The Whale’s Alibi

Are right whales smart? Whale and dolphin brains contain specialized brain cells called spindle neurons. These are associated with advanced abilities such as recognising, remembering, reasoning, communicating, perceiving, adapting to change, problem-solving and understanding. So it seems they are deep thinkers! BIO Alan Summers, author of "Does Fish-God Know" Selected reviews:

Alan Summers is this century's Basho. Highly recommended. -Steven Rich, writer

Ordinary moments become extraordinary, and no one does it better. -Susan Beth Furst, author The Amazing Glass House

The use and command of the poetic line is remarkable. These are the crystals of a focused poet, teacher, and life-long student in the art of haiku. -Edwin Lomere, haiku poet

Powerful, unique, special, and quite unforgettable literature every enthusiast of haiku and senryu, student or scholar could benefit enormously from . . . -Jerome Berglund, author Eleusinian Solutions: Senryu, Politiku, Kyoka, Tanshi+

Alan reminds us that haiku is an integral part of city life and re-establishes the importance and application . . . in our modern world. -Jacob Salzer, Managing Editor, Frogpond journal (Haiku Society of America)

Alan Summers makes use of the Western mind and a Japanese tradition to show that haiku has a place in the modern world . . . -Johannes S. H. Bjerg, author Penguins/Pingviner

One of the first books I have read in the modern haiku style, having isolated myself for years.-Joann Grisetti, author The Cutter, and In the Quiet Valley