It's Poetry in the Garden! From lyrical to haiku, let's celebrate nature.
Join poets Zooming in from all over the southland and across the country on Saturday, April 2 from 10 am - 1 pm.
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Featured Poets:
Carlson, Ralph
R. S. Carlson (Ralph), retired from Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA in 2014. His poems have appeared in The Texas Review; Poet Lore; The Cape Rock; Genre; The Hawai'i Review; Sunstone; War, Literature and the Arts; Colere; Slake; Whale Road Review, et. al. Carlson’s poetry book, Waiting to Say Amen, is available in print or electronic formats from Lulu.com, BarnesandNoble.com and Amazon.com.
Chuc, Teresa Mei
Teresa Mei Chuc was born in Sài Gòn, Việt Nam and immigrated to the U.S. as a boat refugee with her mother and brother shortly after the Việt Nam War. Teresa is the author of three collections of poetry, Red Thread (2012 & republished 2021), Keeper of the Winds (2014) and Invisible Light (2018). She teaches literature and writing at a public high school in Los Angeles.
Clements, Marcyn Del
Marcy has been published in Alaska Quarterly Review, Appalachia, Flyway, frogpond, Hollins Critic, Literary Review, Lyric, Sijo West, Snowy Egret and some 700 other publications. Some of her other interests besides poetry are: photography, botanizing, birding, dragonfly watching, singing, stamp collecting, playing recorders, learning the Celtic harp and playing Native American flutes. She has converted her swimming pool into a pond, so she can swim with her koi.
Cook, Chris
Chris, originally from Dorset, in southwest England, has been interested in birds and wildlife since a very young age. He moved to Asia in 1981 and has lived in Hong Kong, Seoul, and, for over 30 years, Tokyo. In Japan he worked as a news editor, wrote about Japanese fashion, and also guided foreign guests during birdwatching tours. When not working, Chris spends his time birding and mountain hiking.
Davidson, Chris
Chris Davidson lives in Long Beach. His poetry can be found online at Green Mountains Review, Zocalo Public Square, Ekstasis, and elsewhere. His chapbook EASY MEAL was published in 2020 by Californios Press.
Fay, Ignatius
Ignatius is a disabled invertebrate paleontologist who writes poetry in various Japanese short form styles. His work has appeared in many of the most respected print and online journals. He collaborated with Irene Golas on a collection of poems, Breccia, 2012. Ignatius edits the HSA monthly email newsletter, and has done the layout for Frogpond and the annual members’ anthology. He is Regional Coordinator for the Ontario Region of Haiku Canada.
Harmon, Charles
Published story in local newspaper in fourth grade. Produced hundreds of poems (first love), songs, stories, articles, photographs, artwork, screenplays, novel. Won Hollywood poetry Slam in 2006 with $85 1st Prize, then went to car and discovered hundred dollar parking ticket. Don't quit your day job until you're a star.
Henley-Erickson, Cathy
Catherine Henley-Erickson holds a B.A. in English from Mills College and an M.F.A. in poetry from UC Irvine. For many years she was the Claremont Courier’s resident movie critic and concurrently taught writing at the University of La Verne, where she is now a Professor of English Emerita. She is the first poet laureate for the city of La Verne.
Howe, Parkman
Parkman Howe lives and works in Carlisle, Massachusetts, where he keeps six beehives. For many years he has served as the poetry editor of Appalachia: America's Longest-Running Journal of Mountaineering and Conservation.
Hutchens, D'ellen
D’ellen has been exploring haiku since the seventh grade, and eventually found the Southern California Haiku Study Group when they met in Long Beach. She likes to keep things short and simple—like her name—so in her busy life, the three- line form fits right in. Her work has been published in Drifting Sands, Bottle Rocket Press, and numerous anthologies.
Iannaci, Elizabeth
Elizabeth Iannaci is a widely published and anthologized Los Angeles-based poet whose work most recently appeared in The Saranac Review, Verse Wisconsin, Crab Creek Review, and Italian Americana to name a few. She has read at venues in the US, Slovenia, Istanbul, and Paris. Ms. Iannaci earned her MFA in Poetry from Vermont College of Fine Arts and was a finalist for the New Letters Literary Award. Her latest chapbook, The Virgin Turtle Light Show: Spring 1968 has just been released on Latitude 34 Press.
Kolodji, Deborah P
Deborah P Kolodji is the California Regional Coordinator for the Haiku Society of America and the current moderator of the Southern California Haiku Study Group. Her book, "highway of sleeping towns," won a Touchstone Distinguished Book Award from the Haiku Foundation. She enjoys botanic garden walks for haiku inspiration.
Martin, Seretta
Seretta Martin, author, professor, and managing editor of San Diego Poetry Annual, is a finalist in the Philip Levine Prize, Washington Prize and Atlantic Review. Her haiku and longer verse has been published for over 20 years. She is a member of Haiku San Diego, Haiku Society of America, and others. Seretta teaches at San Diego Writers, Ink, Oasis Learning Center and the Border Voices Poetry Project. sandiegowriters.org bordervoices.com
Padden, Lorraine A
Lorraine A Padden is a Touchstone Award-nominated poet whose work appears in Modern Haiku, The Heron's Nest, tinywords and Frogpond, among others. She won Tricycle Magazine's 2021 Best of the Haiku Challenge, and one of her poems received an Honorable Mention in the 2021 HSA Rengay Competition. Lorraine’s most recent awards include an Honorable Mention in the 2022 International Modern Kigo Competition and a 2022 Pinesong Award for her winning haiku in the Bloodroot Competition.
Robinson, Jackie Maugh
What do you get when when a truck driver marries a truck stop waitress and they take their little girl on their every trip along Route 66 for the first five years of her life, teaching her to read truck stop menus and Burma-Shave signs by age three? You get haiku poet, Me, Jackie Maugh Robinson. Here’s one I recall: “DROVE TOO LONG / DRIVER SNOOZING / WHAT HAPPENED NEXT / IS NOT / AMUSING”
Tian, Jie
Jie Tian a poet, librarian, book maker, eco-artist. She is working on a grant project, “How to Love This Earth” in which she explores indigenous stories of sustainable art-making and tends native and drought-resistant plants and flowers as materials in art-making.
Williamson, John R.
Williamson teaches English at The Gooden School, a private k-8 Episcopal School in Sierra Madre, CA. He published a poetry and art journal called Grapevine and won the Cornerstone Poetry Slam in Chicago. He continues to write and perform with his band, the c’est la vies.
