Celebrate the Season with Haiku: An Online Equinox Weekend Retreat

Spring begins officially in March in the northern hemisphere, just as the first light starts to appear in the sky. For thousands of years, humans have marked the vernal equinox as a time of celebration and renewal. The earth warms. The trees blossom. The cold releases its hold on all created things. The first spring peepers still remember having ice inside of their mouths. At 17 syllables, haiku is the shortest poem in world literature. Written by millions of people worldwide, in almost every language, haiku is also the most popular poetic form in the world. But what is a haiku exactly?

** This is a previously recorded retreat **