Alan Summers : events, readings, online poetry courses including haiku online workshops and tanka online workshops

I'm a Japan Times award-winning writer with over 20 years experience in haiku and tanka poetry, and I enjoy working with people around the world who are intrigued by these two short verse genres.

Alan Summers, Director and Lead Tutor, With Words

International Online Haiku Courses:
http://area17.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/online-haiku-course-early-bird-rate.html

International Online Haiku and Tanka Courses:
http://area17.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/dates-for-next-online-haiku-tanka.html

For futher information about dates later in the year for online courses and workshops, both one-to-one and small groups please don't hesitate to send an email to Karen at: karen@withwords.org.uk

Live and Local (UK)
I also do occasional writing group presentations (talks; readings; workshops) and live events.  For further information drop Karen a line at: karen@withwords.org.uk






Alan Summers speaking about haiku at a TEDx event:
http://area17.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/transcript-from-tedx-video-amazement-of.html


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Online Tanka Courses and Workshops: The 'early bird rate' of £45 or US$68 for the online tanka course starting on July 1st is still open for another ten days

The 'early bird rate' of £45 or US$68 for the online tanka course starting on July 1st is still open for another ten days - please email: karen@withwords.org.uk for details including quotes from previous students.

Thank you!

Karen

Karen Hoy
With Words

 

Tanka are well-grounded in concrete images yet infused with lyric intensity, with an intimacy from direct expression of emotions tempered with implication, suggestion, and nuance. You can cover almost any subject, explicitly expressing your direct thoughts and feelings. 

Alan Summers, Decoding Tanka (Extract from Article in Progress)

http://area17.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/dates-for-next-online-haiku-tanka.html


140 And Counting is a collection of the best twitter literature from the first two years of the journal’s history, on relationships, nature, work, animals, seasons, science fiction and fantasy, and mortality:

• ISBN 978-1-937794-05-7 (epub) available for iPad, Nook, etc. from Goodreads.
• ISBN 978-1-937794-03-3 (mobi) available for Kindle on Amazon.com

sometimes

before falling in love

with my wife

again and again

the cries of swifts

Alan Summers (140 And Counting)

a small death

the cracked shell

of a snail

now this delay

at the train station

Alan Summers (Take Five: Best Contemporary Tanka Vol. 3)