7th Annual Haiku Festival
Mukai Farm & Garden
18017 107th Ave SW, Vashon, WA 98070
Submissions Open: April 1 - 14
Haiku On Display: April 26, 2 pm

Mukai Farm & Garden’s 7th Annual Haiku Festival once again brings the timeless beauty of haiku (俳句) to Vashon Island. In past years, the festival has welcomed hundreds of submissions and inspired poets and readers from around the world.

This celebration of poetry is open to all ages. Participants may submit one haiku in one of three categories:

Mukai Centennial – reflections on the 100-year history, legacy, or landscape of Mukai Farm & Garden

Food – inspired by the restoration of the Fruit Barreling Plant and the future Vashon Food Hub

Young Poets – youth entries (ages 1–12 and 13–18)

Haiku takes many forms, but for this festival we invite traditional three-line poems with a 5–7–5 syllable pattern that capture, in the words of Matsuo Bashō, “simply what is happening in this place at this moment.”

To participate, please submit your haiku using the submission form at mukaifarmandgarden.org.

A selection of submitted haiku will be displayed throughout the grounds of Mukai Farm & Garden beginning April 26 at 2 PM, on view through May. Join us for the opening viewing and experience poetry in the garden.

There is no entry fee. Donations are warmly welcomed and help make this community celebration possible.