Amazement of the ordinary- life through a haiku lens:Alan Summers at TEDxBradfordonAvon

Alan Summers has studied and written haiku and Japanese form poetry for twenty years. His work has won awards, been published internationally as well as translated into 15 languages. He's a former General Secretary of the British Haiku Society, and since founding 'With Words' in 2006, has run ambitious community projects with words and writing and has taught in universities, schools, in the NHS and for The Poetry School.
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[@meervi77]

A Samurai tale
Fear me not little rabbit
Lets share this quiet spring

[@gruntage95]

Very inspiring, thank you for all of the time and effort that went into this!

[@DigitalPhotoGuru]

upon
her blank canvas
summer clouds

[@hemapriya397]

Brilliant!

[@simonhanson5990]

tricklingdown the windscreenred light turns green.(Asahi Haikuist Network, March 31, 2017)..kelp forestweaving moonlightweaving shadows.(The Mainichi Haiku in English, Sept. 25, 2015)..catfishthe willows and Igently stirred.(The Mainichi Haiku in English, June 19, 2017).
Thank you for this inspiring talk Alan.

[@harehaikuist5425]

Yes!

[@donbaird]

A terrific presentation!!!

[@NicholasKlacsanzkyICM]

Lovely haiku Alan :)

[@meervi77]

All the birds of Eden
Being left unnamed, desolate
Mourn Adam, sing no more

[@floatingtigerscarriff6664]

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[@MessengerRising]

Obligatory opening joke went down like a lead balloon.