Haiku Conference

Featuring Charlotte Digregorio

The 27th Haiku Society of America’s South Regional Conference will be held Fri. – Sat., Nov. 10 – 11, at the Arlington Hotel in Hot Springs,  9 AM – Noon and 2 PM – 5 PM, both days. The Arkansas Haiku Society provides this free event to encourage appreciation for this centuries-old Japanese poetic tradition often now with American influences. These impressions about nature and human nature catch beauty, feelings, quirks, etc. with the fewest words necessary. 

“We are particularly fortunate this year that many distinguished poets will be attending,” stated Howard Lee Kilby, President of the Arkansas Haiku Society. 

Charlotte Digregorio: Author of seven books
Suzanne Underwood Rhodes:  Arkansas Poet Laureate
Dr. John J. Han:  Haiku Author, MO Baptist U., Chair of Humanities
Dr. John McPherson:  President of Poets’ Roundtable of Arkansas
Dr. John Zheng:  Mississippi Valley State University
Kai Coggin:  Hot Springs Poet Laureate, Wednesday Night Poetry
Maxine Dickerson: Teacher of Origami
|June Rose Dowis: South Regional Coordinator
Dr. Judy Michaels: Arkansas Haiku Ambassador
Stacy Pendergrast: Haiku Poet and Film Maker
Howard Lee Kilby: President, Arkansas Haiku Society
Janine Davis: VP for Membership of the HS Haiku Club
“Capt. Billy Bones”: Entertainer, Fiction Author, and Haiku Poet

Beginners are encouraged to attend. For more information, contact Howard Lee Kilby: email hkilby@hotmail.com [use HAIKU CONFERENCE in subject line] or phone 501-767-6096…OR just come…hotel front desk will direct you to the location of the gathering.

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