Come to My Two Workshops and Reading: Haiku and Senryu

Posted on April 8, 2018 by Charlotte Digregorio

Dear Readers and Followers,

Please take note of my two upcoming workshops, the first in the Chicago area (Northfield, IL), and the second in Western Massachusetts in Northfield. The latter will include a reading of my haiku and senryu.

Hope to see at least some of you! Both require advance registration.

 

The Healing Art of Haiku

Northfield Public Library

2 to 4 p.m., Sunday April 29

1785 Orchard Lane

Northfield, IL

     Free  Workshop/Registration Required

(www.WinnetkaLibrary.org)

Did your teachers have you write haiku? If so, you were likely misinformed. This workshop will introduce you to the healing, insightful nature of these poems that originated in Japan in the 1600s–now a fad worldwide. Written in one to four lines, haiku are relevant, intriguing, and can be written on any theme. They allow you to capture your life’s moments, (happy or sad), in affirming and rewarding ways. Whatever your personal, educational, or professional background, you can be creative and learn to write and publish haiku!

Included are: discussion of haiku’s content/style, a brief history of the form, sample poems to review, writing a haiku, and publishing tips. (Winners of the haiku contest will receive prizes.)

 

Writing Artful Senryu 

Haiku Circle–(Annual Gathering)

8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday, June 2

152 Mount Herman Station Rd
(Rt 142) Northfield, MA

 

My afternoon workshop will be preceded by a reading of my haiku and senryu in the morning, along with a full day of other haiku activities planned by the Haiku Circle.

Check out the Haiku Circle’s website, http://www.haikucircle.com/index.html

It often seems that excellently-crafted poetry is more commonly found among published haiku than senryu. We’ll briefly consider senryu’s history and discuss what notable authors have said about the significance of making a distinction between the two forms. Then we will delve into what triggers our observational skills, imaginations, memories, and psychological insights/associations in writing artful senryu. We’ll discuss several literary techniques that will enrich your humorous and serious senryu, leaving a lasting impression on readers. Among them: use of inanimate objects, hyperbole, irony, satire, wit, puns, parody, tone/mood, sound, and line breaks. In reviewing many masterful senryu, become inspired to write them with flair, allowing your imaginations to wander and wonder!

 

Charlotte Digregorio is the author of six award-winning books, including Haiku and Senryu: A Simple Guide for All, and a haiku collection. She writes in twelve poetic forms, has won forty-six poetry awards, and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Her poems have been translated into eight languages, and she herself translates poetry books from Italian into English. Her traveling haiga show has been displayed at libraries, hospitals, corporate centers, and restaurants, among several venues. Four of her reference books have been adopted as supplemental texts and are featured selections of book clubs.  She gives workshops at national writer’s conferences; is a writer-in-residence at universities; teaches haiku in public schools; judges national writers’ contests; and speaks at libraries/chain bookstores. Charlotte hosted a radio poetry program, and was an executive officer of the Haiku Society of America. She is an Associate of The Haiku Foundation. She blogs about writing for publication and poetry, and posts The Daily Haiku from global poets at www.charlottedigregorio.wordpress.com.  Charlotte taught languages and writing at universities, and holds graduate degrees from The University of Chicago.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

About Charlotte Digregorio

I publish books. I have marketed and/or published 55 titles. These books are sold in 46 countries to bookstores, libraries, universities, professional organizations, government agencies, and book clubs. In 2018, I was honored by the Governor of Illinois for my thirty-eight years of accomplishments in the literary arts, and my work to promote and advance the field by educating adults and students alike. I am the author of seven books including: Haiku and Senryu: A Simple Guide for All; Everything You Need to Know About Nursing Homes; You Can Be A Columnist; Beginners' Guide to Writing & Selling Quality Features; Your Original Personal Ad; and my latest, Ripples of Air: Poems of Healing. The first four books have been adopted as supplemental texts at universities throughout the U.S., Canada, India, Pakistan, and Catalonia. They are sold in 43 countries, and are displayed in major metropolitan cultural centers. These books have been reviewed, recommended, and praised by hundreds of critics, librarians, and professors worldwide. I am also the author of a poetry collection: "Shadows of Seasons: Selected Haiku and Senryu by Charlotte Digregorio." Two of my books have been Featured Selections of Writer's Digest Book Club. I am regularly interviewed by major print, radio, and television organizations throughout the U.S. I regularly sign books at libraries, chain bookstores, and university bookstores, and do poetry readings at art centers, cafes, tea houses, and galleries. I was recently nominated for two Pushcart Prizes in poetry. I have won fifty-nine poetry awards, writing fourteen poetic forms. My poetry has been translated into eight languages. I do illustrated solo poetry exhibits 365 days a year in libraries, galleries, corporate buildings, hospitals, convention centers, and other venues. My individual poems have been displayed at supermarkets, apparel and wine shops, banks, botanic gardens, restaurants, and on public transit. I have been nominated and listed in "The International Authors and Writers Who's Who" in Cambridge, England and in the "Who's Who In Writers, Editors & Poets U.S./Canada." I hosted my own radio program, "Poetry Beat," on public broadcasting. My poetry has been featured on several library web sites including those of Shreve Memorial Library in Louisiana and Cornell University's Mann Library. My background includes positions as a feature editor and columnist at daily newspapers and as a magazine editor. I have been a public relations director for a non-profit organization. I am self-employed as a public relations/marketing consultant, having served a total of 118 clients in 23 states for the past several decades . In other professional areas, I have been on university faculties, teaching French, Italian, and Writing. I regularly give lectures and workshops on publishing, journalism, publicity, poetry, and creativity to business and professional groups, and at writer's conferences, universities, literary festivals, non-profit organizations, and libraries. I have been a writer-in-residence at universities. There have been about 400 articles written about me in the media. I have served on the Boards of writers and publishers organizations. My positions have included Board Secretary of the Northwest Association of Book Publishers. I served for five years as Midwest Regional Coordinator of The Haiku Society of America, and for two years as its Second Vice President.
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