Area 17

The Poetry School Renga workshop

2008-04-30T11:30:00.001-07:00

With a nod and thanks to Alec Finlay for his inspiration and superb renga book: shared writing: renga days

Slug and Lettuce renga
(to be printed after publication)

Renga Sabaki: Alan Summers

participants:

June Hall
Libby Houston
Donald Gibson
Linda Saunders
Be Mattingly
Lynette Rees
Karen Hoy

Nijuin Renga
A renga is a series of very short verses, linked into one long poem, composed collaboratively by a group. 'Nijuin' means a 20-verse renga created by 20th Century renga master Meiga Higashi. He considered the Nijuin renga to be the shortest form that could be both contemporary yet capture some of the classic feel of renga.

There are three movements in Nijuin Renga: a four verse section; a twelve verse; and another four verse section. We started in Spring going through the seasons, as well as writing love, and moon verses, to end back in Spring.

The intrepid rengaistas get their first few verses down:

Reflective rengaistas*
(*Alec Finlay's term for renga poets)

More thinking and working out a verse
that has to both link and shift!

Renga fun moments!
Although we look serious and reflective at times, there was a lot of fun too, especially with the 'love verses'.

Action renga!

Last verse!
Then some of us went on to Yen Sushi, it's a hard life for rengaistas!

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Herefordshire Haiku: poems on the move

2008-03-18T09:54:00.000-07:00

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Library van image by Alan Summers; Emma & myself image by Simon Holroyd.

I met Emma Stevens, Library Learning Officer at Hereford Station, and met up with the mobile library van at Fownhope to start my one day library van haiku poet-in-residence. Here are the five places we visited:

Herefordshire's lovely countryside replete with crows & rooks:

carrion crow call
refracted river-ripples
on the horsechestnut

mist haze -
a crow cleans its beak
on a rooftop aerial

2 haiku by Alan Summers

on a leafless branch
a crow comes to nest -
autumn nightfall

Basho (1644 - 1694) trans. Haruo Shirane

harusame no
dobei hi tomaru
karasu

mud wall perch
in the spring rain
a crow

Shiki Masaoka (1890-1902) English version trans Alan Summers.

The people:

picture by Simon Holroyd
Mrs Hulbert, who paid us a visit, (and helps out at Age Concern), is an artist who was interested in the tradition of combining pictures with haiku known as haiga in Japan.

(Please click onto the pictures for a larger image)
Mrs Hulbert deservedly is awarded a haiku detective badge!

picture by Alan Summers
Mrs Slade was the second of my home visits to people unable to get out and visit the library van. Mrs Slade will be 100 in June this year. We also visited Mrs Oxley, in her nineties, who was also great fun, despite her fragility.

Simon Holroyd, the library van driver. It was a shame it was a very wet day, but the visitors we did have made it all worthwhile.

I left some of our haiku detective badges to encourage many more haiku being written at local libraries and with Simon Holroyd on his library van so I hope even more haiku get written.

Promenade: haiku beside the sea

2008-03-13T13:37:00.000-07:00

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A number of my haiku will be appearing in 3LIGHTS GALLERY in April: 3LIGHTS GALLERY

Herefordshire Haiku: poems on the move

2008-03-11T09:08:00.000-07:00

I'm going out on Herefordshire's new mobile library this Saturday, 15th March 2008, meeting people in each location. The van visits a variety of countryside and village locations, and we're going to try and capture some of those surroundings in haiku with the people we meet. The haiku can then be shared and displayed around the county. If you are local, please come and find us, and write a haiku or two!

"Sat, 15 Mar 2008: come along and join Haiku poet Alan Summers on the Mobile Library. Using the fabulous scenery of Herefordshire as inspiration, Alan will be on hand to encourage your imagination and enable you to write your own haiku. Feel free to bring along your own Japanese Haiku poetry, or have a go whilst choosing your books as the mobile visits Fownhope, Goodrich, Lea, Whitchurch and Llangrove."

images from sign-rite

weblink: Council brings Japan to Herefordshire this Easter

myherefordshire.com weblink: Herefordshire Haiku: Poems on the Move

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Wing Beats: British Birds in Haiku

2008-03-09T11:01:00.001-07:00

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The website link: Wing Beats

I am proud to be able to say that a number of my haiku are published in this book.

