Apology of Wildflowers - 2014 SCHSG Anthology Launch

On Sunday, November 2, 2014, the Southern California Haiku Study Group launched their newest anthology, Apology of Wildflowers, at the USC Pacific Asia Museum.  The anthology was edited by Gregory Longenecker, with work by 74 poets.

The title was taken by a poem by Kimberly Esser:

                   after the storm
                   an apology
                   of wildflowers
                           - Kimberly Esser

Book design and layout by Greg Longenecker. Cover design by Gorham Printing. Cover art by Jennifer Velasco. Translations of the following poets’ Spanish by Olga Garcia: R. Castillo, L. Jáuregui, G. Licona, A. Paz, C. Rascón and O. Rodríguez.

Deborah P Kolodji, Kimberly Esser, and Gregory Longenecker

Gregory Longenecker

Poets included in this anthology:

L. H. Allgood, Pasadena, CA
Vibiana Aparicio-Chamberlin, Pasadena, CA
Don Baird, Rancho Vista, CA
Maria Baird, Rancho Vista, CA
Ashley Baldon, Chino Hills, CA
Jerry Ball, Walnut Creek, CA
Tom Bilicke, Glendale, CA
Darrell Byrd, El Centro, CA
Susan Galletti Campion, San Diego, CA
Sean Carlton, Long Beach, CA
Roberto Castillo, Tijuana, Mexico
Peggy Castro, Alhambra, CA
Marcyn Del Clements, Claremont, CA
Phyllis Collins, Sherman Oaks, CA
Joan E. Day, Camarillo, CA
Billie Dee, San Diego, CA
D’ellen, Apple Valley, CA
Denise Dumars, Manhattan Beach, CA
Pauli Dutton, La Cañada, CA
Richard Dutton, La Cañada, CA
Andrea Eldridge, Claremont, CA
Kimberly Esser, Los Angeles, CA
Don Eulert, Santa Ysabel, CA
Kathy Fulton, Westminster, CA
Linda Galloway, Encino, CA
Olga Garcia, Tijuana, Mexico
Victor Gendrano, Seal Beach, CA
Anita Guenin, San Diego, CA
William Hart, Montrose, CA
Margaret Hehman-Smith, Hollydale, CA
Anne Hudson, Whittier, CA
Una Nichols Hynum, National City, CA
Laura Jáuregui, Tijuana, Mexico
Diana Ming Jeong, Pasadena, CA
Carol Judkins, Carlsbad, CA
Oleg Kagan, North Hollywood, CA
Patricia Kelly, Goleta, CA
Deborah P Kolodji, Temple City, CA
Yvette Nicole Kolodji, Temple City, CA
Elva Lauter, Los Angeles, CA
Marie Lecrivain, Los Angeles, CA
Gilberto Licona, Tijuana, Mexico
Gregory Longenecker, Pasadena, CA
Eve Luckring, Los Angeles, CA
E. Luke, Pacific Pines, CA
Janis Lukstein, Pacific Pines, CA
Robert Lundy, Del Mar, CA
Seretta Martin, San Diego, CA
Frances Ruhlen McConnel, Claremont, CA
Naia, Temecula, CA
Genie Nakano, Hawthorne, CA
Ruth Nolan, Palm Desert, CA
Victor Ortiz, San Pedro, CA
Alberto Paz, Tijuana, Mexico
Claudia Poquoc, CA
Cristina Rascón, Tijuana, Mexico
Wendy Rathbone, Yucca Valley, CA
Beki Reese, Costa Mesa, CA
Oralia Rodríguez, Tijuana, Mexico
Susan Rogers, Los Angeles, CA
Wakako Miya Rollinger, Topanga, CA
Stevie Strang, Laguna Niguel, CA
Karen Stromberg, La Mesa, CA
N. E. Taylor, Los Angeles, CA
Carolyn Thomas, Hemet, CA
Jie Tian, Brea, CA
Maja Trochimczyk, Sunland, CA
S. C. Virtes, Escondido, CA
Patricia Wakimoto, Gardena, CA
Megan Webster, San Diego, CA
Elizabeth Yahn Williams, Oceanside, CA
Kath Abela Wilson, Pasadena, CA
Julia Zhu, Huntington Beach, CA
Morgan Zo-Callahan, Temple City, CA