Meetings On April 12, five Towpath members and two guests enjoyed a ginko walk at Hillwood Museum and Gardens, one of the DC area’s most beautiful places. We recited poems and shared stories as we viewed hellebores and cherry blossoms,
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Meetings On April 13th, members of Towpath gathered at Green Spring Gardens in Alexandria, VA. The group wandered the beautiful gardens, took many photos, and wrote poems and rengay together. Afterwards, Lee Giesecke hosted a coffee hour and the group
Meetings Towpathers gathered for a day of enjoying the Rinpa screens at the Smithsonian Asian Art Museum in DC on Saturday, February 3, 2024. Some of the group also gathered for a delicious lunch at Oyamel, a well-known Mexican restaurant.
Meetings On September 3rd, 3 Towpath poets met to write a 12-verse junicho titled “Forest of Fireflies.” Then on September 9th, 9 Towpath poets joined the regular meeting via Zoom to share news and workshop poems. The next meeting will
Meetings On July 8, 2023, 12 members of Towpath Haiku gathered via Zoom to share news and workshop poems. Upcoming meetings include an in-person renku gathering planned for September, and the next regular Zoom meeting on September 9th. Publications, Awards,
Meetings On March 5th, 13 members of Towpath and spouses gathered to explore the beautiful Glenstone Museum in Potomac, MD. The same number of poets gathered on March 11th via Zoom, to share news and workshop poems. In April, the
Meetings In March, the group plans a museum gingko walk at the Glenstone museum in Potomac, Maryland. The next regular meeting will be held March 11th via Zoom. Publications and Announcements Towpath member Susan Burch received an Honorable Mention in
News from Recent Towpath Meetings On December 17, 2022, a small and hardy group of poets braved the cold weather to enjoy a gingko walk amongst the winter camellias, at the National Arboretum’s Asian Collection. The group included regular Towpath
Four Towpath poets gathered on July 30, 2022 for the Lotus and Water Lily Festival at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens. We enjoyed viewing the blossoms, writing and sharing haiku, and inventing stories about the curious, light-green shape in the center of
On April 23, 2022, five Towpath poets met at the Freer Gallery of Art to appreciate the special exhibition on Mind Over Matter: Zen in Medieval Japan and to write poems. The photo below is taken with the backdrop of