Haiku Festival’s 2025 Guest Poet
Charlotte Digregorio is a celebrated poet whose accolades include 81 awards, 4 Pushcart nominations, and being honored by the Governor of Illinois for her literary achievements. She writes in 16 poetic forms including haiku, dodoitsu, haibun, and senryū.
Charlotte wrote 9 books including Haiku and Senryū: A Simple Guide for All; Wondrous Instruction and Advice from Global Poets: How to Write and Publish Moving Poems and Books and Publicize Like a Pro; and Ripples of Air: Poems of Healing. Her books are adopted as university texts and appear in Writer’s Digest Book Club’s “Featured Selections.”
Charolotte holds illustrated poetry exhibits at libraries, corporations, hospitals, and park districts. Her poems were displayed on public transit, at botanic gardens, in shops, and restaurants. A retired university professor, she hosted a radio poetry program on Oregon Public Broadcasting and wrote a poetry column for Winnetka-Kenilworth Living.
A University of Chicago alumna, Charlotte teaches workshops for all ages groups, speaks at national writer’s conferences, judges international poetry contests, and is fluent in Italian and French. Her poetry is translated into 9 languages. Her blog, www.charlottedigregorio.wordpress.com features “The Daily Haiku” and other genres by writers from 61 countries.
Join us Saturday, 26 April 2025, 10:AM, Harold Washington Library Auditorium, 400 South State Street for award-winning poetry and music by 8 to 18-year-olds. This National Poetry Month event is FREE and open to the public.