President-Elect Crystal Simone Smith

by Dave Russo
written by Dave Russo
Original photo by James G. Northrup

NCHS member Crystal Simone Smith will be the next president of The Haiku Society of America. Crystal is the second HSA president from the Old North State–the first being you-know-who.

Crystal’s latest collection of haiku and tanka, Runagate, Songs of the Freedom Bound, is forthcoming from Duke University Press in May of 2025.

Congratulations, Crystal!