Pacific Northwest Annual Meeting
June 3, 2017 — Discovery Park, Seattle
Annual Meeting for the Pacific Northwest Region
of the Haiku Society of America
Join us for our free annual haiku meeting, this year focusing on the theme of “discovery.” We have a varied and informative day of sharing and discussing haiku. Please bring haiku to read at our round-robin readings, and books to display on our book table, plus a picnic lunch, water for our walk, and, if you’re a birder, binoculars. Learn more about Discovery Park.
Annual Meeting Schedule
8:30–10:00 am Explore the Discovery Park Environmental Learning Center, 3801 Discovery Park Boulevard in Seattle (optional)
10:00 Meet at the Environmental Learning Center (go to east parking lot and meet outside the visitor center entrance)
10:00–11:30 Haiku walk through Discovery Park to the West Point Lighthouse
11:30–12:45 Picnic (bring your lunch) overlooking Puget Sound by the Daybreak Star Center (picnic tables available)—go to north parking lot
1:00 Meet at the Magnolia Public Library, 2801 34th Avenue W in Seattle—free parking on the street and in the small library parking lot
1:00–1:10 Angela Terry: Introductions and haiku read-around
1:10–1:30 Reading by the Commencement Bay Haiku Group
1:30–2:00 Patty Hardin presentation: “Shades of Discovery”
2:00–2:45 Curtis Manley: Reading of The Crane Girl (a children’s picture book with haiku) and discussion of his inspirations
2:45–3:00 Break
3:00–4:30 Michael Dylan Welch: “The Discovery of Haiku”—a workshop exploring ways haiku helps us discover the world around us and our emotions in reaction to it, with group discussion and a writing exercise
4:30–5:00 Reading by the Portland Haiku Group
5:00–5:30 Haiku read-around and meeting room cleanup
6:00 Dinner at Maggie Bluffs, 2601 West Marina Place in Seattle
If you plan to spend the night, your best bet would be to look on AirBnb for locations available in the 98199 zip code area. And if you’re here Friday night in time for dinner, the Mura Asian Eatery at 3216 W. Wheeler Street is a small bistro in the neighborhood you might enjoy.