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| The ‘Summer Haiku Almanac' workshop |
Organiser: Moor Poets
Start time: 10 a.m. Sun 13 Jun 2010
Website:http://area17.blogspot.com/2010/02/summer-haiku-almanac-dartmoor-workshop.html
Telephone Number: 01803 840541
Description: The ‘Summer Haiku Almanac' workshop & walk
The Big Yurt, Nr Poundsgate Sunday 13 June, 10 – 4pm
Workshop leaders: Alan Summers & Karen Hoy
The aim of the day is to produce Dartmoor Haiku, from which will begin the creation of a Devon Haiku Almanac.
This follows in the tradition of haiku poets in Japan, who traditionally produce seasonal almanacs - Haiku Saijiki.
The workshop will include warm up exercises and group discussion/Q&A; with a complimentary Haiku Journal notebook for each person.
There will also be opportunities for micro one-to-one for anyone bringing previously written haiku draft poems.
THE HAIKU WALK:
‘Haiku are poems rooted in natural history and the seasons; they make us conspirators with wildlife, as nature half-writes the haiku before we've even put pen to paper.’ Alan Summers
The day will include a walk with a second complimentary Haiku Journal notebook to use for recording field-notes and/or rough drafts.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Please bring old Devon/Dartmoor colloquial terms, nicknames and sayings to help create a Haiku Saijiki for Devon.
Workshop Fees:
By donation, with a suggested £10 - 25 for all day.
SPECIAL OFFER:
These workshops are for members of Moor Poets, so if you’re not already a member, your first workshop fee will also automatically make you a member for this year.
Please bring a packed lunch if coming for a full day. Tea and coffee is available.
If appropriate, please bring outdoor wear (even sunscreen!) suitable for the weather and month on Dartmoor.
Moor Poets Website: http://www.moorpoets.org.uk/
Please remember:
YOUR PLACE ON WORKSHOPS MUST BE BOOKED IN ADVANCE –NUMBERS ARE OFTEN LIMITED.
WORKSHOP LEADERS
Alan Summers is a Japanese poetry expert and tutor/director of With Words; a Japan Times award-winning writer; 2009 Embassy of Japan 'Japan-UK 150' haiku & renga poet-in-residence, and published on the BBC Poetry Season website. He is also joint coordinator (with June Wentland) of The 1000 Verse Renga Project.
Karen Hoy is a published haiku writer and has assisted Alan with both Poetry School and other workshops. She is published in "My Mother Threw Knives" Second Light Publications ISBN: 0-9546934-1-8 (2006), and was Highly Commended in the BBC Wildlife Magazine’s Nature Writer of the Year Awards, 2009.
Admission: Donation (see above)
Address: Dartmoor private home with big garden close to the River Dart.
(details when booked)
Email: [email protected]
Accessibility: Please call or email contact person (above)
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