HAIBUN POETRY WORKSHOP with Poet Ger Duffy
The HAIBUN is a Japanese poetry form dating from the seventeenth century created by Japanese poet Matsuo Basho. The HAIBUN has never been more popular as a poetic form to try out. It consists of a prose poem (or prose sections) with a haiku, which can precede it or follow at the end. Often haibun prose is descriptive and steeped in nature and the landscape. We will be looking at and discussing examples of modern haiku and haibun. We will have time to explore the gardens, making notes, before we write our draft. This workshop will guide you through the process of creating a haibun, from rough notes to a polished draft. The final section of the workshop will be a feedback session based on the Haibuns created. Workshop notes will be provided with further reading.
Sunday 14th June
Time: 11.00 am – 1.00pm.
Venue: Lafcadio Hearn Japanese Gardens- Meeting Point – Transition Garden.
Please wear clothes/jacket for outdoors.
Ger Duffy’s poems have been widely published in Ireland and the UK including Poetry Ireland Review, Southword, Crannog, PN Review, Under the Radar, The London Grip, 14 Magazine and many others. Her pamphlets have been finalists at The Patrick Kavanagh Awards, The Fool for Poetry Chapbook Competition and The Poetry Business Awards (UK). She was winner of The Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Award and the Redline Poetry Competition. She was selected for Poetry Ireland Introductions in 2025. She is creator and host of The Poetry Lounge Reading Series at Waterford Gallery of Art and co-editor of Three Pillars Poetry Press.