‘This volume of haiku about birds and what it means to encounter birds in the landscape achieves the near impossible. It captures the deepest feelings and the most minute observations in the fewest words possible—a triumph of seeing, expression and poetic control.’
Mark Cocker, author and naturalist

Mark Cocker is one of Britain’s foremost writers on nature and contributes regularly to the Guardian, the Times Literary Supplement, as well as BBC Radio Four.

‘The poems in this volume are worthy heirs to three great traditions: the British love of nature, especially birds; the poetic approach of John Clare, rooted in observation and reality but taking the reader to a higher plane; and finally, of course, the long and venerable tradition of haiku.
By combining these, the writers have produced something truly unique: beautifully written yet easily accessible poetry that helps us reconnect with the natural world in a deeper, more intense way.’
Stephen Moss, from the Foreword
Stephen Moss is a producer at the BBC Natural History Unit.

‘In Wing Beats, the brief, Japanese-style haiku becomes an absolutely first-rate medium for capturing those fleeting moments all bird-lovers prize.

The birds in these poems glide, poke, and zip across the many different landscapes of Britain, punctuating the wind and the sounds of human activity.

Substantial appendices discuss how experience and tradition combine to freshen our understanding of the seasons in haiku.

I find Wing Beats full of acute observations, artistically moving, and intellectually stimulating—a very important book.’
William J. Higginson, author
The Haiku Handbook, Haiku World, etc.

You can order online:
Wing Beats website

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Kingsfield School goes haiku!

2008-03-09T10:25:00.000-07:00

The first half of Friday February 15th became a poetry day for pupils at Kingsfield Grammar School in Bristol. Kingsfield is a Specialist Mathematics and Computing College. I was part of a visit from Bath Spa University and took 3 one hour sessions in the dept.computer room AG7 with Yr 7 ATk, Yr 10 JTn, Yr 8 CSw classes.

One pupil from year 8 proudly handed me her handout of well placed images with haiku poems:

Dark blanket of sky
Silent screech owls flies with grace
Braking midnight's depth

Wow!

Tim Anderson, teacher/governor at Kingsfield said:
"Many, many thanks for coming to Kingsfield. All the teachers involved in the workshops have said how much they enjoyed them and how valuable they were for the pupils."

"Alan's Haiku went down well with the Yr 7s, and we were impressed at how the sometimes turbulent Yr 10s tackled them."

"The acid test, of course, is: "Was it worthwhile? Should we do it again?"
Again all the teachers involved gave a resounding affirmative to both questions."

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Haiku & Senryu

2008-02-26T10:59:00.000-08:00

Well, we had our first Asian Forms workshop last Saturday, on haiku & senryu, and a lot of fun it was, and quite a few really good haiku & senryu came out. I hope to see some of the poems appear later this year in haiku publications.

Click here for the remaining Asian Poetry Forms of tanka, sedoka, sijo, jueju, & renga workshops: workshops

Click here for the venue: Workshop venue page

For bookings, and information:
Julia Bird, Programme Co-ordinator

The Poetry School
81-83 Lambeth Walk
London
SE11 6DX

Tel: 0845 223 5274
Website: CLICK HERE

Julia is in the office on Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays

Also we are fortunate enough to have Dorothea Smartt as the School's new administrator - she can be reached at:administration@poetryschool.com.

New venue for The Poetry School haiku, tanka, renga, and other poetry workshops!

2007-12-31T09:03:00.000-08:00

Webpage link: The Slug and Lettuce in Bath
Click for details: The Poetry School Workshops

The Poetry School Webpage link: The Poetry School

The Poetry School 2008 courses

2007-10-09T09:38:00.000-07:00

I'm giving the following Poetry School courses in 2008:

Haiku & Senryu
Activity: Writing Feedback Exercises
Study Mode: One Day Workshop
Venue:
Slug and Lettuce - Bath
5/6 Edgar Buildings, George Street
Bath BA1 2EE
Slug & Lettuce weblink: Slug & Lettuce
Date: 23 February, 2008
Day: Saturday
Time: 10.30am-4.30pm

Participants will learn the ‘real rules’ of these ultra-compact forms and consider their relevance to modern British poetry.

