Attention loyal readers and followers: Roberta Beary’s classic haiku collection, The Unworn Necklace, is hot off the press yet again! This is its fifth printing. It was first published in 2007, and is a favorite of avid haikuists worldwide.

As many of you know, Beary is a multi-award-winning haiku poet, and most recently, the 2017 Roving Ambassador for The Haiku Foundation, supporting the study and advancement of haiku. As part of her recent work for the Foundation, she has spent the past year meeting with haiku poets in Australia, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, and Sweden, spreading the word about haiku and its relevance in our daily lives.

Beary is a frequent presenter at haiku conferences and haiku contest judge. In 2013, when I was an officer of the Haiku Society of America, I invited her to be a guest speaker at our Annual National…