Join the JASWDC Haiku Group!

led by haiku poet and author, Abigail Friedman

Ring in the new year by experiencing the beauty of haiku and hone your haiku-writing skills at the Japan-America Society of Washington DC Haiku Group!

This haiku group, or kukai, provides a platform for writers of haiku to come together and develop their craft in a fun, friendly atmosphere. Following a format similar to that of Japanese haiku groups, participants will bring to the session three haiku poems in English that they have written beforehand.  The group then shares each haiku anonymously around the room without critique. Following this, each participant will select their favorites among all they have read on that day. As for the rest, come to the group to find out!

Led by esteemed haiku poet and author Abigail Friedman, the group meets once every two months. More details on how a kukai functions will be explained at the group itself.

The group will meet at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, located at 901 G St. NW, Washington, DC 20001:

Date: Saturday, January 18th, 2025

Time: 2:30 – 4:30 pm (EST)

Location: 401-F Conference Room, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library

Schedule and requirements:

Haiku theme: "Travels"

Number of Haiku: Bring three English-language haiku you have composed

SCHEDULE

2:30-3:30 pm: Anonymous sharing of haiku

3:30-3:50 pm: break (Marianne’s café by DC Central Kitchen, on 1^st floor of library)

3:50-4:30 pm: Haiku presentation by Abigail Friedman on "Travels and Haiku" -Abigail will draw on haiku from poets past and present to suggests ways in which we can draw inspiration from our travels to write haiku.