Volume 2 of The Mindful Art of Verandaku features double the number of poems of Volume 1, together with a mini-workshop on creating these small, energetic, and self-contained moments.
Verandaku is the daughter of Haiku, the beloved Japanese poetic form which has become popular around the world, written and enjoyed by both adults and children. Volume 2 of The Mindful Art of Verandaku completes the collection of poems created by Jay Verney's Verandaku Project, 999 Verandakus, which began in August 2010 on the blog Veranda Life with a post each day of one Verandaku accompanied by a photograph. The project ran for 999 consecutive days.
This volume of over 600 verandakus, with selected images, includes a mini-workshop on how to go about capturing the moments that transform into verandakus, the mindful artworks that can tell any kind of story.
Verandaku is a poetic form you can use to write and remember the moments that create the days and months and years of your life.
Three short lines of 17 syllables. Five, seven, five is all it takes. Verandaku is waiting for you.
Inside and outside
Verandakus are calling
for pen, paper, breath
Jay Verney is an Australian author who has published novels, essays, short stories, poetry, memoir, magazine and newspaper columns, book and film reviews, and comics. Jay's first novel, "A Mortality Tale," was shortlisted for the Australian/Vogel and Miles Franklin Literary Awards (and is available as both a paperback and an ebook). Jay has a PhD (in genre and crime fiction), and a Master's degree (memoir) in Creative Writing from the University of Queensland. In 2009, she received a Dean's Award for Outstanding Research Higher Degree Thesis for her PhD. Jay's second novel, "Percussion," is available in both ebook and paperback, as is her third novel, "Spawned Secrets." Her fourth novel, "Summon Up The Blood," is a result of her PhD and is also a paperback and an ebook, along with the essay that accompanied the novel, "Creating A Custom Fit In An Off-The-Rack Genre World." Jay's memoir, "The Women Come & Go" includes an essay, The Women Came & Went, a reflection on writing the memoir and how writers research and re-imagine history and lives. It's available in, wait for it, paperback and ebook formats, too. Celebrate. Volume One of "The Mindful Art of Verandaku" is waiting mindfully for you as an ebook and a paperback. Very nice. Visit virtual Jay at her websites for free entertainment: Transient Total Focus - www.jayverney.net One blink at a time The mother ship, where minty fresh stuff and nonsense and even some useful things reside. Veranda Life - www.verandalife.com Breathe Relax Drink Black Tea Often 999 lovely haikus with lovely images, and the inspiration for "The Mindful Art of Verandaku." All the images are there, too. Enjoy. Zen Kettle - www.zenkettle.wordpress.com It makes tea Zenkus, teeny tiny haikus about life, the universe, and everything. Also lovely. Last Cat On Mars - www.lastcatonmars.wordpress.com Would you want to be the first? Dr On Mars welcomes you to a comical world of fun and laughs. It's laughly, and lovely, yes.
