Mukai Farm & Garden’s fifth annual Haiku Festival kicks off on April 1. Each year the event draws hundreds of haiku submissions from Vashon residents and poets from abroad. Haiku submissions will be accepted over a two-week period, closing on April 14, announced Mukai Farm & Garden Executive Director, Leah Mann. Winners will be celebrated on April 28th at the Haiku Festival Finale at Mukai Farm & Garden, 18017 107th Ave SW, Vashon Island. Visitors to the Festival Finale will hear famed poets Shin Yu Pai and Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma read from their work. Find details at mukaifarmandgarden.org.