Meeting Summary for March 26, 2015

Post date: Apr 03, 2015 12:44:23 AM

On March 26, 2015, Haiku Northwest held its monthly meeting at the Stadler Meeting Room at Lake Forest Park Commons in Lake Forest Park, north of Seattle. Nine people attended: Ida Freilinger, Janet Lewis, Herb McClees, Tanya McDonald, Millie Renfrow, Michelle Schaeffer, Angie Terry, Michael Dylan Welch, and Laurie Zaleski. At the beginning of the meeting, Angie told us about the newest member of the Haiku Northwest mailing list, Adjei Agyei-Baah from Nigeria, who found our website and sent a few haiku to share. Angie passed around his haiku, which we enjoyed reading. After introductions and announcements, Angie gave us a writing exercise involving the haiku at the beginning of each chapter of Laurie R. King’s mystery novel, Dreaming Spies. Our challenge was to revise or riff off each haiku. After spending a while on it, we shared our results with the group. After a short break, we critiqued some of the haiku that we had brought in to share. The meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m.