Haiku and Senryu: An Introduction
Date: Saturday 17 February, 2007
Time: 10.30am - 4.30pm
Tutor: Alan Summers
Level: suitable for all levels
Activity: Writing Feedback Exercises
Study Mode: One Day Workshop
Venue: Murch Room, Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institute
This one-day workshop introduces haiku, and its sister form senryu, through discussion and exercises. Participants will learn the ‘real rules’ of these ultra-compact forms and consider their relevance to modern British poetry. We will aim to have finished poems at the end of the session, and you may bring work-in-progress to the group (please bring 16 copies).
The workshop is designed for all levels.
THE POETRY SCHOOL
To book, please download a booking form and
return it to the office.
More information can be found under booking information.
Cost: £35, £25 concs
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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
Saturday, July 22, 2006
BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE HAIKU FESTIVAL
British Sign Language Haiku Festival was a highly successful two-day event aimed to encourage more Deaf people to create "haiku" poems in British Sign Language.
To read more about the BSL haiku festival go to: http://www.bslhaiku.co.uk/events.html
and click here for some great BSL haiku: BSL haiku
Sponsors: University of Bristol; Centre for Deaf Studies; The Dorothy Miles Cultural Centre; Japan 21; The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation; and With Words.
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Claire Williamson's poetry comes to Oppo}
Claire Williamson, Arnolfini's first Visiting Writer in 2005 brings her poetry collection "RIDE ON" to Oppo} .
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Things said about RIDE ON
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"Beautiful brave writing... this poetry that is honed to a sharpness of light, bright with spirit, transcendent.”
ROSE FLINT - Arvon Foundation tutor, and broadcaster.
"These are poems with a job to do - to show how poetry can help us gain clarity and find value in some terrible passages of life. They deserve to be read.” PHILIP GROSS - Prof. of Creative Writing at Glamorgan University
“I read the poems in one reading, and came out a different person: a better person.” ALAN SUMMERS - Visiting Tutor for The Poetry School
Claire's "Ride On" website:
Claire's Events:
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