To find out more about senryu, take a look at our senryu page.

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: Tuesday 5th January 2027

End Date: Tuesday 2nd March 2027

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: £175 (approximately US$236)

Early Bird Cost: £165 (approximately US$222) if booking by end of Tuesday 22nd December 2026

What our students say about this course...

I have really enjoyed reading and rereading your comments and analysis of all the senryu. I love the way you do so much research.....Thank you for a great course. I do love the way we can read the comments on everyone else's work as you are stepping into someone's mind which is always fascinating. Looking forward to the next stage of the senryu journey.

Christine (2024)

Thanks for another wonderful course, Alan. Great prompts followed by indepth and educational feedback. I enjoyed it all very much

Leslie (2024)

Thanks for this course and all your fine feedback, Alan. I love Senryu. Thanks to my fellow poets for sharing your work. I learned something from everyone!

Leslie (2022)

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