“Haiku is an ardent, inspired and inspiring engagement with everyday life, an intercourse with nature-centred events, mainly, events that are happening around us all the time but which we perceive more keenly on the haiku path. Read true haiku with reverence, write true haiku – do it right and you can disappear, happily, now —  and over and over again in the course of your life. “ ‘Haiku, and the Art of Disappearing’ | Gabriel Rosenstock

Skibbereen Arts Festival is delighted to welcome celebrated poet and Haikuist Gabriel Rosenstock for this Haiku workshop where Gabriel will lead participants on a Ginko, a compositional stroll through the grounds of the beautiful Liss Ard estate. This workshop is suitable for both experienced poets and beginners.

Gabriel is a poet, playwright, haikuist, essayist and author/translator of over 180 books, mostly in Irish.  He has written two books on haiku as a way of life, ‘Haiku Enlightenment’ and ‘Haiku, the Gentle Art of Disappearing’ both published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing.  He is a member of Aosdána (Irish Academy of Arts & Letters),  Lineage Holder of Celtic Buddhism, former Chairman of Éigse Éireann/Poetry Ireland and member of the Board of Advisors to Poetry India. 

Requirements: Paper and pencil.
It is recommended that the text ‘Haiku Enlightenment’ be read before the workshop. This will be sent to participants when they book the workshop or can be obtained from the Box Office during the festival.

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