Tiny Haibun (an asynchronous online course with Alan Summers)

Level:  

This course is suitable for those who are already writing haiku or tanka (you might have completed one or more of our haiku or tanka courses previously, or studied one to one with Alan). Besides this, it is suitable for all levels of haibun experience, whether as a beginner wanting to start with short pieces, or as a more experienced writer who enjoys short-form haibun, and would benefit from some structure and optional prompts to create more pieces of work.

Number of Assignments: 6

Group Size:  up to 6 places (4 places available)

Course Description:

You will be invited to create a new haibun for each assignment, with guidance on how you might structure your piece. There will be an optional prompt for each assignment, with at least a week to work on your new piece, and you will receive feedback one week later in a group document. We leave you to digest the feedback for a few days before announcing the next prompt.

Haibun Length:  up to 130 words

What Should I Know? 

Getting the haiku (or tanka) right is widely believed to be the most challenging part of haibun – to the extent that when existing haibun writers are looking to improve, they sometimes come to us specifically looking to advance their haiku skills before returning to haibun. You can say it's a case of walking before you can run! And then haibun becomes one of the forms that our participants find most satisfying to write!