Nick Virgilio Annual graveside celebration at Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, NJ
Join us to honor internationally known haiku poet, Nicholas (Nick) Virgilio (1928-1989) Bring your haiku to share. This annual event commemorates Nick Virgilio’s birthday and his legacy. (Nick’s actual date of birth was 6/28/1928.) ALL ARE INVITED.
This year’s event:
DATE: Sunday, June 24th, 2018
TIME: 1:30 PM
PLACE: Harleigh Cemetery - 1640 Haddon Ave - Camden, NJ
NOTE: This is an annual event sharing haiku and senryu poetry with Friends of the Nick Virgilio Haiku Association at the gravesite of Nick Virgilio (only a stone's throw away from the grave of the poet, Walt Whitman) at historic Harleigh Cemetery. A reading and sharing of poetry at the stone podium, where Nick’s most famous poem is carved.