March 2021 Meeting

Haiku Northwest held its monthly meeting March 11, 2021, welcoming 28 participants: David Berger, Susan Blackburn, Melinda Brottem, Terran Campbell, Aiden Castle, Joseph Chiveney, Dianne Garcia, John S Green, Alan Harvey, Connie Hutchison, Emily Kane, Curtis Linderman, Curtis Manley, Tanya McDonald, Helen Ogden, Helen Pelton, Jamie Phelps, Bob Redmond, Michelle Schaeffer, Maggie Smith, Angela Terry, Kathleen Tice, Richard Tice, Kim Weers, Michael Dylan Welch, Harriot West, Garry Wilson, and Kathabela Wilson. Eight of the folks were first-time attendees! After Bob Redmond’s introduction, Harriot West began the meeting with a featured reading of haibun and haiku, weaving in commentary on the pieces and other notes such as a recommendation to read Rich Youmans’ essay, “Haibun and the Hermit Crab” (from Haibun Online 16.2, August 2020). Harriot also took questions from the group. For the second half of the meeting, members workshopped each other’s haiku and haibun.