Prvi maj
opet me žica
za nešto sitniša
Labour Day
he asks me for some change
once again
21 March 2025
20 March 2025
LINIJE ŽIVOTA / LIFE LINES / 生命線
RAZGOVORI & RECENZIJE / INTERVIEWS & REVIEWS
ISTRA 24 (razgovor/interview): https://www.istra24.hr/kultura/pulski-haiku-pjesnik-dejan-pavlinovic-nikada-necemo-biti-spremni-za-gubitak-roditelja-jer-tu-ne-igraju-teorija-i-racio-nego-emocija-i-srce
GLAS ISTRE (razgovor/interview): https://www.glasistre.hr/knjizevnost/2024/09/11/ususret-sutrasnjoj-promociji-zbirke-linije-zivota-razgovarali-smo-s-najpoznatijim-pulskim-haiku-pj-955437
GLAS ISTRE (osvrt na promociju/book launch): https://www.glasistre.hr/knjizevnost/2024/09/12/predstavljena-nova-haiku-zbirka-dejana-pavlinovica-955670
POETRY PEA PODCAST,
S7E38 - Reading
with Croatian Poet Dejan Pavlinović (razgovor/interview):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJAe9qEw-4o
HIA - Haiku
International Association (haiku tsurezure - #42), Japan (razgovor/interview):
https://www.haiku-hia.com/haiku_tsurezure_en/42.html
BLITHE SPIRIT 35.1 (Journal of the British Haiku Society) - Review by
Maya Daneva (recenzija/review): https://smilingcricket.blogspot.com/2025/02/blithe-spirit-35.html
Graham Bates, KOKAKO haiku magazine, Novi
Zeland (recenzija/review): https://kokako10.wordpress.com/blog/, https://kokako10.wordpress.com/current-issue/
Gabriel Rosenstock, Irska (recenzija/review):
https://www.academia.edu/122720795/OUTSTANDING_HAIKU_FROM_CROATIA
Maxianne Berger, Haiku Canada Review,
October 2024 (recenzija/review): http://www.haikucanada.org/publications/documents/archives/2024/Haiku%20Canada%20Review%20Oct%202024.pdf
Dimitar Anakiev, Bugarska
(recenzija/review): https://gabriell-e-lit.com/izdatelstvo/za-linii-na-jivota-na-dejan-pavlinovic-dimitar-anakiev/spisanie-kartini-s-dumi-i-bagri/
Iain
Maloney, Japan/UK (recenzija/review): https://iainmaloney.substack.com/p/august-reads-part-two
Pravat Kumar Padhy,
Indija (recenzija/review): https://www.thewiseowl.art/life-lines
14 March 2025
07 March 2025
28 February 2025
21 February 2025
Blithe Spirit 35.1 (Journal of the British Haiku Society) - Review by Maya Daneva (page 79-80), February 2025
Linije Života / Life Lines / 生命線
by Dejan Pavlinović, Udruga Tondak, 2024, paperback, 156 pages, ISBN:
9789334603116, €14+€3 p&p, available from dejan.pavlinovic@gmail.com
This trilingual book (Croatian, English, and
Japanese) is the second solo collection by internationally acclaimed haiku poet
Dejan Pavlinović. Elegantly crafted, the book features a textured cream-colored
cover and a sleek, minimalist design that radiates a sense of peacefulness and
draws the reader into a Zen atmosphere. Moreover, the addition of a bookmark in
the same design is a thoughtful touch.
The 156 pages of this collection contain 100
haiku, thematically organized into four sections: Life Lines, Breath
of Air, Coexistence, and Breaking Waves. In each section,
some poems filled me with Zen-like calm, others brought a smile to my face, and
still others provoked deeper reflection on the most important relationships in
our lives.
Many of the poems explore the complexities of
human emotions - love, joy, loss, and grief - reflecting not only our
relationships with others but also with ourselves, especially the child we once
were or still are. A few haiku and senryu contemplate the passage of time and
the remnants of things that were once so close to our hearts. I was deeply
moved by the following poems:
running / down the street / yesterday’s snowman
worn out cross / I spell my father’s name /
once more
church bells / her monologue / takes a break
As someone who has profoundly explored haiku as
a medium for expressing the complex emotional landscapes of death and grief – an
avenue that helped me process the loss of my mother - many of these poems
resonated with me on a deeply personal level. In particular, I identified with
the poet's sentiments in these senryu:
mother's death.../ a butterfly settles / on my
coffee cup
life lines / my aging hands / down father's
ribs
I highly recommend this book to lovers of haiku
and senryu. For anyone passionate about these forms, it offers excellent
examples of both. The book is both a source of inspiration and a gentle
reminder to slow down and reflect on some of the most important facets of life.
It is truly a delight to experience!
Maya Daneva
14 February 2025
17 January 2025
20 December 2024
15 November 2024
01 November 2024
25 October 2024
11 October 2024
18 September 2024
Poetry Pea Podcast S7E38
Urednica Patricia McGuire intervjuirala me za Pea TV Haiku Readings. Kako se ovo poklapa s nedavnom promocijom moje nove haiku zbirke LINIJE ŽIVOTA / LIFE LINES / 生命線, bilo je mnogo razgovora o novoj knjizi, uključujući čitanje pjesama, kao i razgovor i pjesme iz moje prve samostalne knjige "Mliječnom stazom" iz 2016.
I was interviewed by editor Patricia McGuire for the Pea TV Haiku Readings. Since it coincides with the recent launch of my new book of haiku poetry LINIJE ŽIVOTA / LIFE LINES / 生命線, there is a lot of talk about the new book including poem readings, as well as a chat about and poems from my first solo book ''Down the Milky Way'' from 2016.
YOUTUBE (video+audio): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJAe9qEw-4o...
