Alan
Alan Summers
Alan Summers Director of With Words; haiku writer; children's fiction

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MusicSigmatropic; Anil & Beth; Gorillaz; Kizzy Morrell; and Amy Winehouse, to name a few! Just check my Myspace friends for some bands both local, national and international.
MoviesForeign films; anything black & white; anime; good SF films; trashy SF films as long as they have less than 3 stars on the rating system, in fact no stars is even better.

Occasional Hollywood type films of course, but what really grabs me is any interesting independent film-making. Take for instance the mesmerisingly breaktaking film Kelling Brae directed by Alan Miller:
Kelling Brae
TelevisionHeroes.
BooksCarol Ann Duffy's 'Rapture' is a real must for anyone romantic, or anyone who isn't a romantic. Anything by Bill Higginson: check his sites on the haiku links at Area 17.
HeroesMost of them are dead, but I hear a few live ones have been allowed to live by the bureaucrats, but their time is runnin' out.

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Body type:7' 6"
Zodiac Sign:Virgo
Occupation:Many things, some even pay.



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    We Are Poets! Performance Poetry for Children

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    Aug 16 2009 5:47 PM

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    Jul 7 2009 10:47 AM

    All of us here at Writing Raw would like to thank you for becoming our friend.

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    Frank Burton

    Frank Burton



    May 14 2009 10:21 AM

    Alright,

    Just wanted to let you know, my experimental crime novella, “About Someone” is available to read for free on my website.

    Just click here.

    Read it. It’s brilliant.

    Frank
    Listening In

    Listening In



    Apr 12 2009 6:54 AM

    Happy Easter, Alan

    Lily

    Kevin
    POET: Patagonia Lost... Sylvia

    Sylvia Evelyn



    Apr 3 2009 4:12 PM

    Hi Alan! Thank you for being my new poet friend. I live far away in Buenos Aires, so I'm terribly envious of all these events going on in the U.K. Haven't been there since 1999... Still, with your encouragement I might post some of my attempts at Haiku (wherever it is one posts them...).
    I get lost on Facebook, sorry! Sylvia
    Deborah Harvey

    Deborah Harvey



    Mar 16 2009 8:30 PM

    Thanks for letting me know about the renga event, Alan. I love the Central Library - one of my favourite buildings! Will try to get down.


    Deb XX
    Allen J

    Allen J Davies



    Mar 16 2009 1:00 PM

    sounds great my poetry teachers were total slugs and sleazoids; so unfortunately that college class was less than encouraging

    though hoping and know will do some amazing classes and workshops at Victoria Writers Centre this year

    i have written so much and relay focused on training my pen and getting relaly amzing feedback from some publishers- but early days

    that sounds like an awesome charity as an x tESOL teacher literacy is my interest area

    worked with the slum kids in Bangkok years back
    Venus Eleven

    Venus Eleven



    Jan 23 2009 9:13 AM

    Hi Alan,

    You are cordially invited to the launch party for my novel The Hal X Syndrome at Topping & Co, Bath, 6 Feb, 7.15 for 7.30pm.

    Hope to see you there!
    Tracey
    Futaro

    Futaro



    Jan 19 2009 9:29 AM

    Thanks for the request.

    the plum
    blossoming into the cold wind;
    foretelling spring
    Venus Eleven

    Venus Eleven



    Jan 12 2009 4:01 PM

    Hi Alan,

    It took me a while to recover from the Uffizzi too! Botticelli rocks the planet.

    Thanks for being a pal,
    Tracey
    bruce dorlova

    bruce dorlova



    Dec 8 2008 8:26 AM

    flotilla of paper boats

    brave little sailors

    on a katsushika sea



    -o0o-



    composing haiku

    your sea beneath me

    we make such tiny movements



    -o0o-



    adrift on an endless sea

    i am without fear

    the storms bring only blue skies
    Chandra Moon

    Chandra Moon



    Nov 12 2008 11:05 PM

    Would be lovely if you can make it! Print the picture for free entry up to 9pm!
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    10K Poets

    10K Poets



    Oct 27 2008 8:18 PM

    Hi -10K Poets takes poetry submissions. Details on how to submit are on the front page. Stop by & read some of the best poets on MySpace.

    10K Poets
    U.S. Poets in Mexico

    U.S. Poets in Mexico



    Oct 25 2008 9:14 PM

    Hi Alan,

    Thanks for being a friend of U.S. Poets in Mexico!

    Andy

    Andy Thatcher



    Sep 25 2008 12:12 PM

    maple leaves fall
    and the campus shop
    overflows with books

    I'm teaching undergrads in a fortnight's time...wish me luck!
    jjblack

    jjblack



    Sep 16 2008 9:52 AM



    u'll have a great year ahead
    jj
    Maureen Sexton

    Maureen Sexton



    Jul 24 2008 4:02 PM

    Dropping by to say hi from the land downunder and share a photo I took on Sunday of a mother kangaroo with a joey in her pouch. :)

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    Andy

    Andy Thatcher



    Jul 14 2008 11:13 AM

    fried beef, garlic, cinnamon

    second night in our new home
    HARRY POTHEAD POETRY

    Craig Wilson



    Jul 4 2008 10:28 AM

    Hi Alan

    Good luck with your Frome residency. How is it all going? Sorry not to have seen you for a while but I have been in Spain.

    Craig
    We Are Poets! Performance Poetry for Children

    We Are Poets! Performance Poetry for Children



    Jun 6 2008 6:24 PM

    Thanks Alan!
    HT
    xx
    Helên Thomas: poetry / music / random / colabs

    Helên Thomas: poetry / music / random / colabs



    May 7 2008 11:08 AM

    Cheers Alan,
    Hmmm 'mesmerizing' now what can you possibly mean...! Good to hear from you.
    All the best
    HT.
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