haijinx could not be here without the Internet haiku community. Thank you all.
Of course, out of that group come the contributors to the first issue. Haiku, haiga, essays, spotlights, and the rest. The site would be emptier than humpty dumpty without the content you have shared with us.
Behind the scenes, we have had several people help us out. We have the space, so we'll list them. Keep in mind that any mistakes left in this issue are solely the responsibility of the editors, the helpers can have the credit for the good stuff though.
editing, proofreading, and the like:
Karen Brooks
Carolyn Hall
Charles Trumbull
Billie Wilson
custom artwork:
Sheila Windsor
graphics support:
tom windsor
dedicated support:
Celia Crook
Also, the editors would like to thank people who have helped them personally.
Mark Brooks:
I'd like to thank Karen, Dylan, and Casey Brooks for their patience during the creation of this issue.
My renku mentors (past and present) kept me sane during all of this. They are Paul MacNeil, Ferris Gilli, Peggy Willis Lyles, and Christopher Herold. Bill Higginson created a wonderful renku seminar online that also helped. Oh, I'd be remiss if I didn't thank Carol O'Dell for the recipe exchange.
The idea for this journal came after reading recent works by Susumu Takiguchi, Lee Gurga, Bob Spiess, contributors to Modern Haiku, and others. Last autumn, I sent out a private survey about humor and haiku, thanks to everyone who responded. I also need to thank all those haijin who responded to the online announcement of haijinx.
Finally, I'd like to thank the editorial staff for their hard work, creativity, inspiration, and, most of all, humor.
alan j summers:
Love and admiration for John (Crook), who has made haijinx even more of a special project; and Mark Brooks, whose idea it is; Carmen Sterba; Kuni-san for haiga, including mine, on his site; Serge for his being; Billie Wilson who is just great; for everyone who has posted to me during this first issue of haijinx; Sheila Windsor, who I will tease at the next BHS convention, because she has been so nice to me as well; and really I could name hundreds and hundreds who have shown heart as well as a committment to both being a student in general, and a student to haiku.
A wink for Janice M Bostok for such a wicked time in New Zealand, I didn't want to let go of her! Thanks to the equally utterly gorgeous Jean Rasey who is 21 in heart forever, a marvellous haijin of haiku and haiga and sumi-e; John Bird for haiku oz and the rest; Cath Mair for the Katikati Haiku Pathway and looking after me, and getting me introduced to Ted Harris, please look him up when you visit the fantastic haiku park that was Cath's brainwave, Ted Harris took up from the Council, along with everyone at Katikati; Ross Clark, and John Knight, and Jacqui Murray for founding paperwasp with the late Jack Stamm; Layne who has been one of the nicest people ever; John Barlow from snapshots; David Cobb, President of BHS; Jim Kacian for Red Moon; Matthew Paul for his good humour and perspective; and a score of other great people who have helped bring me so far, especially the big hearted and incredibly generous Bill Higginson, anyone who has not got Haiku Handbook, buy it! All the guys from the various haiku discussion sites who have been so warm, you know who you are, don't be shy! And Susumu for getting so much off the ground.
I have missed out so many names I am ashamed, but the list would be soooo long, and Mark will miss his bedtime trying to get all this down!
Serge Tomé:
I would like to thank all of the people who contributed to this fantastic project. This kind of project is for me a wonder and marks the emergence of a new kind of relationship between people who may never meet in person, but who meet through their ideas and passion.
I was fascinated by the wonderful interplay between the editors. There were more than 550 e-mail exchanges in two months. And, because of time differences, the project was constantly evolving, taking on an almost living aspect of its own.
I would also thank all people who sent me haiku and especially those whose haiku were not selected for this issue. A special thanks to André Duhaime whose "Haiku sans frontieres" was used as the principal source of my article.
And above all, I thank Mark Brooks and Billie Wilson, who kindly helped me with the English translation, Alan Summers for the advice, Kuni-san for his wonderful haiku and the nice design of the site, and everybody for their patience for the problems of personal availlability I had these last weeks.
Carmen Sterba:
I would like to thank Mamoru Luke for giving his mother his computer because I am always on it. And thanks to all three sons (including Megumu Andy and Osamu Will) for their emotional support.
My appreciation goes the following people for their inspiration and encouragement:
(IN JAPAN) Kris Kondo, David McMurray (Asahi Haikuist Network), Mitsugu Abe aka Museki (Interactive Photo-Haiku), Beverly Nakamura, Ikuyo Yoshimura, Ban'ya Natsuishi, Yasuomi Koganei, Edith Muta, Catharine Nagashima, Haruko Shibai, Eiko Yachimoto, and the Shiki Salon team.
(ABROAD) Ion Condrescu (Albatross), Susumu Takiguchi (Thank you for the World Haiku Festival 2000!), Angelee Deodhar, Max Verhart, Dimitar Anakiev, DeVar Dahl, Robert Scott, and Philip Noble.
To Mark, Alan, Serge and Kuniharu:
I am so happy to have the opportunity to work with you!
Kuniharu Shimizu:
Haiku is wonderful. It gives joy to the people.
In my case, I feel joy when I create art, I simply love to make drawings and paintings. Haiku gives me what I need to create. It is pure inspiration. With the inspiration, I can release my creative energy, and that makes me joyous. What's more, the haiga I make seem to make others joyous, and I am happy for it. This is a way of joyous life.
So, I would like to thank all the wonderful haiku out there.
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