Meetings

The most recent meeting was held March 14th. In addition to regular workshopping and sharing of poems, Roberta Beary gave a presentation on haibun, and Adam Graham joined in his role as the new mid Atlantic coordinator.

Towpath poets also gathered on May 23rd for a gingko walk. Eight intrepid poets ventured into a misty Saturday afternoon at Dumbarton Oaks (photo attached). 

The next regular meeting will be held July 11th. Contact Matt Snyder snyder.matt@gmail.com if interested in attending.

Announcements

Roberta Beary was featured presenter at NCHS’s Haiku Holiday. Their talk included a reading from their full-length haibun collection, Crazy Bitches (MacQ Press, 2025), a finalist in both the Touchstone and Eric Hoffer awards, as well as a longlist finalist for the Julie Suk Award, a first for a book of haibun. 

Julie Bloss Kelsey’s new horrorku collection, Purging the Monsters, was recently published by Cuttlefish Books. You can purchase a copy at Bookshop.org or on Amazon.