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Korean, Japanese & Chinese Forms
Activity: Writing Feedback Exercises
Study Mode: One Day Workshop
Venue:
Slug and Lettuce - Bath
5/6 Edgar Buildings, George Street
Bath BA1 2EE
Slug & Lettuce weblink: Slug & Lettuce
Date: 29 March, 2008
Day: Saturday
Time: 10.30am-4.30pm

This workshop introduces the forms of Sijo, Sedoka, Tanka, and Jueju. Participants will learn how these forms are still active today.

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Renga
Activity: Writing Feedback Exercises
Study Mode: One Day Workshop
Venue:
Slug and Lettuce - Bath
5/6 Edgar Buildings, George Street
Bath BA1 2EE
Slug & Lettuce weblink: Slug & Lettuce
Date: 26 April, 2008
Day: Saturday
Time: 10.30am-4.30pm

This workshop introduces the shared writing linked verse form of renga (both haiku and senryu originate from renga). Through group activity we will aim to complete a twenty verse nijuin renga by the end of the day.

For the renga workshop, if you have never written renga, then there is no need to bring work, just bring yourself!

The purpose of these three workshops is to examine and practice, through group discussion and participation, both the traditions and contemporary possibilities of various classic Asian poetry forms. Participants will aim to have finished poems at the end of each session and are invited to bring work-in-progress as well (16 copies of each poem).

Each workshop fee: £35, £25 concs

The School office in London is staffed part-time, so if you don't catch them in, please leave a message and they will get back to you as soon as they possibly can:
Phone: 0845 223 5274
Email: programme@poetryschool.com

USEFUL WEBLINKS

The Poetry School weblink: The Poetry School

Slug & Lettuce, Bath weblink: Where to find the Slug & Lettuce, and contact details

Space Haiku Competition!

2007-08-23T10:14:00.000-07:00

A space haiku competition for under sixteens, fantastic prizes!

Web link: At-Bristol Space Haiku competition

haiku detectives Copyright © 2007 Alan Summers & With Words,
All Rights Reserved.

The new Katikati Haiku Pathway guidebook is now available.

2007-08-09T04:29:00.000-07:00

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"The new Katikati Haiku Pathway guidebook is now available. It features a complete set of the 30 poems engraved on boulders in this riverside walk in Katikati, New Zealand, among them a poem by English writer Alan Summers. The walk had its three newest additions blessed at the end of July in a ceremony conducted by local Maori."

almost lost
in the shimmer of water
several ducklings *

The book also includes short author biographies, a potted history of the project and a map of the pathway.

For those ordering from the UK the cost (including P&P) in New Zealand dollars is $12 for 1, or $20 for 2.

Payment may be made through the Katikati Haiku Pathway Focus Committee's PayPal account.

Please e-mail Sandra at: nzhaiku@gmail.com
for details of the payee account, or for the cost if you wish to purchase more than 2 books.

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* haiku publishing credits:
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Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, Japan, October 2004
Haiku Pathway Katikati guidebook (2003)
pub. Katikati Open-Air Art Inc. ISBN 0-476-00060-2
First Australian Haiku Anthology
ISBN 0 9577925 9 X University of Queensland (2003)
Raku Teapot: Haiku Book and CD
pub. Raku Teapot Press (2003) in assoc. with White Owl Publishing
Book: ISBN 1-891691-03-1 CD: ISBN 1-891691-04-X

www.tinywords.com January 2001
haiku poem handcarved into a river boulder (2000) at The Haiku Pathway, Katikati, North Island, New Zealand

