With Cherries On Top - new (free) haiku collection

Follow the link to download and read a new (FREE!) collection of haiku edited by Michael Dylan Welch (vice president of the Haiku Society of America and curator of the NaHaiWriMo movement/webpage/Facebook group) that contains selected work post in the Facebook group in August of this year (including one by Vagabonds member Cameron Mount -- on page 65). Check it out!

Haiku by Alma Cole Pesiri

FALL’S CONFETTI

R U B Y

T O P A Z

G O L D

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alma Cole Pesiri

© 10/21/2012

Alley Art: Discovering Wabi-Sabi

Great Bay Gallery

Seven poets and seventeen artists explored the alleys of Somers Point searching for wabi-sabi. Please come to the reception to see and hear what beautiful treasures were found hidden in plain sight. 

What: Wabi-sabi is a Japanese philosophy that believes in the beauty of things imperfect and things humble and modest.
Where: Great Bay Gallery, 829 Bay Avenue, Somers Point, NJ
When: Friday, August 3rd, 2012, 5-8 pm, poetry reading 6:30 pm

Several poets will be displaying poetry (haiku and prose) constructions in and around the gallery studio and gardens. The participating poets will read their works beginning at 6:30 pm. 

The reception is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. 

Welcome

This is the first post for the Vagabonds, a group of haijin and haiku enthusiasts from the southern New Jersey shore area. We'll be publishing news items, educational essays, and, yes, haiku from local area poets. Join us!