Summer Haiku Workshop
Work produced at Haiku Workshop
Today I attended a summer-themed haiku workshop at the Biscuit Factory Gallery (Newcastle upon Tyne) hosted by the poet Leila Hussein. I have never been one for the Haiku; I have dabbled in them occasionally, but after today's session I have a better understanding of the history, the form, and the beauty of creating within a structure. These are all first drafts, and I will be returning to them. My favourite is Sandcastle.
Leila's next workshop is in November: https://www.thebiscuitfactory.com/workshops/christmas-haiku-poetry-with-leila-hussein/
Push
The Summer pushes
Springtime backwards allowing
Cold to return soon
Transition One
Nature's flowers buzz
Yellow sunlit petals burn
Fall groundward with love
Transition Two
The daylight hours are
now lengthening our breathing
before restraint sits
Sandcastle
Sugared lips kiss froth and foam
Sandcastle sunlight
memories for tomorrows
Workshop
Summer haiku session
Words develop from quiet space
Mind slowing downwards
Life (in response to an image from Gracia magazine of a model)
Light across her face
Performance fronting darkness
Duty versus life
'Found' Haikus from sentences from a page of Gracia magazine
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She struck me as warm
Serious and full of grace
Take over the world
Untitled
She didn't know it
The aftermath of a move
Running out, closing
Untitled
The last fling before
Every frog we kiss is our
Happy ending time
About the Creator
Alyson Smith
Neurodivergent, working-class writer and artist diagnosed with Bipolar. Based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. MA in Creative Writing. Currently waitressing while finishing my novel.
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