Elizabeth Lamb

Elizabeth Searle Lamb (1917-2005) was President of the Haiku Society of America in 1971, editor of Frogpond from 1984-1990, and Honorary Curator of the American Haiku Archive, which she helped to establish. Lamb earned the nickname “First Lady of American Haiku” for her work promoting haiku.

Below are two letters written by Lamb to Virgilio. Elizabeth Lamb often used colorful paper and marked up her letters with smiley faces and handwritten notes on typewritten letters.