Swallows, swifts, all fork-tailed birds here in Scotland, leave us at this time of year. But they arrive somewhere else. So it goes.
I’m aiming to publish the next Showcase on 1st October. It will arrive, like a migrating swallow, wherever you are…
MM
Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa, we’re ten days late. But we’ve arrived!
A plea – I am still looking for new writers and artists. Ask around, canvass your friends!
To visit the Summer 2021 Showcase, hover your cursor over the “Experience” tab and scroll down until you find it. Alternatively, click here.
Enjoy!
MM
editor
I apologise in advance, but the Summer Showcase will probably be delayed by a few days. But it’s an ill wind that blows no good, because that means you have a little more time to submit something.
As always, it would delight me to hear from new “names.”
Also, if you have some high quality art work you would like me to consider, please do get in touch…
MM
editor.
The sky is blue over Kamakura, as the Northern Hemisphere approaches the longest day. Not long after that, it will be time for the next Showcase here at the zen space. I am, as always, looking for brilliant haiku and short, in-the-moment poetry, along with new visual images of course. I love to hear from people who are new to me.
The next Showcase does not have a planned theme. You may use the image above as an inspiration, or you can simply surprise me…
Marie Marshall
Editor
Despite the web platform’s best attempts to make format and layout even harder than it could be, we’re here again, and on time! To see the April Foolish Showcase, hover your pointer over the “Experience” tab and scroll down until you find it. Or you can click here. Enjoy!
… which seems like a good excuse for some short bursts of foolery. What do you think? As usual, I’ll look at anything you send, but I am particularly looking for new names, so pass it on!
I hate to start this announcement with a moan, but thanks to the “improvements” made by WordPress, actually getting a Showcase online takes twice as long. Also, features such as indenting text, embedding hyperlinks in text, and so on are either no longer options, or the commands for such actions are so well-hidden that it is simply not worth spending time doing it. WordPress, listen! the zen space has had a ten year association with your platform, and this editor is not pleased with all the fancy-dannery that makes publishing more complicated. Get your act together, remove all the unnecessary new features and bring back the useful stuff! Or I’ll look for a better platform.
Having said that, I’m pleased to announce that the Winter 2021 Showcase is now published! If you would like to see it, please hover your cursor over the ‘Experience’ tab and scroll down. Alternatively just click on the following link, which is impossible to embed in text: https://thezenspace.wordpress.com/experience/winter-2021-showcase/
Yeah, I know, I know. 😀
MM
editor
Yeah, even you, Han Solo. Can you write haiku or short-burst in-the-moment poetry? I’m on the lookout for people I’ve never published before – writers and artists. Get in touch.
Autumn is upon us, after a sparkling September, here in Scotland, which only shed tears on its dying day. And with October comes the Autumn Showcase. Yes – it’s published! To visit, hover your cursor over the “Experience” tab and scroll down, or click here. Visit. Enjoy!
MM
editor.
Pistachio
Well, it is mid-summer here in Northern Temperate latitudes, so it is time for another Showcase. It’s a place of peace in a world that is currently turbulent. Not that I am an advocate of false peace – I’m a firm believer that silence is violence – but we all have a duty of care towards ourselves, so that we may be at our best among others.
This Showcase is a haven of haiku, mandalas, and poetry. The mandalas are courtesy of are resident artist Marie Taylor.
To visit the Showcase, hover your cursor over the “Experience” tab and scroll down, or click here.
Stay safe, stay sane, and do what you can to make this a better world.
Love,
MM
editor
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