February 2021 Meeting

Post date: Mar 02, 2021 1:26:2 AM

Haiku Northwest held a monthly meeting on February 11, 2021, welcoming 24 participants: David Berger, Terran Campbell, Aidan Castle, Daphne Clifton, Gary Evans, Ida Freilinger, Alan Harvey, Connie Hutchison, Emily Kane, Nicholas Klacsanzky, Curtis Manley, Dorothy Matthews, Tanya McDonald, Helen Ogden, Bob Redmond, Michelle Schaefer, Carmen Sterba, Susan [last name not provided], Ronald Swanson, Kathleen Tice, Richard Tice, Kim Weers. Michael Dylan Welch, and Garry Wilson. Ronald Swanson led the meeting, which included three featured readers: Nicholas Klacaznsky shared original haiku in translation from Ukrainian, from a manuscript in progress. His predominant themes were meditation and transit. Michelle Schaefer read a sampler starting from her first published poems and including other significant work to the current day. David Berger presented an extended sequence called “Covid Cat Caprice,” featuring (naturally) cat haiku, accompanied by amazing original brush art; the project represented a forthcoming collaboration with Bottle Rockets Press. For the second half of the meeting, members workshopped each other’s haiku.