First Australian eAnthology (1999):
First Australian eAnthology webpage

British Haiku Society article: "English/Japanese Haiku" by Nobuyuki Yuasa
Reprinted in BHS journal (September 1998) vol.8 no.3 ISSN 1353-3320

Talk: Baiko Women's College, Japan (October 1996)
The haiku was used & translated into 'romaji'* for an article by Nobuyuki Yuasa (editor/translator of Penguin Classics book "Oku no Hosomichi"
*romaji version (Romanised Japanese) by Nobuyuki Yuasa
mizu haete hikari ni kasumu kogamo kana

Blithe Spirit,
journal of British Haiku Society, Vol.6 No.1 February 1996 ISSN 1353-3320

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USEFUL WEBLINKS:
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If you would like to learn more about the pathway, please go to:
Poetry Society New Zealand

Janice's Katikati webpage with images:
Katikati images etc...

The Katikati Town Web Site:
includes details of the Haiku Pathway

Katikati’s Millennium Project, The Haiku Pathway:
Katikati Mural Town: haiku park

Gerald England's blog and Katikati record:
Ackborn born, gone West: ABC Wednesday - K is for Katikati Haiku Pathway

For New Zealand, and international haiku news please check out:
New Zealand Haiku News

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SWOT: arts & literary magazine, haiku article

2007-07-17T05:42:00.001-07:00

Article©Swot Magazine 2007

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Writer in Residence, Frome Festival, 7th July 2007

2007-07-10T11:34:00.000-07:00

photo©Crysse Morrisson
Check out Crysse's blog for more background information: weblink
and at Hazel Stewart's blog: Hazel's blog link

Here I am, as writer-in-residence with manager Kate, staff members Becky, Jen, Sally, and Saturday volunteer orangey stripy Helen!

Jen Pickup even wrote two haiku with me in!

Resident writer
sitting in the window shade
scribbling lines.

Noise from the stream street
Drifting in past the poet
Into the shop cool.

Jen is wearing the No. 3 purple top! ;-)

The result of my writing, which this time wasn't haiku or other haikai, was revealed on the 23rd July event at Christies Café in Frome.

Check out Crysse's and Hazel's blogs for information on the Frome Festival: crysse's blog weblink and Hazel's: Hazel's blog link

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Haiku balloons at the POW Festival of Arts & Literature, Bath Spa University

2007-07-10T08:48:00.000-07:00

photo©Alan Summers 2007

This image is of the haiku balloons, each one of them with a haiku written by students during my workshops, and by visitors to the POW Festival of Arts & Literature:

POW festival poster images designed by Abby Keverne

The POW Festival
Bath Spa University
Newton Park
Friday 15th June 2007

I was involved with a number of haiku & renga workshops at Bath Spa University, hired by ambidextrous who were behind this great festival along with another student society called Play on Words Productions.

Watch the video made by Ambidextrous and Soft C, and leave a comment to encourage current and future Bath Spa Univ. students.
Weblink: haiku video

Here you can see Emerson Leese, of Ambidextrous, checking out my Haiku Wall during the time I was a haiku poet-in-residence at Bristol central cafe Oppo}, as mentioned in this year's "Lonely Planet" guide for the U.K.!
Weblink: click for image of Emerson with me and my haiku wall!

Alan & Emerson photo©Sam Reader, ambidextrous

More weblinks:
Weblink: ambidextrous Myspace site
Weblink: The POW Festival
Alan's "haigu" [sic]
"back by popular demand"
One of many of the Haiku Walls at Bath Spa University

Here you can see some of the balloons in "The Haiku Room". Weather brought them out, but weather later took them out and up up and away too!

First 3 images in this grouping by Abby Keverne, POW 
4th image©Alan Summers 2007

You can see a student hard at work composing a haiku poem.

(haiku writing photo©Alan Summers 2007)

haiku wall/balloons photo by Abby Keverne, POW

The POW Festival team (red POW T-shirts) were out in force for the launch of the haiku balloons.