POETRY PEA PODCAST (video+audio): https://poetrypea.com/s7e38-poetry-pea-reading-with.../
SPOTIFY (audio): https://open.spotify.com/episode/7xh4S80i7J8F8XXzOrG175...
12 September 2024
LINIJE ŽIVOTA / LIFE LINES / 生命線
LIFE LINES - A BRIEF BOOK DESCRIPTION:
LINIJE ŽIVOTA / LIFE LINES / 生命線 is
Pavlinović's third (second solo) collection of haiku poetry comprising 100
haiku poems, including those published, awarded, and commended in various
domestic and international competitions. The book has 156 pages, and is
trilingual (Croatian, English, and Japanese), with the English translations of
the poems done by the author himself, as he writes and publishes in both
Croatian and English, while the Japanese translations are the work of Japanese
poet Ikuyo Yoshimura. The foreword was written by the distinguished
Croatian haiku poet Nina Kovačić, and the book features short reviews by
renowned Canadian poet Michael Dudley and translator and poet Ikuyo
Yoshimura. Additional contributors include Sanela Pliško
(co-editor), Matko Plovanić (cover, layout, and design), and Thierry
Dubois (illustrations). The book is published by TONDAK in 2024.
"Precise and perceptive, the expressive
haiku of Life Lines meaningfully explore the complex intersections of
love and loss, of delight and grief, of acceptance and reflection. Comprehensive in scope and arranged in a
thematic four-part structure, each attentive section of poems evokes a myriad
of resonant mind and heart responses to life's interconnected seasons." (Michael
Dudley)
"Pavlinović’s book Life Lines
contains haiku characterized by careful choice of words, balanced style,
clarity, rhythm, and atmosphere. His haiku are striking and insightful,
cleverly organized into an original concept. The artistic expression and
aesthetic values of Dejan Pavlinović’s haiku confirm and enhance his status as
one of the most compelling and creative contemporary authors, not only on the
Croatian haiku scene."
(Nina Kovačić)
"The love for family is like the flow of a river. Whether it's a small stream or a mighty river, both bask in the sunlight and, at times, pour into the vast ocean with intense rains. Family ties connect that love from generation to generation, eternally. Through Dejan Pavlinović's collection of haiku poetry, you can acknowledge the enduring love within a family." (Ikuyo Yoshimura)
LIFE LINES BOOK SPECIFICATIONS:
Title: LINIJE ŽIVOTA / LIFE LINES / 生命線Author: Dejan Pavlinović
Publisher: TONDAK
Language: Croatian, English & Japanese
Price: 14 EUR/15 USD + shipping (3 EUR/4 USD)
Pages: 156
Size: 140 x 205 mm (5.51″ x 8.07″)
Binding: perfect softbound with flaps
Year of publication: 2024
ISBN: 978-953-46031-1-6
CONTACT & BOOK ORDER:
Dejan Pavlinović: dejan.pavlinovic@gmail.com
Web/Blog: https://smilingcricket.blogspot.com
DEJAN PAVLINOVIĆ - SHORT BIOGRAPHY:
DEJAN PAVLINOVIĆ was born in 1968 in Pula, Croatia, but spent part of his childhood in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Today he is an English and German teacher, part-time tour guide and member of the indie band The Chweger from Pula. He served on the Iris haiku magazine editorial staff, and he is the founding editor of the Haiku HR Facebook page. He runs the Pula Gymnasium Haiku club in his school and conducts haiku workshops for students and adults. He judges haiku competitions for both children and adults. He has been writing haiku since 2007. His work is featured in two Croatian haiku anthologies. His poems have been published in various national and international haiku magazines, newspapers, websites and anthologies, as well as awarded and commended on Croatian and international haiku competitions. He publishes his haiku both in English and Croatian on his Smiling Cricket Haiku blog. In 2016 he published his first book, Mliječnom stazom / Down the Milky Way, a collection of haiku poetry written in both Croatian and English (foreword and afterword by Jane Reichhold and Djurdja Vukelic Rozic, and blurbs by George Swede and Chen-ou Liu). In 2021 he published Nexus Haiku, a co-authored and co-created bilingual collection of haiku, senryu, haiku sequences and rengay, where all poems were composed equally and collaboratively during a period of three years by Michael Dudley, Tomislav Maretić and Dejan Pavlinović. The Croatian Literary Society from Rijeka awarded Nexus Haiku the "Borivoj Bukva" prize for the best haiku collection published in Croatia in 2021. Pavlinović publishes his second solo book Linije života / Life Lines / 生命線 in 2024, a collection of haiku poetry written in Croatian, English and Japanese (foreword by Nina Kovačić, and blurbs by Michael Dudley and Ikuyo Yoshimura).
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29 May 2024
LINIJE ŽIVOTA, nova zbirka haiku pjesama!
Upravo je iz tiska izašla moja treća (druga samostalna) zbirka
haiku pjesama LINIJE ŽIVOTA / LIFE LINES / 生命線 u
izdanju TONDAK-a. Knjiga je trojezična (hrvatski, engleski, japanski), predgovor je napisala vrsna hrvatska haiku
pjesnikinja Nina Kovačić, dok su svojim kratkim osvrtima doprinijeli
ugledni kanadski pjesnik Michael Dudley te prevoditeljica i pjesnikinja Ikuyo
Yoshimura.
LIFE LINES, new book of haiku poetry!
My third (second solo) book of haiku poetry LINIJE ŽIVOTA / LIFE LINES / 生命線 published by TONDAK has just come out of print. The collection is trilingual (Croatian, English, and Japanese), with contributions from Ikuyo Yoshimura (Japanese translations + blurb), Nina Kovačić (foreword) and Michael Dudley (blurb).
Info i narudžbe / Info and orders: dejan.pavlinovic@gmail.com
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