Charlotte Digregorio
Charlotte Digregorio authored seven books that are book club selections and adoptions as supplemental university texts. She was honored by Illinois’ Governor for her lifelong literary achievements. Her book, “Ripples of Air: Poems of Healing,” encourages writing as a healing exercise with essays/prose passages. It provides resources for publishing/promoting one’s poetry. Her classic is Haiku and Senryu: A Simple Guide for All. Her haiku collection is Shadows of Seasons. Writing 14 poetic forms, she’s won 56 awards, and was nominated for a Pushcart. She translates poetry from Romance Languages into English. Libraries, hospitals, corporate centers, galleries, and park districts feature her haiga show. She organizes national writers’ conferences; speaks at writers’ organizations/ libraries/chain bookstores; is a university writer-in-residence; teaches haiku in public schools; and judges national writers’ contests. Digregorio hosted a poetry program on public broadcasting, was a Haiku Society of America executive officer, and writes a poetry column for “Winnetka Living” magazine. She blogs about general writing, posting The Daily Haiku from global poets (www.charlottedigregorio.wordpress.com).
Hear the poet read a selection of her haiku.
moonlit sky . . .
following his footprints
in sand
Modern Haiku, Vol. 45:3, Autumn 2014
election day . . .
voters brave the winds
of pollsters
Modern Haiku, Vol. 46:1, Winter 2015
at the thrift shop
a young man tries on
my father’s shoes
bottle rockets, #32, February 2015
Mother’s last breath . . .
my dog leaves us
alone
Frogpond, 38:2, Spring/Summer 2015
after his death
the doghouse empty
by starlight
Acorn, No. 36, Spring 2016
my old mother tends daisies
telling stories about
my childhood
bottle rockets, #36, February 2017
night of his death . . .
one star dims
for each dream
Asahi Haikuist Network, Sept. 2, 2016
road between cornfields . . .
old amish couple’s buggy
long into sunset
Second Place, Traditional Haiku Category
Illinois State Poetry Society Annual Contest, 2017
from the open window
woodpecker . . .
punctuates my haiku
First Place, Modern Haiku Category
Illinois State Poetry Society Annual Contest, 2017
spring again . . .
awakening to the hum
of a tractor
First Place, Haiku Category
Illinois State Poetry Society Annual Contest, 2015