Alan Spence: and this too will pass
Fruitmarket Gallery
45 Market Street
Edinburgh
6.30-7.30pm, free
Glasgow born author and poet Alan Spence will be reading from his poetry collections, Seasons of the Heart, Glasgow Zen and Clear Light. This poetry celebrates the passing moment and is informed by Alan’s practise of contemplative meditation.
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£7.99Clear Light: Haiku - Paperback -
'Clear Light' contains 150 haiku bursting with Alan Spence's characteristic verve and wit. Mythic and mesmerising, awestruck and hilarious, these poems shed clear light on the delights, hardships, breakthroughs and frustrations of the world of the momentary. -
Add to BasketGlasgow Zen - Paperback -
£7.99
Alan Spence's collection of haikus and other short poetic forms focuses on the theme of Glasgow, its people, landscape and culture. It includes some previously published poems but is mostly made up of contemporary writing. -
Add to BasketSeasons Of The Heart: Haiku - Paperback -
£6.99
With warmth and insight and clear-eyed observation, this volume invokes the turning of the seasons in a cycle of timeless moments that resonate in the mind and the heart, using the Japanese poetic form haiku.