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Alan

haiku poet

About Me

Check out my Area 17 blog:
Area 17

Or to read my haiku:
With Words & haiku

Check out The With Words International Online Haiku Competition 2008: Haiku Competition

Or my haiku bulletin page (includes CV) Haiku Bulletin page & CV

Check out: The Poetic Image: Haiku and Photography

Check out THE Yorkshire Guide to what's on!
  • The Yorkshire Guide to What's on!

    • My Interests

    CURRENT MOON moon phase

    I'd like to meet:

    Real people who are bigger than the boxes that society tries to put us in, and who stay genuine inside and outside their jobs or whatever else they do. It isn't just writers, poets, and creative artists, who make this world worth visiting, but they sure do help.

    Music:

    Sigmatropic; Anil & Beth; Gorillaz; Kizzy Morrell; and Amy Winehouse, to name a few! Just check my Myspace friends for some bands both local, national and international.

    Movies:

    Foreign films; anything black & white; anime; good SF films; trashy SF films as long as they have less than 3 stars on the rating system, in fact no stars is even better.

    Occasional Hollywood type films of course, but what really grabs me is any interesting independent film-making. Take for instance the mesmerisingly breaktaking film Kelling Brae directed by Alan Miller:
    Kelling Brae

    Television:

    Heroes.

    Books:

    Carol Ann Duffy's 'Rapture' is a real must for anyone romantic, or anyone who isn't a romantic.Anything by Bill Higginson: check his sites on the haiku links at Area 17.

    Heroes:

    Most of them are dead, but I hear a few live ones have been allowed to live by the bureaucrats, but their time is runnin' out.

    My Blog

    Wing Beats: British Birds in Haiku launch #2

    =================BATH U.K.BOOK LAUNCH=================***FREE EVENT***with wine, soft drinks, and nibblesMr B's Emporium of Reading DelightsIndependent Bookshop of the Year 2008 (British Book Indust...
    Posted by Alan on Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:59:00 PST

    Wing Beats: British Birds in Haiku

    Check out my blog at Area 17:Area 17For exciting news on the eagerly anticipated Wing Beats: British Birds in Haiku!
    Posted by Alan on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:23:00 PST

    The Poetry School workshops: haiku & senryu; renga; and "Korean, Japanese & Chinese Forms"

    My Poetry School Spring 2008 courses in the U.K. Click onto "search by tutor": The Poetry School workshops directory page and then scroll down to Alan Summers, and click search for the workshops I'm o...
    Posted by Alan on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 07:39:00 PST

    The With Words International Online Haiku Competition 2008

    Here at With Words we believe in acting locally and thinking globally, so half of any profits from this competition will go towards literacy work with children in developing countries, and half will g...
    Posted by Alan on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 06:07:00 PST

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

    Only two places left! Enquire by email: [email protected] to check current availability.A LONG POET'S GUIDE TO HAIKU10am to 4.30pm on Saturday 9th June 2007Suitable for poets and writers o...
    Posted by Alan on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:56:00 PST

    a Uni-Verse haiku event

    Uni-Verse haiku event at BRSLI!Wednesday 11 Apr 2007 12.30 - 2 p.m. Organiser: Nikki Bennett-Willetts, Poetry Society Stanza Rep for BathDescription: Alan Summers, Japan Times award winning poet, will...
    Posted by Alan on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:33:00 PST

    A talk on Basho

    Guest Speaker Alan Summers talks about Basho BRISTOL CAN OPENERS this coming Thursday lunchtime.GUEST POET: Naomi Woddisplus OPEN MIC SLOTSone before the breakone after the breakALL WELCOME!FIND A HAI...
    Posted by Alan on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 08:58:00 PST

    The Poetry School haiku & senyru Saturday workshop

    There are just a few spaces left!Haiku and Senryu: An IntroductionDate: Saturday 17 February, 2007Time: 10.30am - 4.30pmTutor: Alan SummersLevel: suitable for all levelsActivity: Writing Feedback Exer...
    Posted by Alan on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 08:47:00 PST

    The 24 Hour Haiku Answerphone!

    !!!! THE 24 HOURS A DAY HAIKU ANSWERPHONE !!!!Just leave a haiku on the answerphone! A haiku only takes six seconds to read over the phone so the cost won't be much at all!The 24 Hour Haiku Answerphon...
    Posted by Alan on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 11:12:00 PST

    Directions; maps; and details for haiku at Bath Spa

    HAIKU CREATESHOP;IDEAS; and THE HAIKU WALLMonday 6th November from 8-10pmBath Spa UniversityNewton Park Campus Room Ne101 (1st floor lecture room) Newton building Bath, U.K.THIS IS A FREE EVENTOn the ...
    Posted by Alan on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 10:31:00 PST