Haiku in the park coming April 12
Published 1:22 pm Friday, April 4, 2014
Residents are invited to celebrate National Poetry Month on Saturday, April 12 by learning to write and appreciate haiku poetry during a free presentation and guided nature walk at the Beaver Lake Lodge, 25201 S.E. 24th St., Sammamish.
The day will feature Michael Dylan Welch, who is former vice president of the Haiku Society of America, the director of the biennial Haiku North America conference, cofounder of the American Haiku Archives at the California State Library in Sacramento, and proprietor of National Haiku Writing Month.
He also is a board member of the Redmond Association of Spokenword and curates the monthly SoulFood Poetry Night in Redmond. His haiku and longer poetry has been published in hundreds of journals and anthologies in at least 15 languages, and he has won or judged numerous haiku contests.
This event is sponsored by the Sammamish Arts Commission and co-hosted by Sammamish Walks. It is free and open to the public. To register, e-mail your name and phone number to Allison Gubata at agubata@sammamish.us. For more information call 425-295-0597.
