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Do You HAIKU?

2023-04-01 00:00:00 2023-04-01 23:59:00 America/New_York Do You HAIKU? Southeast Neighborhood Library -

Saturday, April 01
All day

Add to Calendar 2023-04-01 00:00:00 2023-04-01 23:59:00 America/New_York Do You HAIKU? Compete in our Haiku Contest! Participe en nuestro Concurso de Haiku! Southeast Neighborhood Library -

Compete in our Haiku Contest! Participe en nuestro Concurso de Haiku!

Celebrate National Poetry Month this April by participating in our Haiku Contest! Click here to enter.   
 
En abril, celebre el Mes Nacional de la Poesía participando en nuestro Concurso de Haiku. Haga click aquí para entrar.   
 
Create your own 17-syllable masterpiece on one of the following topics:   

  • A DC moment / observed in DC 
  • Something that you are grateful for  
  • Seasons, or 
  • Something small and wild 
      

Haikus traditionally have three lines of 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables, though that isn’t an absolute rule.  All haiku are brief and expressive. Poets of all ages are eligible to enter and may submit up to two haikus.   
 
Prize-winners will take home library swag and eternal glory.  Winning poems will be posted in the library and on the Library website in May. To enter, pick up a paper form from the library or enter online with our online form.        

AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults | 5 - 12 Years Old | 13 - 19 Years Old (Teens) |

EVENT TYPE: | Poetry Month |

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Southeast Neighborhood Library

southeastlibrary@dc.gov
Phone: 202-698-3377

Hours
We're closed Monday May 29 due to Memorial Day
Mon, May 29 Closed
(Memorial Day)
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Wed, May 31 10:00AM to 9:00PM
Thu, Jun 01 1:00PM to 9:00PM
Fri, Jun 02 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Jun 03 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sun, Jun 04 1:00PM to 5:00PM

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