The 21st annual ukiaHaiku Festival returns to the Grace Hudson Museum Wild Gardens on Sunday, May 7 from 2-4 p.m. Join us to celebrate Ukiah's palindrome with a live performance from the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas' Developing Virtue Boys School, readings of past haiku contest winners from various local luminaries including: Lake County Poet Laureate Georgina Marie Guardado, Supervisor Mo Mulheren, UHS Pomo Language teacher and Vice-Chairperson for Sherwood Valley Rancheria Buffie Schmidt, Mendocino County Superintendent of Schools Nicole Glentzer, Point Arena Poet Laureate Blake More, and more.
There will also be an all-ages open mic for those who wish to read a haiku of their choosing. The event will also feature live music by the UkeTones and shakahachi (traditional Japanese flute) player Karl Young, as well as haiku-inspired arts and crafts booths, and refreshments.
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, another former Poet Laureate of Ukiah, explains.
For more information, please contact carrm@mendocinocounty.org or visit the ukiaHaiku website at http://ukiahaiku.org.
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