A HAY(NA)KU SPRING!

... and it was also the Hay(na)ku Spring!  That is, poet-"peminist"-scholar-mezzo soprano-etc Melinda Luisa de Jesus -- in apparently the hardest gig she's ever done -- was a "Visiting Poet" who did a kiddo workshop on the hay(na)ku at Walden Center and School in Berkeley. Second and third graders, in Beth Baugh's class, were a tough crowd! Here are some lovely shots from the May 1 workshop: