Haiku Northwest, the Washington State region of the Haiku Society of America, celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary with No Longer Strangers, a wide-ranging anthology of haiku, senryu, and haibun by 78 contributors from Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and British Columbia. Also included are poems by deceased members as well as Connie Hutchison’s engaging history of the organization and its many contributions to poetry in the great Pacific Northwest. I’m intrigued by the thought of which one haiku I would choose to be remembered by. Over twelve hundred of my poems have been published. Would I want it to be humorous? Serious? Dealing with nature or human beings? About travel, art, the computer world? All of us are multidimensional beings. I have somewhat decided on one. It’s a haiku you may have heard. poolside, we chatabout reincarnation;no longer strangers-Francine Porad, A Personal Journey to Haiku This collection, celebrating the first quarter century of Haiku Northwest, introduces readers to a thriving community of poets who sense the connection between fresh gingerbread and a sister’s coming-out letter, who honor the soggy meaning of Raggedy Ann afloat at ebbtide, who gaze from atop the Space Needle to share ‘how it feels / to spot a whale.’ In the pages of this anthology readers become acquainted with a Northwest gathering of artists eager to share their deepest insights, perceptions, memories, and yearnings … no longer strangers. -David G. Lanoue, President, Haiku Society of AmericaList of Contributors: Nasira Alma, an'ya, Johnny Baranski, Joshua Beach, Gary Blankenship, Mimi Call, Terran Campbell, Leszek Chudzinski, Maggie Chula, Nancy Dahlberg, Connie Donleycott, Wilma M. Erwin, Michael L. Evans, Seren Fargo, Alice Frampton, Ida Freilinger, William Scott Galasso, Dianne Garcia, Jay Gelzer, Robert Gibson, Nixeon Civille Handy, Lorraine Ellis Harr, Katherine G. Hawkinson, Alison Hedlund, Christopher Herold, Tom C. Hunley, Connie Hutchison, Winifred Jaeger, Helen Ronan Jameson, Beth Jankola, Michael Kettner, Roy Kindelberger, George Klacsanzky, Elizabeth Kusuda, Dejah Leger, Carole MacRury, Robert Major, Munio Makuuchi, C. R. Manley, Gerald A. McBreen, Tanya McDonald, Margaret D. McGee, anne mckay, Mary Fran Meer, Mas Odoi, John L. Platt, Francine Porad, Nu Quang, Millie Renfrow, James Rodriguez, Ce Rosenow, Helen Russell, Marilyn Sandall, Michelle Schaefer, Judt Shrode, Sarah Singer, Carmi Soifer, Sheila Sondik, Ann Spiers, Gwen Stamm, Joan D. Stamm, Carmen Sterba, Dean Summers, M. Anne Sweet, Angela Terry, Doris Thurston, Kathleen Tice, Richard Tice, Eve Triem, Anne Voegtlen, Karma Tenzing Wangchuk, Michael Dylan Welch, Kathleen Whalen, Billie Wilson, Brad Wolthers, Ruth Yarrow, Cindy Zackowitz, Stuart Zobel.