Category Archives: Alan Summers

Daily Haiku: May 29, 2020

mother’s sepsis . . . I help the undertakers wrap her away   by Alan Summers (UK) Human/Kind Journal of Topical & Contemporary Japanese Short-forms & Art, Issue 1.1, January 2019

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Daily Haiku: May 13, 2020

the rain almost a friend this funeral by Alan Summers (UK) Azami, #28, Japan, 1995

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Daily Haiku: Jan. 2, 2020

porch side mountains the wind-pushed snow all around us by Alan Summers (UK) Asahi Shimbun, December 2019

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Daily Haiku: Dec. 26, 2019

powder keg snow travelling into dusk with this crow by Alan Summers (UK) Blithe Spirit, Vol. 29, No. 4, November 2019

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Daily Haiku: Nov. 12, 2019

autumn deepens . . . a passenger squirrels away his season ticket Alan Summers (UK) Bacopa Literary Review, June 2019

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Daily Haiku: Aug. 18, 2019

rain-soaked wind the weather-worn notice peels back more   by Alan Summers (U.K.) Judges’ Favorites/Selected Haiku 6th Annual Golden Haiku Competition, Washington DC  

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Daily Haiku: Aug. 13, 2019

sparrowhawk fence an ending to the summer as leaves start to stutter by Alan Summers (U.K.) Bacopa Literary Review, June 2019

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Daily Haiku: Alan Summers’ Week, Dec. 3 through 9

It’s Alan Summers’ Week once again. Alan is from the UK. Those of you who are avid readers of The Daily Haiku know that I regularly run Alan’s haiku and senryu, and often feature a week’s worth of his poetry. … Continue reading

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Daily Haiku: Sept. 23, 2018

haymaking the meadow packed with blue sky   by Alan Summers (UK) Troutswirl –Sense of Place: Meadow Sept. 16, 2018  

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Daily Haiku: Alan Summers’ Week–May 28 through June 3, 2018

Dear Loyal Readers and Followers: Today, Monday, May 28 through Sunday, June 3, you will enjoy a week’s worth of Alan Summers’ haiku. Alan lives in the UK, and his work often appears on this blog. His websites listed below … Continue reading

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