Margaret Chula lived in Japan for twelve years where she taught creative writing at Kyoto universities. She has published six collections of poetry, most recently What Remains: Japanese Americans in Internment Camps, a collaboration with quilt artist Cathy Erickson. Specializing in Japanese poetic forms, Margaret teaches workshops at universities, Zen centers, and at poetry conferences. One of her haiku was printed on Itoen tea cans distributed throughout Japan. This year, Friends of Chamber Music has appointed her their Poet Laureate, to create original poems for each concert. Margaret lives in Portland, Oregon, where she enjoys hiking, swimming, gardening and sitting in the window seat watching clouds. Learn more about her at www.margaretchula.com.