pacifi-kana
is the Western branch of Haiku Canada.Our
mission is to promote awareness and
appreciation
of haiku and related forms as well as create
association, friendship and mutual support among haiku poets.
IMPORTANT NEWS:
pacifi-kana will once again be hosting the annual Haiku Canada Weekend,
May 15, 16, 17, 2009 at U. B. C.
For more information contact
Alice Frampton (a-frame44@hotmail.com)
Meetings
(updated July 2008)
At present the pacifi-kana
haiku group meets three times a year to read and discuss haiku. Each
gathering centres around a ginko (haiku walk), and includes other
haiku-related activities. The summer meeting is held on Gabriola
Island, and the spring and fall meetings are held in
various places around B.C.
These gatherings are open to all pacifi-kana members and other
interested poets.
Membership
Membership
is open to
all writers or students of haiku residing in British Columbia, the
Yukon, the Northwest Territories, or Nunavut. (The pacifi-kana
haiku group may also include poets from Washington State.)
New members are always welcome.
Those
interested in joining pacifi-kana haiku group, or anyone wanting to
learn more about haiku in general, may contact the acting pacifi-kana
regional coordinator for Haiku
Canada.
Alice Frampton
a-frame44@hotmail.com
There are no fees for membership in the pacifi-kana haiku
group. However, as a branch of Haiku Canada we promote and offer
information on how to join
Haiku Canada.
We
encourage you to explore the rest of our site to enjoy the many fine
haiku therein.