Haiku Workshop with Anna Yin 

2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. 

Express nature’s beauty through the written word during this haiku workshop led by poet Anna Yin. This introductory session will explore how to craft a haiku, using concise wording to express the wonder, peace, hope and other feelings nature inspires. Connected to PAMA’s art exhibition Yours to Discover: Sights/Sites of Peel Region. 

Registration Required: $18 + HST General; $15.30 PAMA Member. 

Interested in making it a full day of wellness and nature?  Buy One Get One Free when you also register for the Forest Bathing workshop happening at 11:00 a.m. the same day. Add both workshops to your cart to get the discount. Subject to availability.  

About Anna Yin: 

Anna Yin was Mississauga’s Inaugural Poet Laureate (2015-17) and has authored six poetry collections and four books of translations including: Mirrors and Windows (Guernica Editions 2021). Anna won the 2005 Ted Plantos Memorial Award, two MARTYs, two scholarships from USA and grants from Ontario Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts. Her poems/translations have appeared at Queen’s Quarterly, ARC Poetry, New York Times, China Daily, CBC Radio, Literary Review of Canada etc. She read on Parliament Hill, at Austin International Poetry Festival, Edmonton Poetry Festival and universities in China, Canada and USA etc. She teaches Poetry Alive and her 11th book is Breaking Into Blossom (Frontenac Press 2025).