Start Date: Tuesday 3rd November 2026

End Date:  Tuesday 2nd February 2027

Level: This course is suitable for students who have experience of writing haiku. If you are relatively new to haiku, we recommend taking one of our regular haiku courses first, to get the full benefit from this one. In the meantime, our advice is to keep reading haiku!

No. of Assignments and Feedback: 4

Group Size:  up to 5

Course Description:

Even more minimalist than haiku, the one-line haiku is a poem in one short line. They’ve become increasingly popular and more widely published in journals and anthologies.

So if a single short line is the shape of one-line haiku, what is the substance of this tiny haiku derivative?

This course will encourage you to consider what a one-line haiku is, for yourself as a writer, and will give deep feedback on the poems you write over four assignments.

The tutor is award-winning and widely published one-line haiku writer, Alan Summers. At the end of the course, you will have eight one-line haiku written over four submissions, with lots of notes for further ideas for one-line haiku-writing.

As with most of our online courses, participants will be sent the feedback on everyone’s work, as well as their own, in a shared learning experience.

Cost: £210 (approximately US$283)

Early Bird Rate: £195 (approximately US$263) if booked by end of 19th October 2026

What our students have said about this course....

I've enjoyed reading all of your monoku, and appreciate everyone's candor when describing their process. Thank you, students, and Alan, for your excellent and thoughtful insights.

Lee (2026)

Thank you Alan, Karen and Alison for a very enjoyable course. Special thanks to Alan, your comments and feedback have been inspiring and thought provoking, just what I needed!
Nick (2026)

I’m thrilled to have had another opportunity to study with Alan.
Allyson (2025)
 

As always I appreciate the sharing and guidance given....The connection keeps me focussed and motivated, and the process reveals to me unknown parts of my own thoughts and feelings. So, 'Thank you' all.
Sheila (2025)
 

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