purplish butterfly plant;
Ballet dancers with their envious
Diaphanous wings and twin-filament tiara
Spiralling on their toes.
Travelling trees fanned by wind;
Concert dancers bidding audience farewell.
Papaya upright curvaceous crown;
An Indian Bharata Natyam
Dancer flaunting her exotic figures.
Willow in the winds; A Hawaiian dancer
And her tassellated gown beating round her hip.
guarantee that the work I am submitting is my own
original poetry. I guarantee that this work has never
been published electronically or in print, and that it
has not been accepted for publication elsewhere. I
understand and agree that The DMQ Review acquires
first serial rights for poetry and I offer The DMQ
Review first serial rights on the work I am
submitting; I agree that if The DMQ Review accepts my
work for publication, first publication
acknowledgement to The DMQ Review will appear with the
work in any subsequent publications. I understand and
agree that poems published in The DMQ Review shall not
be published elsewhere before or within a period of
three months from their DMQ Review release date. I
give The DMQ Review the right to publish and archive
accepted work. I understand that The DMQ Review
presents poems and visual art together and I grant The
DMQ Review permission to present my work with art of
the editors' choosing.
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03/08/04
/2/2004
Dear John,
Thank you for submitting your work to RATTLE. This particular work however, will not fit in our next issue. I do want to assure you that your work has been thoroughly read.
Don't be discouraged by this or any other return of your work. We only have room for about a hundred poems per issue, and at present, receive just over ten thousand submissions, with three to ten poems per submission.
Submitting your work is a struggle; making choices as to what to accept is also a struggle. It is important to look over work I've chosen for past issues because it might help you better decide what to submit in the future.
Issue #21 is just out and features a tribute to the work of پgVietnamese Poets.پh Also, interviews with Li-Young Lee and Naomi Shahib Nye. Both are truly informative and give the reader insight into the personality of these two fine poets. You can purchase RATTLE at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Borders Books, and many independent booksellers across the county. The RATTLE web site allows you to browse over previous issues and may help answer questions about submission guide lines: www.rattle.com
Continued success with your publishing.
Blessings,
Stellasue Lee
Poetry Editor
(forwarded by Tim Green, Assistant Poetry Edior)
John,
Thank you for your patience regarding your poetry submissions from a couple of months ago to Apollo's Lyre. We've had a glut of submissions of late, and it's been all I can do to keep up. On the positive, and much less annoying side of things: I'd like to run all of your submissions to date in our November "poetry slam" issue. These include four haiku's, two tanka's, and two poems.
Apollo's Lyre acquires only one-time electronic rights to your work. You are free to market it elsewhere, but please let any other venue you are considering know that we will be running your poetry from approximately November 15th through December
15th. It will run for thirty days, and then will be archived for an additional ninety days. If you would like a longer or shorter archival period, please let us know.
Thank you for letting us read and share your work.
Sincerely,
Bret Wright
Chief Editor,
Apollo's Lyre EZine
PS- John -- as you know, I'm usually pretty good at getting back to people, especially those who have been past contributors. Your submissions from May slipped through the cracks, apparently . . . those are included in this acceptance, as well as the ones you submitted this weekend. Your work adds a wonderful depth to our poetry section and is always welcome. -- Bret
