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SUMMARY:2022 ukiaHaiku Festival
DESCRIPTION:Haiku revival: \nFamed fest returns for retrospection and renewal \nby Roberta Werdinger \nIn 2002\, a group of poets and poetry lovers in Ukiah\, noting that their city’s name was “haiku” spelled backwards\, decided to hold a festival. Starting with Armand Brint\, Ukiah’s first Poet Laureate\, as its guiding spirit\, the festival grew and flourished throughout the years\, becoming internationally known. Now the event returns\, in time for its 20-year anniversary\, in an in-person celebration on Sunday\, May 15\, from 2 to 4 p.m.\, in the Public Room and Wild Gardens at the Grace Hudson Museum. \nThe ukiaHaiku Festival was in quarantine the first year of the pandemic and appeared only in virtual form the year after\, but haiku itself and its many writers and fans emerged intact. As people picked themselves up and dusted themselves off from the strains and separations of the COVID-19 pandemic era\, this new form of the ukiaHaiku Fest was dreamed up. The organizers decided not to hold a contest this year\, but to treat the event as a retrospective celebration\, with former and current Poets Laureate reading their favorite selections from both adult and youth categories\, as well as adding one of their own. An open mic reading will follow\, with sign-ups starting at 2 p.m. (Children and young adults are invited to attend and read\, and bilingual haiku is welcome.) Shakuhachi flute\, an ancient Japanese musical form\, will be performed by Ron Nadeau. Entertainment from SPACE\, Higher Ground\, and the Haikuleles (AKA the Uke Tones) will be provided. An arts & crafts booth\, a special presentation by award-winning haiku poet and artist Annette Makino\, and energetic MCing from former Poet Laureate Michael Riedell completes the picture. \nThe late and much-loved Susan Sparrow\, a key organizer of earlier UkiaHaiku Fests and other local literary events\, saw the festival as “uniquely Ukiahan.” Brint\, also an award-winning haiku poet\, comments: “In many ways\, this 20th anniversary celebration is a tribute to internationally acclaimed haiku author and Mendocino Coast resident Jane Reichhold (1937-2016). Jane served as an unofficial mentor to the festival\, and also judged the International category of haiku submissions. It’s thanks to Jane that local organizers\, judges and many participants learned the finer points of haiku.” \nA haiku is a three-line poem that 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. Traditionally written in a 17-syllable format of 5-7-5\, the haiku form has been stretched and reinterpreted in recent times as it enters new countries\, languages\, and situations. \nTo find out more\, email carrm@mendocinocounty.org or visit the ukiaHaiku website at http://ukiahaiku.org. \nMasking and social distancing at this event is recommended. Part of the Festival will be held outside to facilitate this. \nThe 20th anniversary ukiaHaiku Fest is sponsored by the City of Ukiah.
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