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, and wound our way through gardens of many nations and styles. 

The next regular meeting will be held May 10th. For more information, check out https://www.towpathhaiku.com/ or email Matt (snyder.matt@gmail.com).

Announcements

Roberta Beary is the recipient of a Touchstone Award for Individual Haibun for 2024 for their haibun titled Grief: The Uncut Version. Roberta also received honorable mention for the Touchstone Distinguished Books Award for 2024, for Carousel, a haiku collection that explores family relationships. Congratulations, Roberta!

Julie Bloss Kelsey gave a talk to the Vancouver Haiku Group on the topic of kire and punctuation. And Matt Snyder helped organize a recently launched project of poetic voice with the North Carolina Haiku Society, titled My Fellow Poets.