Artistic integrity permeates Regina Harris Baiocchi‘s music, poetry and prose. There’s warmth, intelligence, honesty and compassion that touch our very depths. In all the works Regina has created, I’ve felt richly rewarded to experience the world through her eyes, ears and heart
Haiku Festival Workshop Guidelines
In preparation for the Haiku Workshop with Regina Harris Baiocchi, please review the following concepts with each student who will attend:
- What is a syllable?
- What is a haiku?
- Explore haiku topics.
- Explore 5-7-5 form: tell a story using 17 syllables.
- Identify basic verb tenses: past, present, future.
- What is a contraction?
- What is irony?
(NB: General Poetry workshops are also available.)
For more information, write or phone:
Info@HaikuFest.com or
Haiku Festival
Post Office Box 457
Chicago, IL 60690 or
312-253-7453
For Current Deadline: Please visit www.HaikuFest.com
Annual Awards Programs: last Saturday in April (National Poetry Month), 10:00 am Awards Venue: usually Harold Washington Library, 400 South State Street
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Haiku Festival Workshop Bibliography
- Haiku: This Other World, 1988, Richard Wright
- Essential Haiku of Basho, Buson & Issa, Robert Hass, Ecco Press, 1994
- Haiku World: International Poetry Almanac, Higginson, Kodansha, 1996
- Haiku: Asian Arts & Crafts for Creative Kid, P. Donegan, Tuttle, 2003
- Cool Melons—Turn to Frogs! (Life & Poems of Issa), Matt Gollub, Kazuko Stone, Keiko Smith; Lee & Low, 1998
- Zen & the Art of Haiku, (Journal) A. Patterson, Peter Pauper Press 1995
- Urban Haiku & Other Selected Poems, Regina Harris Baiocchi, 2004
- Blues Haiku & Other New Poems, Regina Harris Baiocchi, 2008
- Jazz Haiku & Other New Poems, Regina Harris Baiocchi, 2015
- morning haiku, Sonia Sanchez, Beacon Press, 2010
Black Arts Movement Workshop Outline
Regina’s BAM Workshop surveys:
- Music: All genres
- Literature: Poetry, Plays, Fiction, Nonfiction
- Dance: Formal, Informal
- Visual arts: 2 and 3-dimensional
- Aesthetics
of this era, circa 1950-1975; and how BAM intersects with the Civil Rights and Black Power movements.
For more info, write or phone:
Regina@ReginaHarrisBaiocchi.com or
Regina Harris Baiocchi
Post Office Box 457
Chicago, IL 60690 or
312-253-7453
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Music Master Class Workshop Outline
Regina’s Master Classes include:
- Music Composition: Classical, Jazz, Gospel
- Music History: Beginning of time to Now
- History of African-American Opera
- African American Genres: Concert, Work Songs, Spirituals, Blues, Jazz, Gospel, R&B, et cetera
- Topics to be arranged
For more info, write or phone:
Regina@ReginaHarrisBaiocchi.com or
Regina Harris Baiocchi
Post Office Box 457
Chicago, IL 60690 or
312-253-7453