The Art of Haiku
| Selections from Ukku Spring Haiku 2006 |
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 outdoor artist— the thick bandana pushes his eyebrows down |
 Spring thaw— my neighbours who are they I wonder? |
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Cumulus— low, white, fluffy, heaped the BBC tell me out my window I see roof tiles & smudges and a closing sky |
 just the one model getting out in curlers— Spring rain |
 coolness of spring rain waiting with the bus queue on my new cut hair |
 It was cold, it was wet, both rain and hail, and my three friends reminded me of "Three Girls in the Rain" by Kuniyoshi This photo was taken (Saturday April 8th) at Bristol's Brunel200 event to celebrate Isambard Kingdom Brunel's 200th birthday, performed by 200 saxophonists with Andy Sheppard. muddy feet three women in the rain Vicki stormy weather three women having a giggle Jeremy chucking it down ladies dancing in the rain Charlotte These three haiku were taken from: PARADE OF LIFE: POEMS INSPIRED BY JAPANESE PRINTS, selected by Paul Conneally & Alan Summers. ISBN: 09539234-2-8 Over 300 schoolchildren and other individuals wrote more than 400 poems inspired by art at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery's 'Parade of Life' Japanese Print Exhibition as part of the Bristol Poetry Festival and Japan2001 Festival. 'Parade of Life' is very impressive. — HIROAKI SANO, Japanese Embassy, London, U.K. |
 Easter Breakfast scrambled eggs & salmon - the Cabot Tower's angel gets a pigeon fly past Alan, Resident haiku poet at Bristol's haiku café Bristol's Cabot Tower, images & comments |
 through binoculars the gleam of sunlight a greenfinch’s beak jackinthegreen is a cropped jpg image of original art by Maureen Alderslade, artist with the Art House |
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last but one stop she coughs into bubblegum — i step off somewhere new |
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East[er] bank holiday— lots of sirens up my hill on my way down |
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just by a nose a warm after-Easter glow... the green between roofs |
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| Alan Summers | |
| Alan Summers is a Japan Times award-winning poet based in Bristol, UK. He is a visiting tutor for The Poetry School at the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institute. His haiku blog is Area 17 and his website is with words. |
| Angelee Deodhar | Gerald England | Laryalee Fraser | Denis M Garrison | David A Giacalone | Eric Houck Jr (1) | Eric Houck Jr (2) | Eric Houck Jr (3) | J Andrew Lockhart (1) | J Andrew Lockhart (2) |Paul David Mena | Alan Summers (1) | Alan Summers (2) | Alison Williams |
The other contributors were Aurora, John Barlow, Jason Sandford Brown, Norman Darlington, Dustin aka Texas Haijin, Eric Dutton, Little Onion, Matt Morden, RedGreenBen, Sangeet, Timothy and Yansidara.
| Selections from Ukku Spring Haiku 2006 | | The Art of Haiku | Haikai Talk | Haiku Reviews | Gerald England | New Hope International |