HOW TO HAIKU: More than 5-7-5 Explore seeing the world with "haiku eyes."

• What we'll do
HOW TO HAIKU:
More Than 5-7-5
LEARN TO WRITE HAIKU
Everyone gets a haiku book!

Everyone writes! Or just listen till you want to.

Come explore the poetic and personal benefits of the phenomenon of haiku, that tiny poem of Japanese origin. Participants will walk away from their first session with at least one haiku, and can return to discuss what they have written, in this continuing workshop/group. Familiar to many as a rigid form that flashes past us on our computer screens in three lines of 17 syllables, haiku(both plural and singular)is a genre not a form. Join the group and experience the contemplative benefits of seeing the world through “haiku eyes,” finding new clarity in the way we look at things. We will also examine the ways the practice of haiku sharpens our skills of poetic observation, rendering our other work cleaner, more concise. Those interested in publication will be advised on where and how to do so.

The group will be led by Bob and Kelly Moyer. Kelly is an award-wining haiku poet, and the author of the acclaimed collection HUSHPUPPY. She has been. published widely, anthologized frequently, and won numerous awards. She is an experienced editor most recently of the online journal FAILED HAIKU. Bob has published hundreds of poems in every major journal, both print and electronic. He is the author of the highly-acclaimed book LAST BITE and his work has been anthologized frequently. He has taught haiku for 15 years, and is a member of both the North Carolina Haiku Society.

Participants will be entered in a drawing for a journal, a fountain pen, and other door prizes.

• What to bring
A pen, pencil, and paper--or use materials provided at the workshop.

• Important to know
Everyone can write a haiku. We will learn how to write a GOOD haiku. This is an active workshop. No lectures.