Rebecca Ball Rust, founder of the North Carolina Haiku Society and past president of the North Carolina Poetry Society, passed away on April 27, 2018.

Photos from our 39th annual Haiku Holiday conference.

“This is the journey of my cultural memory.”

“The stories continue to the present as I reflect on the war, seeking peace and healing in personal as well as in wider worlds.”

“… a lighted window into lives of African American haiku poets with powerful connections to earth and family.”