summer wind
a sparrow re-rights itself
at the peanut cage
haiku by Alan Summers
Haiku Publishing Credits:
Journal: Azami, Osaka, Japanese haiku magazine (1997)
Anthologies:
Journal: Azami, Osaka, Japanese haiku magazine (1997)
Anthologies:
1. Haiku Friends Vol. 3 ed. Masaharu Hirata, Osaka, Japan (2009)
2. Wing Beats: British Birds in Haiku ISBN 978-1-903543-24-5 (2008) http://www.wingbeats.co.uk/order.html
2. Wing Beats: British Birds in Haiku ISBN 978-1-903543-24-5 (2008) http://www.wingbeats.co.uk/order.html
3. Inking Bitterns (Gert Macky Books, December 2013) ISBN-10: 0992678315 ISBN-13: 978-0992678319
http://gertmacky.co.uk/inking-bitterns-inside-the-b/4580732454
4. EarthRise Rolling Haiku Collaboration 2016: Foodcrop Haiku
Gert Macky books:
http://gertmacky.co.uk/inking-bitterns/4580732454
http://gertmacky.co.uk/shop/4590541616/inking-bitterns/6887599
Note:
Don't forget to celebrate sparrows all year round, but also on World Sparrow Day too!
http://www.worldsparrowday.org/how.html
http://www.worldsparrowday.org/why-celebrate-world-sparrow-day.html
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http://gertmacky.co.uk/inking-bitterns-inside-the-b/4580732454
4. EarthRise Rolling Haiku Collaboration 2016: Foodcrop Haiku
Gert Macky books:
http://gertmacky.co.uk/inking-bitterns/4580732454
http://gertmacky.co.uk/shop/4590541616/inking-bitterns/6887599
Note:
Don't forget to celebrate sparrows all year round, but also on World Sparrow Day too!
http://www.worldsparrowday.org/how.html
http://www.worldsparrowday.org/why-celebrate-world-sparrow-day.html
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5 comments:
Hi Alan, this is lovely haiku :)
Marinela x
Delightful and I love the drawing also.
the squirrels
tails flutter in this wind
bird-feeder thieves
Love this... both the paint of color, and the paint of words.
_m
summer wind
the sharp eye of a sparrow
holding her peanut
much love
gillena
Kids Count for Earthday 5-7-5 Haiku Contest 2010:
Children's and Young Person's Haiku Contest, free entry
Details of the festival at Area 17 post at:
2010 Bath Japanese Festival
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Events
Facebook dedicated Launch Party page at:
Facebook 2010 Bath Japanese Festival Launch Party
or email me direct at: alan@withwords.org.uk
If you'd like to come along to the launch party at the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution in Bath, all you need to do is turn up at the door on Wednesday 12th May (event times 7-10pm) at BRLSI.
Website and online poster: BRSLI
Tickets are £4 or £2 to BRLSI members and STUDENTS
We have haiga and haiku poets from Akita; Carrie Etter reading haiku and senryu from her collection in progress "The Broken Kite"; and Karen Hoy and myself reading Renga from With Words workshops.
Also there is a fun Origami Picnic Corner; Anime Cells from Blazblue: Calamity Trigger; Haiga exhibition; Japanese Tattoos; and Usborne Books talking about their Japanese literature and literacy series.
Hot sake and sushi from Yen Sushi are on sale as well as other refreshments.
Plus many more surprises!
Hope to see you,
all my very best,
Alan
Director, With Words
Literature Director, Bath Japanese Festival
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