Meetings On Saturday, May 13th, 9 poets met via Zoom to share news, poems, and workshop together. The next meeting will be held in July. Publications, Awards, and Announcements Towpath member Julie Bloss Kelsey released her book titled Grasping
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Meetings On March 5th, 13 members of Towpath and spouses gathered to explore the beautiful Glenstone Museum in Potomac, MD. The same number of poets gathered on March 11th via Zoom, to share news and workshop poems. In April, the
The National Children’s Museum is planning a pop-up experience to share Haiku with the visitors to the museum to coincide with the Cherry Blossom Festival. The pop-up will ask visitors to engage in a variety of ways, one of which will
Meetings In March, the group plans a museum gingko walk at the Glenstone museum in Potomac, Maryland. The next regular meeting will be held March 11th via Zoom. Publications and Announcements Towpath member Susan Burch received an Honorable Mention in
Meetings On January 14, 2022, a group of 12 poets gathered via Zoom to share news and workshop poems. The group welcomed a new member, Jeffrey Walthall. In March, the group plans a museum gingko walk at the Glenstone museum,
News from Recent Towpath Meetings On December 17, 2022, a small and hardy group of poets braved the cold weather to enjoy a gingko walk amongst the winter camellias, at the National Arboretum’s Asian Collection. The group included regular Towpath
Four Towpath poets gathered on July 30, 2022 for the Lotus and Water Lily Festival at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens. We enjoyed viewing the blossoms, writing and sharing haiku, and inventing stories about the curious, light-green shape in the center of
On April 23, 2022, five Towpath poets met at the Freer Gallery of Art to appreciate the special exhibition on Mind Over Matter: Zen in Medieval Japan and to write poems. The photo below is taken with the backdrop of
Following our gingko walk at the National Bonsai Museum last fall, Roberta Beary led us in writing a haiku sequence, entitled Bonsai Home. Roberta also paired the sequence with photos we took and created a beautiful video that was featured
Every year, the Golden Triangle district in DC hosts a haiku contest, and selected poems are placed on signs in the district. Only 150 poems were selected out of nearly 3,000 submissions. Towpath member Bill Sette’s poem is among those