Additional information
by Jay Verney (Author)
Zenku is the daughter of Haiku, the Japanese poetic form read and written around the world. Zenkus are freestyle three-line micro poems. They are of the moment, inviting mindfulness in both creator and reader.
When you write a Zenku, you create your life in moments. In Zenku 365, Jay Verney offers a year of Zenkus (plus a Leap Zenku, plus spares!), and a micro workshop to guide you on your way to writing your own Zenku life.
Zenkus are for everyone, and everyone can record their life's special and ordinary moments by engaging with Zenku attention.
Create within and without Moving and still Your breathing lifeAuthor Biography
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. Volumes One and Two of The Mindful Art of Verandaku are waiting mindfully for you as ebooks and paperbacks. 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 this book. 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. You can give Jay all your money by visiting Amazon to purchase even more of her darling works. Ask Prof. Google for 'Jay Verney Amazon.' You know you want to, grasshopper.
