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Check our schedule of upcoming events.
Read about our meetings on the first Thursday of the month.
Our annual haiku retreat every October is the highlight of our year. Poems by Haiku Northwest Members Read poems by our members, with short biographies.
Our haiku podcast from the Northwest Folklife festival and other performances.
Click to see see photos of some of our recent activities.
Learn how to contact us and find other useful information.
Explore useful haiku links. Founded in 1988
 Haiku Northwest is an enthusiastic and friendly group of poets from the greater Puget Sound area of Washington state, meeting monthly usually in Bellevue (just east of Seattle). We are dedicated to writing, studying, and appreciating haiku and related genres of poetry written in English. Our members include both new and established haiku writers, many of whom have had their work published in journals and anthologies throughout the world (the group won the first place Merit Book Award from the Haiku Society of America for its anthology, To Find the Words, published in 2000). We also welcome beginners.
Haiku Northwest began in 1988 under the leadership of Francine Porad (who passed away in September of 2006) to foster haiku writing in the Pacific Northwest and to provide local writers with current information about the local, national, and international haiku community and its publications. Haiku Northwest is part of the Washington region of the Haiku Society of America (HSA). Haiku Northwest holds monthly meetings and publishes regional anthologies of haiku and related poetry. Most of the group's members live in the Seattle area, but many haiku poets from the Puget Sound area and farther afield also attend Haiku Northwest meetings. The Haiku Northwest group has no membership dues, and visitors are always welcome to attend all events. Original site established on AOL Hometown on February 14, 2004.
Site established at this location on October 8, 2008.
Webmaster: Michael Dylan Welch (WelchM@aol.com).
Haiku Northwest logo: Susan K. Miller
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 Haiku Northwest meeting at the Bellevue Regional Library, August 7, 2008. Left to right are Curtis Manley, Helen Russell, William Scott Galasso, Ida Freilinger, Bryson Nitta, Tanya McDonald, Connie Hutchison, Dejah Leger, Susan Miller, Terran Campbell, Joshua Beach, Angela Terry, Marilyn Sandall, and Herb McClees. Photo by Michael Dylan Welch. Come and join us! Seabeck Haiku Getaway 2010
It's official! We've booked our 2010 haiku retreat for the weekend of November 4–7, 2010—and we've added an extra day, to start on Thursday evening. This will give us more time for renku and other activities, more time between events, and a more relaxed weekend. So please mark it on your calendar now! And please note that we won't be staying in Reeser House this time, but will instead stay in the Inn and Firs. Other good news is that we'll be meeting in a much larger room, in the Colman building, which can accommodate 60+ people on each of two floors, plus it has its own lounge, kitchen, and bathrooms. See you at the 2010 Seabeck Haiku Getaway!
Seabeck Haiku Getaway 2009 Haiku Northwest held its second annual haiku retreat on the weekend of October
16–18, 2009 at the Seabeck Conference Center. Featured speakers included Penny Harter, Christopher Herold, Michael Dylan Welch, Ce Rosenow, Debbie Kolodji, Richard Tice, Margaret D. McGee, and more. Click here for details on the Seabeck Haiku Getaway. See photos from our 2009 haiku retreat. Seabeck Haiku Getaway 2008
Haiku Northwest held its first annual haiku retreat on the weekend of October 10–12, 2008 at the Seabeck Conference Center. Featured speakers included Emiko Miyashita, visiting from Japan, Christopher Herold, Margaret Chula, Alice Frampton, Michael Dylan Welch, and more. See photos from our 2008 haiku retreat.
Haiku Society of America National Meeting Haiku Northwest hosted a national meeting of the Haiku Society of America on the weekend June 27, 28, and 29, 2008—click here for more information.
Yahoo Discussion Group and Mailing List
Haiku Northwest has a Yahoo discussion group for news and announcements, open to all. Messages arrive two or three times a month. We also have a private mailing list, which we also encourage you to join to receive our announcements. If you are interested in joining the private mailling list, please contact Michael Dylan Welch. We welcome your input, and invite you to get involved. |