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Haiku Northwest, founded in 1988 by Francine Porad, is a Seattle-based group that meets most second Thursdays to share and discuss haiku and related forms like senryu, haibun, haiga, tanka, and renku. https://www.haikunorthwest.org/
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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · Aug 23
Haiku Northwest, founded in 1988 by Francine Porad, is a Seattle-based group that meets most second Thursdays to share and discuss haiku and related forms like senryu, haibun, haiga, tanka, and renku.

Look to the space for updates and upcoming meeting events.

www.haikunorthwest.org
Haiku Northwest
2025 Meetings and Other Events Check our schedule of upcoming activities, including monthly, quarterly, and special events, plus other haiku-related events in our larger community.
www.haikunorthwest.org
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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · 11d
Join Haiku Northwest at Bellevue College for Japan Week on October 11th!

—Test your Haiku IQ with Haiku Northwest poets

—Get an instant haiku written just for you by Captain Haiku

—Discover Haiku on Sticks displayed across campus

More details below:
studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu/japan-week/?...
Haiku Northwest Logo Bellevue College Japan Week Logo
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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · Aug 31
Only a day left to submit up to five haiku to the 2025 Haiku Northwest Porad Award!

sites.google.com/site/haikuno...
A fortune cookie: You will win the Porad haiku contest
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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · Aug 28
Our eighteenth annual Haiku Northwest haiku retreat will happen at the end of October 2025! Come experience the Pacific Northwest off the Hood Canal and our featured speaker, Kristen Lindquist.

www.haikunorthwest.org/seabeck-haik...
A weathered sign post for Seabeck overlooking the Hood Canal
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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · Aug 28
Sunday’s deadline to submit up to five haiku for the 2025 Porad Award is approaching fast.

www.haikunorthwest.org/2025-events/...
Haiku Northwest - 2025 Porad Award
Celebrating the 22nd anniversary of the Porad Award in 2025!
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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · Aug 25
Join us August 28th for a reading of Glimmering Hour, Haiku Northwest’s 35th Anniversary Anthology.

6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Words and Wine, J. Bookwalter Tasting Studio, 14810 NE 145th Street, Suite C, in Woodinville, Washington. Free reading and open mic.

www.haikunorthwest.org/glimmering-h...
Haiku Northwest - Glimmering Hour
Haiku Northwest 35th Anniversary Anthology Haiku Northwest celebrates its 35th anniversary with Glimmering Hour, an anthology of 202 haiku and senryu by 79 contributors, including a memorial section f...
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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · Aug 24
Submissions for the 2025 Haiku Northwest Porad Award close out August 31st.

Follow the link for more details in how to submit your haiku:

www.haikunorthwest.org/2025-events/...
Haiku Northwest - 2025 Porad Award
Celebrating the 22nd anniversary of the Porad Award in 2025!
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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · Aug 23
Haiku Northwest, founded in 1988 by Francine Porad, is a Seattle-based group that meets most second Thursdays to share and discuss haiku and related forms like senryu, haibun, haiga, tanka, and renku.

Look to the space for updates and upcoming meeting events.

www.haikunorthwest.org
Haiku Northwest
2025 Meetings and Other Events Check our schedule of upcoming activities, including monthly, quarterly, and special events, plus other haiku-related events in our larger community.
www.haikunorthwest.org
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