(1st photo©Alan Summers 2007
Last 5 photos by Abby Keverne, POW)

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And except for the single spooky silver haiku UFO near my feet, I think a few haiku balloons might still be floating over mainland Europe and even heading over to Japan.

haiku & poetry at Gold Hill Fair

2007-07-03T10:31:00.001-07:00

Six poets go to the Gold Hill Fair!
Fast firing words to sensual whispers, an exciting mix of poets from across the South West take a new look at life and tell it like it really is.
Tracy Wall's Tor Poets

Due to severe storm warning the organiser of the Gold Hill Fair managed to secure us the skittle alley in the Two Brewers pub, which is an eighteenth century pub at the bottom of Gold Hill at 24, St James Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset, U.K. weblink: The Two Brewers pub

BTW if you think the hill looks familiar, it was used in a famous T.V. advert for Hovis bread: weblink

The poets on Sunday 1st July 2007 were:
Tracy Wall
Alan Summers
Rose Flint
jennie gilling
Bob Walton
Anna Davies

Gold Hill Fair Website: Gold Hill Fair

Poet's weblinks:
Rose Flint
Wells Literature Festival Slam winner Tracy Wall
Poet/artist Jennie Gilling
Bob Walton, who has won the Welsh Arts Council New Poet Award
Anna Davies, up and coming poet Glastonbury poet

I also brought my Haiku Postbox and as you can see, with Anna's fine signwriting, even the fabulous Two Brewers pub staff were hooked!

Big thanks to Lottie and Kathy for being such cool participants!

Bath Spa University Student Magazine Article

2007-06-21T06:53:00.001-07:00

Please click onto images to get larger text.

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Article & images©Aesthetics Magazine 2007

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The AppleHouse haiku & ginko pictures

2007-06-12T08:30:00.002-07:00

The following images come from the Saturday June 9th 2007 haiku workshop in Kent, South East England:
A LONG POET'S GUIDE TO HAIKU:
THE APPLEHOUSE HAIKU & GINKO WORKSHOP
No previous experience of writing or reading haiku was necessary.

The AppleHouse workshop studio is one of the nicest places I've ever workshopped in! The students were excellent too!

The nearby oast house, and some of the insects. I also saw a fox cub come out from the orchard and pose for a couple of seconds but I'd foolishly switched my camera off.

These two students are excellent examples of becoming immersed in wabisabi.

Unfortunately I had to drag them back to the studio so we could hear their haiku!

This is Lynne Rees, who organises the AppleHouse poetry workshops, absorbing the atmosphere for writing haiku.

Kenya, Africa: The Stars & Night Sky Challenge Haiku Competition Results!

2007-06-03T11:36:00.000-07:00

Top left photo©David Kimani Mwangi
(all unnamed photos are ©Isabelle Prondzynski)

The Stars & Night Sky Challenge Haiku Competition all started when I challenged students in Nairobi to write haiku poems about the stars and night sky!

To find out even more please make a visit to:
The Kenya Saijiki home page
Saijiki is a kind of poetry almanac for haiku!
A saijiki contains many keywords
and phrases for the seasons called kigo and kidai:
The World Kigo Database Home Page

In March 2007 I posted a challenge to the discussion site of the haiku clubs of Nairobi: WEBLINK: The haiku clubs of Nairobi

Photos©David Kimani Mwangi

[NOTE: Patrick Wafula is in the purple shirt, and as you will see further down in the Adult section, also a very fine haiku poet!]

My Challenge!
"Can I ask something? Can I in fact, challenge you?! ;-)

I don't know how much clear night sky you can see, because of city lights, but where I live, in Bradford on Avon, because I am near the country, there are fewer street and house lights and I can see the Milky Way, and Orion's Belt, very clearly, can you see them?

Do you have different words for stars and groups of stars?

I would love to get to see haiku that involve the stars, from very local names to regional names, maybe your own names for stars too."

Photos©David Kimani Mwangi

[NOTE: Anthony Njoroge is in the cream shirt and a great community leader, and he acts as Master of Ceremonies, as well as being a very fine haiku poet too!]

This is what happened... a full-blown haiku competition for Nairobi students culminating in a prize giving!

