Alan Summers, Japan Times Award (2002), President, United Haiku and Tanka Society, and co-founder of Call of the Page, providing literature, education & literacy projects, often based around Japanese genres. For events & workshops contact us through our Call of the Page website: Call of the Page.
Thursday, March 30, 2006
Bristol Poetry Festival opener: "Ripped Words"
Lawrence Pettener (pictured above) and my good self will be opening the Bristol Festival Poetry with our aperif event, called "Ripped Words".
Check out Lawrence's Can of Words
Bristol Poetry Festival 2006
The Oppo} Music Coffee House & With Words are the Festival Openers
"RIPPED WORDS"
6th September 2006 at the Oppo} Music Coffee House 7.30p.m.
Door: £4/3
72 Park Street (Entrance off Park Street Avenue)
Disability access & toilet
Alcohol free, non-smoking venue
(There is a really nice courtyard available for smokers)
Food & snacks menu available till 10pm
The "Ripped Words" poets are Lawrence Pettener & Alan Summers, with music from Anil
Bookings are through the POETRY CAN FESTIVAL BOOKING OFFICE (open shortly)
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Monday, March 27, 2006
The Hobbs haircut!
Enjoying the Spring breeze through my Doug Hobbs haircut!
Hobbs Salon, Bristol U.K.
coolness of spring rain
waiting with the bus queue
on newly cut hair
originally published by Mainichi Shimbun, Japan
in their 125th Anniversary haiku contest anthology.
Saturday, March 11, 2006
Café Oppo} haiku poet-in-residence
For anyone visiting Bristol (U.K.) come to the Oppo} harmonic fusion experience, and enter the Café Haiku Contest too!
More details are at the haiku bulletin news link.
Details about the Oppo} Café!
afternoon coffee-
a woman touches again
her wrapped flowers