Haiku of Life

By Andy N

'Haiku of Life' the new collection from Andy N follows a very different kind of journey of Haiku from his previous collection 'Underground Haiku'.

 

Again comprising of 50 haiku's, 'Haiku of Life' is a journey of a life with a haiku for each one of the years, the Author has being alive starting off as a premature baby in hospitals for months to struggling at school with undiagnosed Dyspraxia, bullied at college before then eventually becoming a respected poet and artist.

 

'Haiku of Life' is a series of snapshots told in Haiku form drawing on observations and reflections using the haiku form in a rarely seen form taking everybody on a journey of sadness and anger before finding acceptance and understanding that will stay with its readers for days after they complete this book.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Andy N
• Release date: Nov 30, 2022
• ISBN: 9798215767856

Andy N

Andy N is the author of nine full-length poetry collections including 'Return to Kemptown' and 'The End of Summer' and numerous split poetry books with his wife Amanda Nicholson (also known as Amanda Steel) and the Europa series with Nick Armbrister among others.He is the co-host of Chorlton's always welcoming Literature Open Mic Night 'Speak Easy' which meets on the 1st Weds of each month and he does ambient music under the name of Ocean in a Bottle.He is the host and the creator of 'Spoken Label', a poet, writer and artist Podcast series also the co-creator of 'Reading in Bed', a literature review podcast he does with his partner Amanda Steel and hosts and co-hosts other Podcasts such as Comics Unity, Wrestle Up and the Koll, Andy and Amanda show,His official website is onewriterandhispc.blogspot.co.uk/ and he is always interested in undertaking performing / new projects. His email address is [e-mail] / BOOKS:SOLO BOOKS:1st Book 'Return to Kemptown' (2010) (Reissued 2020)2nd Book 'The End of Summer' (2015)3rd Book 'The Birth of Autumn (2018)4th Book 'the streets were all we could see (2020)5th Book 'Underground Haiku' (2021)6th Book 'Haiku of life (2021)7th Book 'Dock Leaves (2022)8th Book 'In the Midst of Winter' (2022)9th Book - From the Diabetic Ward' (2023)SPLIT BOOKS:'A Means to an End' (with Jeff Dawson) (2011)'Europa' (with Nick Armbister) (2014)'Europa II' (with Nick Armbister) (2016)'Europa III' (with Nick Armbister) (2019)'Run away with me in 7 words' (with Amanda Steel) (2019)'Europa IV' (with Nick Armbrister) (2020)'The lockdown was all we could see' (with Amanda Steel) (2020) 'The snow was all we could see' (with Amanda Steel) (2021)'Run away with me again in eight words' (with Amanda Steel) (2022) 'Europa V' (with Nick Armbrister) (2022)'Europa VI' (with Nick Armbrister) (2022)'Feathers for Hena' (with Steven Flint, Charles R Haffner, Kim Brake, RJ Tungsten, James (Jim) McManus, Dina Nassour, Alta H Mabin and others) (2022) 'Poems from the Rising Sun' (With Alta Mabin, Charles R Haffner, Katerine E Winnick, Janet Scarborough and RJ Tungston) (2022)CHAPBOOKS:'Mystery Story (2014)(http://www.origamipoems.com/poets/211-andy-n)Selected scenes from the end of the world (2020)Games People Play (2020)ROLE REVERSAL:Book 1 - The Hour of the Wolf (2017)THE BARBARIANS OF THE WALLBook 1 - Enemy of the Wall (2018)Book 2 - Buried alive on the Wall (2020)FROM FRIENDSHIP TO LOVEFrom Friendship to love I (2017)From Friendship to Love II (2019)NON FICTION:Adventures in sound and music - articles for the Sunday Tribune Volume 1 - 2019 to 2021 (2021)FORTHCOMING:Europa VII - Total Disarmoument (With Nick Armbrister) (Mar 2023)Haiku in Bloom (Spring Haiku)(10th Full length Poetry Book - May / June 2023)Eco Haiku (Haiku book with Tony Andrews) (Split Haiku book Summer 2023)Changing carriages at Birmingham New Street (11th and final full length poetry book, Autumn / Winter 2023)End of the Party and other flash fiction stories (2024)Untitled Novel with Elizabeth Faitarone (2024 / 2025)Untitled Short Stories Collection (with Amanda Nicholson (2024 / 2025)Untitled Novel (2025)

Book preview

Haiku of Life

(A life in Haiku’s

from 1972 to 2021)

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Andy N

By Andy N:

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Solo:

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Return to Kemptown        (2010)

The End of Summer        (2015)

Birth of Autumn         (2018)

The Streets were all we could see      (2020)

Underground Haiku        (2021)

Haiku of Life         (2021)

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Chapbooks:

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Mystery Story        (2014)

Selected scenes from the end of the world   (2020)

Games people play       (2020)

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With:

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A Means to an End (with Jeff Dawson)     (2011)

Europa (with Nick Armrbister)      (2014)

Europa II  (with Nick Armbrister)     (2016)

Europa III (with Nick Armrbrister)      (2018)

Run away with me in 7 words (with Amanda Steel)   (2019)

Europa IV (with Nick Armbrister)      (2020)

The lockdown was all we could see (with Amanda Steel)  (2020)

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The Barbarians of the Wall:

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Enemy of the Wall       (2017)

Buried alive on the wall      (2020)

Role Reversal:

Night of the Wolf       (2018)

(When I was born in 1972, it was touch and go for the 3 months

whether I was going to live)

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incubator bound

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