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Clark Strand
An accomplished master of the haiku form, Clark Strand has been writing poetry for fifty years and teaching haiku for thirty. A former Vice President of the Haiku Society of America, he is the author of books on poetry, spirituality, and ecology, including "Seeds From A Birch Tree: Writing Haiku and the Spiritual Journey" and "The Way Of The Rose: The Radical Path of the Divine Feminine Hidden in the Rosary", co-authored with his wife Perdita Finn. He teaches the popular group Weekly Haiku Challenges with Clark Strand on Facebook and writes the column “On Haiku” for "Tricycle: The Buddhist Review".
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Clark Strand: Whatever You Can Get Away With In 17 Syllables: An Introduction to Haiku
Written by millions of people worldwide in almost every language, haiku is the most popular poetic form in the world today. But what is a haiku exactly? How do we write one? And how do we share our haiku with others? In this one-hour webinar, Poet and Master Teacher Clark Strand will explain the origins of haiku and guide us through the basics with an emphasis on writing haiku as a poetic art form that is at once accessible and endlessly challenging—making it well suited for children and accomplished poets alike.
