Monday, March 29, 2010

summer wind sparrow haiku artwork (haiku Alan Summers; artwork Dru Marland)
































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:
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
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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5 comments:

  1. M. RekaThursday, April 08, 2010

    Hi Alan, this is lovely haiku :)

    Marinela x

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  2. Diane DehlerMonday, April 19, 2010

    Delightful and I love the drawing also.

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  3. MagyarSaturday, April 24, 2010

    the squirrels
    tails flutter in this wind
    bird-feeder thieves

    Love this... both the paint of color, and the paint of words.
    _m

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  4. Gillena CoxWednesday, April 28, 2010

    summer wind
    the sharp eye of a sparrow
    holding her peanut

    much love
    gillena

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  5. Area 17Monday, May 10, 2010

    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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