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When:
April 12, 2023 @ 6:00 pm – April 13, 2023 @ 7:30 pm
2023-04-12T18:00:00-04:00
2023-04-13T19:30:00-04:00

Wordplay: Crafting Spring Haiku

Virtual class offered via Zoom

Wednesdays April 12 & 13

6 to 7:30 pm

 

Offered by the Indiana Writers Center

With instructor Hiromi Yoshida

Cost: $75.00 per person

This poetry class will focus on the haiku form. The “hai” syllable in the word “haiku” connotes “play,” both in the sense of drama, or theatrics; and of recreation and enjoyment, or playfulness. Since “ku” denotes “word,” or “verbal component,” we will enjoy playing around with words in our haiku crafting process. To begin this enjoyable process, we will celebrate spring by reading seasonal haiku by the traditional Japanese masters of the form, such as Matsuo Basho, and by Japanese writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, such as Masaoka Shiki and Mizuhara Shuoshi. Their inspiration, combined with writing prompts and activities, should lead to some interesting spring-themed haikus that we will share with each other for constructive feedback. Our goal is to produce some verses that celebrate the spring season and National Poetry Month. 

One of Bloomington’s finest and most outspoken poets, HIROMI YOSHIDA is the author of three poetry chapbooks, Icarus Burning, Epicanthus, and Icarus Redux. Her work has been included in the INverse Poetry Archive, and nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, the Wilder Poetry Book Prize, the New Women’s Voices Poetry Prize, and the Gerald Cable Book Award. She is a poetry reader for Flying Island Journal and Plath Profiles, and a diversity consultant for the Writers Guild at Bloomington, and Constellation Stage & Screen. She is also the winner of the “Head-to-Head Haiku Competition” at the 2022 Granfalloon Festival.
Wordplay: Crafting Spring Haiku
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