Join the JASWDC Haiku Group!

led by haiku poet and author, Abigail Friedman

Experience the beauty of haiku and hone your haiku-writing skills at the Japan-America Society of Washington DC Haiku Group. This haiku group, or kukai, provides a platform for haiku writers to develop their craft in a fun, friendly atmosphere. Following a format similar to that of Japanese haiku groups, participants will bring to the session three haiku poems in English that they have written beforehand.  The group then shares each haiku anonymously around the room without critique. Each participant selects their favorites from all they read on that day. As for the rest, come to the group to find out!

Led by esteemed haiku poet and author Abigail Friedman, this group will meet once every two months. More details on how a kukai functions will be explained at the group itself.

REGISTER

Location: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, located at 901 G St. NW, Washington, DC 20001

Date: Saturday, September 9

Time: 2:45 – 4:30 pm (EST)

Location: 401-F Conference Room, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library

Schedule and requirements for the September 9 session:

Haiku theme: None required for this session

Number of Haiku: Bring three English-language haiku you have composed

SCHEDULE

2:45-3:30 pm: anonymous sharing of haiku
3:30-3:50 pm: break (Marianne’s café by DC Central Kitchen, on the 1st floor of the library)
3:50-4:30 pm: presentation on writing “hometown” haiku

Although this event is free, participants are asked to register in advance so that we have a sense of the number of attendees and can email participants in the event of last-minute changes.