#alan summers

[uendwen-art]

Trying to get something done for Mermay.

So, here's Shipwreck!Pim, with the druid Chris ( @changephase ) and the "paladin" Alan ( @imperialnuisance ) as mermen. :3

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[uendwen-art]

#Mermay finished. Don't ask me about backgrounds, ok?

[stellasstones]

Creeping sepia

creeping sepiaeven my iPhone stopped recognizing me Creeping sepia: is a relatively new kigo. Alan Summers, winner of the first modern kigo contest, writes: “A combination of the transition into Autumn (Fall) as Summer fades, and a mixture of climate change effects bringing out an urge for a nostalgia of historically fixed and clearly defined seasonal shifts of the past. This might also include…

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[stellasstones]

falling snow

the weightof our argumentsfalling snow Happy to see my poem included In the inaugural issue of the wonderful Blo͞o Outlier Journal! (P.12) Thank you, Alan Summers!

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[stellasstones]

Haiku and Masters of Japanese prints

Great news about the project arranged by Alan Summers, Karen Hoy, and Bertel Martin in collaboration with the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. Haiku sent by a number of haiku poets (one of mine included), were matched with Japanese block prints and are now displayed on the Museum website. A big thank you to Alan and Karen, and congratulations to all poets who took part.

From the Museum website:

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Haiku for Young People

Haiku for Young People

Haiku are poems written with a limited number of syllables (not necessarily 5-7-5, fewer is often better), in the present tense, comparing sensory images of nature. There are no opinions or judgements from the author – limited adjectives, and mostly no adverbs, similes, metaphors or personification. They do not rhyme. They can capture your heart, transporting you to the reality of that moment for…

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over the nettles where I know I just can't go orange-tip butterfly

Alan Summers, Presence 42 (2010)