Can poetry inspire people to discover their city on foot?
We think it can and want to make that happen – here in London and elsewhere in the world. With your help, we shall.
80,000 rest
In Paddington Street Gardens
As I walk to work
To take part, all you have to do is to compose a haiku – a short form 3-line poem that is a picture revealing the characteristics of a place. Haiku don’t have to be made up of 17 syllables (5 in the first and third lines, and 7 in the middle line), but we have found that that form is a great starting point to get one’s head around writing haiku.
Want to try composing haiku now? Here’s the link to our Haiku encounter submission page. To find out more about the Haiku encounter project – click here for a bit more history. These links are temporarily disabled ( from Oct 2019).
Potentially useful references drawn on when devising a Haiku Encounter walkshop.
Would you like to join a group to compose and recite haiku while discovering London? You have come to the right place – check out what walkshops we have coming up – they will appear below:
Upcoming Events
Past Events
- First Thursday: Haiku on foot - 04/02/2016 - 06/10/2016 - 6:15 pm - 7:45 pm
- Creative writing - haiku - 15/05/2017 - 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Haiku Woods - 27/05/2017 - 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
- Haiku on the Rye - 28/05/2017 - 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
- Haiku in Queen's Wood - 20/05/2018 - 5:00 pm
- Hidden Garden Haiku - 25/07/2018 - 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
- Hidden Garden Haiku Vauxhall - 04/10/2018 - 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
- Hidden Garden Haiku - east in the City - 08/11/2018 - 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
- Hidden Garden Haiku - The Enchanted Garden - 06/12/2018 - 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm
- Hidden Garden Haiku - Gunnersbury Park - 29/06/2019 - 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
- Haiku in Nature at the London Wildlife Festival - 10/08/2019 - 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
- Haiku Encounter: In search of Truth - 03/10/2019 - 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
- Love Lunch 2020: Haiku Encounter - 29/01/2020 - 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm