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Virtual Poetry Reading: National Haiku Poetry Day Anthology 

Observed annually on April 17, National Haiku Poetry Day encourages all to try their hand in creativity. Haiku poetry is a form of Japanese poetry that is non-rhyming and usually consists of 3 lines with a syllable pattern of 5-7-5. Usually, an element of nature, a season, moment of beauty, or an individual experience inspires haiku poems. Sensory language is used to capture a feeling, image or moment.

As one of the world’s oldest and most regularly used forms of poetry, many poets wrote many haiku. While the most well-known is Matsuo Basho, others we may recognize are William Blake, T.S. Eliot, Richard Wright and Maya Angelou. Try capturing an entire moment or emotion in 17 syllables and getting it right. English haiku does not always follow the strict syllable count found in Japanese haiku

Join us as the contributors to Moonstone’s Haiku Poetry Day Anthology read their work.

Not all contributors will be reading:

Fran Abrams

Carolyn Adams

Sandra Anfang

Fran Baird

Sunday Banks

Eben Bein

Miriam Ben-Yoseph

Willeena Booker

Sam Boone

Elizabeth Boquet

Chris Bray

Matilda Bray

Jill Bronfman

Grace Cavalieri

Eulinda A.

Clarke-Akalanne

J.J. Cole

Ava Compagnoni

Damien Cooper

Susan Cummings

John Davis

John DeBruicker

Kathryn Devlin

Elinor Donahue

Donatella du Plessis

Philip Dykhouse

Alfred Encarnacion

Cole Eubanks

Katherine Falk

Hugh Findlay

Philip Foster

Harvey Gardner

Valerie Gay

Linda goss

Paz Griot

Beejay Grob

Hanoch guy

Dagmar Holl

Judit Hollos

Joan Huffman

Maria James-Thiaw

Nageena Johnson

Irving Jones

Chris Kaiser

Sarah Karowski

Carl Kaucher J

ames Ph. Kotsybar

Ed Krizek

Resolute Lee

Frederick Lowe

Sean Lynch

Warren Longmire

Deirdre Maher

James Mancinelli

Linda Martin

Elinor mattern

Helen Mazarakis

Christina McIntire

Andrew McLean

Ann Michael

Drew Miller

David Mook

Christopher Moore

Mr. Mosolino

Leonard Niedermayer

Gloria Nixon-John

Diane Oesau

Ken Olson

Hermond Palmer

Joan Penn

Victoria Peurifoy

Kate Potter

Elijah Pringle

Larry Robin

Sonia Sanchez

George Schaefer

Jennifer Schneider

Naila Schulte

Fereshteh Sholevar

John Sime

Linda Simone

Noel Sloboda

Bob Small

Andrew Sorokowski

Lamont B. Steptoe

Carole stone

Sherry Stratton

Renee Szostek

Therese Taha

Catherine Trapani

Sarah J. Trembath

Sandra Turner-Barnes

Lois Villemaire

Sharon Wellons

Kelley White

Carol Williams

Shay Wills

Nellie Wong

Samantha Wright

Daniel Zehner

Larry Robin, Host. Open Reading Follows.