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All new prompts for this course!

An interest in haiku will sooner or later expose you to its sister form, senryū. The two forms overlap, but here we follow prompts that allow us to grasp the essence of senryū, with its human behaviour focus, more directly.

Start Date: Monday 14th February 2022

End Date: Monday 11th April 2022

Format: Asynchronous. Participants work on written assignments in their own time.

Level: Beginners and improvers of senryu. Most people will come with at least some experience of writing haiku, although there is no reason not to start with senryu first! In fact in some ways senryū is less technically demanding.

Number of Assignments: 3

Group Size: up to 5 

Course Description:

How is a three-line senryu poem different to a three-line haiku poem, in content, style and language? Submitting two draft senryu three times over two months, we'll explore these questions, but also try to find our own "voice" with our senryu.

Assignments with prompts are posted privately online, and participants read Alan's feedback on each other's poems as well as on their own senryu, in a shared learning process.

Cost: £118 (approximately US$160)

Early Bird Cost: £110 (approximately US$150) if booking by Tuesday 8th February 2022.

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