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.
Monday, December 31, 2012
A selection of haiku by Alan Summers over the latter part of 2012
rain on the river the jesus star shifting
Janice M Bostok Haiku Prize 2012 Anthology Evening Breeze
train whistle
a blackbird hops
along its notes
Publications credits:
Presence #47 (December 2012)
the childing autumn
I forget heartbreak
stains to violets
Publication Credits: Notes from the Gean Haiku Monthly (December 2012)
black rainbows?
mark her clock out
in cherries
Publication Credits: Notes from the Gean Haiku Monthly (December 2012)
cloud mountain
she screams her daughter's name
into the month of march
Publication Credits: Air, British Haiku Society Members’ Anthology (2012)
Maple moon
Grandmother’s recipe
settles in the pan
Publication Credits: Asahi Shimbun (Japan, November 2012); From the Icebox (December 2012, Hailstone Haiku Group, Japan)
green clouds
the scarecrow worries
a loose thread
Publication Credits: Asahi Shimbun (Japan 2012)
toy suns
the winter-dark rain
smashes the city
Publications credits:
Blithe Spirit (vol 23 no. 4 November 2012); Does Fish-God Know (YTBN Press 2012)
drifting rain
my hundred autumn rooms
to be alone
Publication Credits: Mainichi Shimbun (Japan, Oct. 2012)
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Wow! Your writing has really taken some new directions this year, Alan. Too cool.
ReplyDeleteI'm particularly fond of "rain on the river" (R is one of my favorite letters for alliteration), "cloud mountain," and "drifting rain." Not to mention the phrase "toy suns" just rocks my socks.
I hope 2013 is just as fruitful for you.
Cheers,
Aubrie
Thanks Aubrie, your comments are very much appreciated.
ReplyDeleteYes I've been writing and studying quietly the last 18 months or so.
Some of this new work has gone into Does Fish-God Know:
Does Fish-God Know
There's a further two collections worth of recent work, including one-line haiku, that will hopefully see the light of day in 2014 or 2015.
kindest regards,
Alan