Haiku Poetry Workshop
with Elliot Ruchowitz-Roberts
$60 is suggested donation. Scholarships available. For more information, please call (831) 920-8303.
Elliot Ruchowitz-Roberts will lead the workshop from 10:30 am to 4:00 pm Saturday, October 12 at the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts. The workshop will begin with brief accounts of the history of haiku, its form, and of some of its practitioners (from Basho and Chiyo-ni to Richard Wright and Mitsu Suzuki). The focus will turn to writing haiku using various writing exercises that provide starting points for exploring the art of catching the moment. Open to readers and writers of all levels of experience with haiku. Suggested donation of $60. No one will be turned away for lack of ability to donate.
Poet-in-the-Schools for the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Ruchowitz-Roberts presents poetry writing workshops in high schools throughout Monterey County nd coordinates the annual Monterey County High School Poetry Awards. He has taught haiku writing workshops in CSUMB’s OLLI program.