These teenagers are from Kayole slum -- I hesitate to say they are slum children, because the students, who come from very poor backgrounds, are rich in life and attitude that constantly leaves me humbled and inspired. They are also very well educated, and I have learnt more from them and their teachers than I can ever teach them.

So, the challenge was met, and 142 haiku were collected by Isabelle Prondzynski (Moderator of the discussion group, Kenya Saijiki) and handed over to me for judging, with the support of Gabi Greve (Director of WHC Worldkigo) in Japan.

Finally, the prizes were announced and awarded at the Outing of the Haiku Clubs in May 2007 -- read more here :

It was a beautiful day, and much fun was had by all, as you will see from the pictures of the ginko that followed the prize giving.

The student prize winners of the Stars and Night Sky Challenge
Photo © Isabelle Prondzynski

Comments by Alan Summers :

1st Prize

story-telling
around the bonfire --
a shooting star

~ Anne Njoki (Bamboocha, Form 1)

Storytelling is such an important part of culture in any country, and here we have other strong words that carry so much weight, in "bonfire" and "shooting star". What a lovely atmosphere is evoked here, and that is a very important part of haiku, evoking (showing) not telling, not putting everything onto the page, yet it's all there to be read if you look for it.

2nd Prize

pointing at the full moon --
the baby stops crying
as she watches the moon

~ Catherine Njeri Maina (Bamboocha)

The other person doesn't need to be mentioned in any more words, because we can all imagine it is either our older brother or sister, an aunt, an uncle, or a parent, sharing the wonder of the moon with a child. Wonderful!

3rd Prize
a thief stealing
from our neighbour's shop --
moonlight

~ Caren Cheptoo (Bamboocha, Form 1)

This has a good allusion to a classic haiku, and I can imagine more than one meaning here. It could be a straight meaning of a thief stealing or trying to steal from a shop at night, or a thief "window shopping" at night and all he can steal is the moonlight. A good haiku is where readers can take different meanings from the poem and add a little of themselves, so a haiku is not only the shortest poem in the world, but when people share their own meanings it also becomes the longest poem in the world!

EXTRA NOTE: this also works as an allusion to a famous haiku from Buson...

the moon-
even a thief stops
to admire

trans. Alan Summers

Please consider visiting this weblink to see more prize winning entries from the schoolchildren, they really are good!
The Kenya Saijiki results page

We even had a section created for adults!

The Adult Section Prizewinners
With the comments of Alan Summers :

Adult prizewinners of the Stars and Night Sky Challenge
Photos © Isabelle Prondzynski

1st Prize

a twilight girl
running on the street --
glittering stars

~ James Macharia (Bahati)

I love the stunning "a twilight girl" which falls headlong into a great poem!

2nd Prize
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moon and stars
the only witnesses --
two lovers eloping

~ Patrick Wafula (Patron, Bamboochas [In the middle])

Very very atmospheric!

3rd Prize
clouds move
some stars are covered
it darkens

~ Adelaide Luvandale (Patron, Peacocks)

A very chilling, moody, atmospheric last line, I love it!

Please consider visiting these weblinks also:
The Kenya Saijiki home page
The World Kigo database home page

2007-05-21T11:12:00.000-07:00

river light-
two girls 'quack compete'
with the ducks

Check out The Lock Inn's own pictures where I was eating a Summer Sunday lunch: The Lock Inn Café

Where in the U.K. is this? Click here!

two ducks image©Alan Summers 2007

Kent, Saturday 9th June THE APPLEHOUSE HAIKU & GINKO WORKSHOP

2007-03-30T08:26:00.000-07:00

Only two spaces left as of last night (Thursday 3rd May)!

For further information:
write to: The AppleHouse, Aldon Lane, Offham, Kent ME19 5PH
or email: applehousepoetry@yahoo.co.uk

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THE APPLEHOUSE HAIKU & GINKO WORKSHOP, KENT, U.K.

