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Radio New Zealand’s Culture 101 sat down with SCP Editor Evan Mantyk to talk about the contest, the SCP, and the history of the haiku. Listen here:

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/culture-101/audio/2018994399/the-art-and-history-of-the-haiku

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Original Haiku Featured in the Interview:

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The cold lake shimmers
Softly lapping on the shore
Fifty years and more

—Evan Mantyk

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2 Responses

  1. Roy Eugene Peterson

    I really loved your closing haiku that you wrote regarding the 50th anniversary of your in-laws in New Zealand with the subtle alliteration. What a great tribute and sentiment of “more.”

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  2. Mike Bryant

    Evan, great interview—and your haiku really captures the place and meaning of your in-laws’ fiftieth anniversary. I like your use of consonance and restraint. I also noticed the rhyme which reminded me of Kenneth Yasuda. He was a Japanese-American poet who believed that English haiku could use rhyme and still stay true to the spirit of the form. I think he’d have appreciated the way your poem blends tradition with personal feeling. Great job!

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