All new prompts!

Start Date: Thursday 23rd April 2026

End Date:  Thursday 9th July 2026

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 (4 spaces left)

Course Description:

Even more minimalist than haiku, the "monoku" 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 monoku, what is the substance of this tiny haiku derivative?

This course will encourage you to consider what a monoku 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 monoku writer, Alan Summers. At the end of the course, you will have eight monoku written over four submissions, with lots of notes for further ideas for monoku-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$285)

Early Bird Cost: £195 (approximately US$265) if booked by end of Wednesday 8th April 2026.

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

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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