{"id":5923,"date":"2015-09-29T21:08:12","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T21:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blogblog\/?p=5923"},"modified":"2015-10-04T21:51:44","modified_gmt":"2015-10-04T21:51:44","slug":"introducing-beaver-and-pizzarelli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/introducing-beaver-and-pizzarelli\/","title":{"rendered":"The Haiku Chronicles: Beaver and Pizzarelli"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Poet\/writer<\/a>

Poet\/writer Al Pizzarelli and his wife Tlingit artist\/writer Donna Beaver Pizzarelli and their Mini-Coup<\/p><\/div>\n

Eight years ago Al Pizzarelli and Donna Beaver met at a Haiku Poetry convention out there on the East Coast (but pardon me, I forget where!?). \u00a0It was love-at-first-sight for Al; Donna didn’t know what to do with his notoriety,\u00a0talent, charm and wit except to collaborate\u00a0with him on a project that totally inspired both of them; years later,\u00a0they are still at it!<\/p>\n

\"Poet\/writer<\/a>

Poet\/writer Al Pizzarelli<\/p><\/div>\n

Alan Pizzarelli is a poet, musician, and artist born in 1950 to an Italian-American family in Newark, New Jersey. \u00a0He is the author of 13 collections of poetry. \u00a0During the early 1970s, he began a serious study of haiku and related forms in New York City under the tutelage of Professor Harold G. Henderson, author of An Introduction to Haiku and Haiku in English. \u00a0Since then, many of Pizzarelli’s poems have achieved worldwide acclaim and have appeared in a variety of textbooks, journals, and anthologies.<\/p>\n

\"Alan<\/a>

Alan Pizzarelli’s latest anthology \u00a0hot off the press: \u00a0“Frozen Socks”<\/p><\/div>\n

I recently read Al’s “Frozen Socks.” \u00a0Each brief piece of writing took me around the block and back again. \u00a0It’s the first book of poetry I read from front to back and then again! \u00a0I had three nights to hang out and work at Donna and Al’s home in New Jersey. \u00a0I divided the book into three sections. \u00a0When I tucked myself into bed each of those three nights, I read one section. \u00a0The writings brought me to tears, made me laugh too loud and stopped me in my tracks. \u00a0I tell you he is one heck of a Raven Trickster who reminds the reader of our vulnerable human condition!<\/p>\n

This book is hot off the press available for purchase on Amazon for only $12.95 with additional shipping. \u00a0Order your copy today by CLICKING HERE<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Donna'sBook1\"<\/a>

For his review and input, Donna shows Al the covers of her hand-printed books<\/p><\/div>\n

A member of the Tlingit\u00a0Kaagwaantaan (Wolf) Clan, Donna Beaver Pizzarelli was born in 1961 in Juneau, Alaska. \u00a0She hails from a long line of artists, most notably her late mother, beadworker\/doll-maker Anna Beaver and her late grandfather, carver Amos Wallace. \u00a0A media artist who specializes in web-design, research and podcasts, she is a visual artist extraordinaire, a writer and is about to embark on the path of her grandfather Amos: \u00a0metal\/stone jewelry.<\/p>\n

In 2009, hosts Donna Beaver and Alan Pizzarelli produced the first Haiku Chronicles podcast. Today, more than 30 episodes later,\u00a0 what started off as a grass-roots effort with just a few hundred listeners has now grown to over two million plays of their episodes around the globe! \u00a0You may visit their Haiku Chronicles website by CLICKING HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Donna'sBook2\"<\/a>

Donna put Clarissa to work in giving a coat of gloss medium to the front and back of Donna’s book of poetry entitled “Rainforest Poems”<\/p><\/div>\n

Donna and Al have a couple of weeks to complete their website updates, print and assemble Donna’s book of poems, receive their shipment of Al’s books, and pack their recorders, laptops, cameras, etc. into their little Mini-Cooper to drive up to Schenectady, New York State to attend the international Haiku Convention. \u00a0Non-stop they work together in their writings, productions, art and music. \u00a0Hanging out with them has reminded me of how a pair of people totally in love and committed to one another and their art forms can change a small aspect of the human race.<\/p>\n

You may read more about Alan Pizzarelli\u00a0and Donna Beaver Pizzarelli when their individual websites are back up and running.<\/p>\n

\"Clarissa<\/a>

Clarissa Rizal and Donna Beaver Pizzarelli<\/p><\/div>\n

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Eight years ago Al Pizzarelli and Donna Beaver met at a Haiku Poetry convention out there on the East Coast (but pardon me, I forget where!?). \u00a0It was love-at-first-sight for Al; Donna didn’t know what to do with his notoriety,\u00a0talent, charm and wit except to collaborate\u00a0with him on a project that totally inspired both of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,19,118],"tags":[395,396,253],"class_list":["post-5923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travels-adventures","category-honoring-others","category-alaska-poets","tag-alan-pizzarelli","tag-alaskan-poets","tag-donna-beaver-pizzarelli"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5923"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5934,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5923\/revisions\/5934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}