South

South Region

This region includes Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee.

Regional Links

New Orleans Haiku Society
http://neworleanshaikusociety.blogspot.com/

Join the HSA

http://www.hsa-haiku.org/join.htm

Regional Coordinator

Johnye Strickland
12 Willow Oak Loop
Maumelle, AR 72113

<jstrickland35@gmail.com>

Johnye Strickland is a professor emeritus in English at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Before her election as South regional coordinator, she served as editor of the HSA newsletter and associate editor of Simply Haiku, and is currently vice president of the Tanka Society of America. She is relatively new to haiku, having adopted it to have something interesting to do after retirement. It has not been a disappointment, though the learning curve has been a bit higher than anticipated. In addition to haiku, Johnye also enjoys writing renku, haibun, haiga (in collaboration with a photographer or artist), and an occasional senryu.

          summer’s child
          the shock
          of a red ant bite

                    Dakota fields
                    . . . the sumi-e
                    of cloud shadows

          final liftoff*
          the dogwood trembles
          with finches

                    *Discovery, February 27, 2011