The teeming crowds exited the Midtown Arts Center en masse. One small band of Haiku Agents was awaiting them. In his best booming voice Agent Haddon (formerly a Boston tour guide) announced,
“Step right up, Ladies and Gentlemen
(…are you sure it wasn’t Coney Island that you learned these skills, Agent
Haddon…?) “Participate in a new Public Art experience directly from NEW YORK CITY!”
“New York City?!?” the crowd was curious…and found itself herded in the direction of our Agents and their chalk… “What am I supposed to do?”
Thus a Movement was born on the grounds of the Midtown Art Center, where a girl child in a bright pink coat led the way and 50-odd art-goers became spontaneous haikuists. Artists in their own right. Guerilla artists. With chalk in one hand…counting syllables with the other.
I wasn’t there, but when Agent Haddon recounted the tale at our merry Closing Ceremony- he was full of the kind of energy reserved for the young and the joyful. He made it live for me. As do these photos:
May that moment live for you too! To Haiku!
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The Haiku Mistress
Actor and educator, Caley Vickerman, discovered haiku in 6th grade and they remain to this day a favorite method of expression; simple, precise and immeasurably powerful. It became her fervent wish to create events that celebrated haiku (and humanity). Thus the Guerilla Haiku Movement was born! …And the Haiku Mistress gratefully continues to celebrate! 
We are the Guerilla Haiku Movement; a cadre of artists, fun-lovers, and fools that use sidewalk chalk and the ancient Japanese poetic tradition of Haiku to tell our stories and the stories of our communities inside of one moment. Check out our events page to join us in a city near you!