King River Press

28/08/2025

28/08/2025

⚡️NEWS FLASH⚡️
Nov/Dec 2025 Issue 6: OPENS Sept 25 – CLOSES October 15 (note change to submission window)🌳The theme is🌴trees 🎋
Image: Yuzen cut-velvet, riverbank probably at Arashimaya: Khalili Collections
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13/07/2025

Haiku July, Day 10

13/07/2025

Haiku July, Day 4

13/07/2025

Join us for our talk on 23 July to discover the remarkable story of the Satsuma students, a group of students sent secretly from Japan to Britain in 1865.

They travelled to the UK to learn about British law, literature, science and mathematics. Their experiences played a vital role in the Meiji Restoration and the modernization of Japan.

Explore the historical background of the students and the legacy of their journey in this talk, led by Yoshimitsu Shōji, an expert on the foreign relations of the Satsuma domain.

The event will take place on 23 July 2025, 18:30 - 19:30. Book your free ticket here: https://bit.ly/3TkRyN1
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Image: Eight of the Satsuma Students in London, 2 August 1865
Back row (left - right): Hatakeyama Yoshinari, Takami Yaichi, Murahashi Hisanari, Tōgō Ainoshin, Nagoya Tokinari
Front row (left - right): Mori Arinori, Matsumura Junzō, Nakamura Hakuai

Courtesy of Kagoshima Prefectural Library

10/07/2025

I've been really busy the past 9 months becoming a City of Westminster Guide! I'll be taking groups on micro poetry writing tours about Westminster later on in the year. Had the best tutor, mentors and cohort one could ever wish for. Thanks to all the contributors of folk ku journal for your patience with me whilst I was very caught up in this very demanding course. xo Jodie

10/07/2025

folk ku 5: water PDF is already up on the website. Please note: we will be making a few changes (additions) this week to the current PDF copy to reflect the print copy of Issue 5.

Some of the changes are: edits to our introduction to Issue 5; two additional ku - a special tanka for the charity we will be supporting TBA - £1 from each print issue will be donated and any extra donations through BMaC Buy Me a Coffee. Our chosen charity is very close to my heart; we have been following them and sharing their amazing achievements on X and Insta for a few years.

The other ku is in memory of my brother Michael who we lost in a kayaking accident in 2021. As kids we grew up around the rivers, lakes and beaches of NW Tasmania. Our family has a long connection to water through transportation, the survival of our early pioneer families, shack-life, camping, fishing and recreation. We all kayaked as kids and adults. Our Mick was so deeply loved and is terribly missed by many.

Thank you again to all who shared their special water memories with us in Issue 5.

Watch our socials for updates.

https://kingriverpress.com/folk-ku-journal-free-pdf/

We're around a week out of publishing folk ku 民句 Issue 5: 水💦water😊 Again, Mili has done a super job on the cover - this is just a snippet; all will be revealed soon! Thanks to all those who submitted this time around and our loyal fans.

28/05/2025

We're around a week out of publishing folk ku 民句 Issue 5: 水💦water😊 Again, Mili has done a super job on the cover - this is just a snippet; all will be revealed soon! Thanks to all those who submitted this time around and our loyal fans.

04/04/2025

A sweet birdie just emailed me to inform of this wonderful news:
Huge congrats to our folk kuer Mariangela Canzi on making the 2024 Touchstone Awards for Individual Poems — Long List!
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Ramadan sunset
sharing dates
in the ruins

— Mariangela Canzi, folk ku, Issue 3
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1405 distinct entries submitted from 43 journals, 8 contests, and 301 individuals in 31 countries. Many thanks to the distinguished panel: Gregory Longenecker, Marianne Paul, Agnes Eva Savich, Dan Schwerin, and Mary Stevens.

The Long List of the best poems published in 2024