10am to 4.30pm on Saturday 9th June 2007

AppleHouse is a financially independent project supporting poets in the South East through levels of excellence in intensive, small-group workshops, masterclasses, and anthology and pamphlet publication.
For further information:
write to: The AppleHouse, Aldon Lane, Offham, Kent ME19 5PH
or email: applehousepoetry@yahoo.co.uk

A LONG POET'S GUIDE TO HAIKU:
THE APPLEHOUSE HAIKU & GINKO WORKSHOP
10am to 4.30pm on Saturday 9th June 2007

Suitable for poets and writers of all levels – maximum of 12.

No previous experience of writing or reading haiku is necessary.

Haiku is simple, but requires discipline to write well. Learn the techniques behind contemporary English-language haiku with writing exercises and discussion. We will cover the world's shortest literary form, from its origins in Japan, to its current world-wide practice.

There will also be an opportunity for a traditional Japanese haiku-writing walk (a 'ginko') in the AppleHouse orchard.

Feel free to bring thirteen copies of any haiku you have written already.

10am to 4.30pm on Saturday 9th June 2007
Day Workshop for £42 including two-course lunch with wine

Tutor
Alan Summers is a Japan Times award-winning haiku poet and a Visiting Tutor for The Poetry School.

He's widely published with work translated into eleven different languages.
Alan is a judge for numerous haiku competitions, including The Sasakawa Prize for Original Contributions in the Field of Haikai, and is a former General Secretary of the British Haiku Society.

He is currently judging haiku entries from children and students from the poor areas of Nairobi, Kenya, Africa.

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WEBPAGE LINK ABOUT OFFHAM, KENT
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Offham is a charming typical Kentish village surrounded by hop gardens and orchards: webpage link about Offham, Kent

STREETMAP:
Streetmap webpage

MULTIMAP:
Multimap webpage

APRIL 11th EVENT: haiku & open mic

2007-03-18T16:53:00.001-07:00

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THE BATH ROYAL LITERARY & SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE venue:
The BRLSI website

PDF FILE showing accessiblity and floor plans:
BRLSI accessibility PDF

TO FIND BRLSI: STREETMAP

Charlotte Street Long Stay Car Park is just a few minutes away from the BRLSI venue:
webpage link

Car Parking Map:
Car Parks Map - Bath webpage link

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Celebrating diversity

2007-03-14T15:45:00.000-07:00

Frenchay Campus
University of West of England (UWE)
11 a. m. Friday, 16th March

Destination: World celebrates UWE's diversity, brings the different cultures at UWE closer together, and stimulates interest and appreciation in the cultures and the diversity of the world.

Kristina & Yvonne at the Japan stalls.

Hmmm, in my defence, this was Yvonne's idea! ;-)

Globe Café, Octagon, Frenchay Campus
I read some of my own haiku, as well as haiku from students in Nairobi, Kenya, Africa.

People also had an opportunity to purchase a haiku mug and T-shirt souvenir of the day!

The event was aimed at all students at the university (more than 30,000).
Ffi contact: Kristina Nink Telephone: 0117 32 82010 Email: Kristina.Nink@uwe.ac.uk

For more information visit: Destination: World

Weblinks:
Disability Resource Centre

How to get to Frenchay Campus

Friday Evening 2/2/07

2007-02-02T07:32:00.000-08:00

The Art House Gallery website with map link (little green square)

The Poetry School haiku & senryu Saturday February 17th workshop: there are just a few spaces left

2007-01-13T06:50:00.000-08:00

For more details about my haiku & senryu workshop please click onto this link: More details

Guest Speaker on Basho

2007-01-02T08:49:00.000-08:00

At local BRISTOL CAN OPENERS this coming Thursday lunchtime I'll be giving a short talk on Basho and his famous haiku poems.
BASHO:
A TALK ON THE FAMOUS JAPANESE HAIKU POET

Alan Summers, Tokyo, Basho Haiku Museum, Japan

GUEST POET:
Naomi Woddis
WEBLINK: Naomi Woddis Myspace website

plus
OPEN MIC SLOTS
one before the break
one after the break

ALL WELCOME!

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Bristol Central Library
Thursday 4th January 2007
12-1.30pm

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