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celebration devoted to the haiku form of poetry
23rd Annual ukiaHaiku Festival
Sunday, April 27th, 2025
Grace Hudson Museum Wild Gardens
from 2–4pm
Free and open to the public
Dear Haiku Lovers,
The 23rd annual ukiaHaiku Festival returns to the Grace Hudson Museum Wild Gardens on Sunday, April 27th from 2–4 pm. Join us to celebrate Ukiah’s palindrome with readings of past haiku contest winners from various local luminaries followed by an all-ages open mic for those who wish to read a haiku of their choosing. The event will include shakuhachi (traditional Japanese flute) player Ron Nadeau and a short presentation by Annette Makino an accomplished haiku poet.
A haiku is a three-line poem traditionally written in a 17-syllable format of 5-7-5 and captures a fleeting moment and a quiet impression which can often go unremarked on in our busy lives. The poems resemble little word blossoms, compact and bursting with life. Originating in Japan, haiku draw attention to the passing seasons and to everyday human encounters without comment or embellishment. "Think of it as a mental snapshot, as seeing the haiku moment in your mind," Dan Barth, a former Poet Laureate of Ukiah, explains.
For more information, please contact ukiahaiku2025@gmail.com.
Love,
ukiaHaiku Committee
P. S. The pdf of winners from 2024 is below.
Read winning haiku of
past festivals:
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2024
We are thankful to Michael Dylan Welch, passionate haiku advocate and author, for judging the Jane Reichhold International category since Reichhold's death in 2016.
The 2025 ukiaHaiku festival is made possible in part by a grant for youth outreach from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and was supported by North Coast Opportunities.
The ukiaHaiku Festival is also sponsored by the Mendocino County Library, the City of Ukiah, the Grace Hudson Museum, WAVE Books, Tsadik, the Arts Council of Mendocino County, and the Ukiah Poet Laureate Committee.
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