Charter Members
Charter Members
The Tanka Society of America was formed in April 2000. The following 96 poets who joined the society by December 31, 2000 are considered charter members.
Pamela Babusci
Dave Bachelor
Sharon Hammer Baker
Winona Baker
John Barlow
Ronnie Barrett
Cathy Drinkwater Better
Naomi Brown
Marjorie Buettner
Joan Byrd
Donatella Cardillo-Young
Terry Cerrato
Fred Chao
Tom Clausen
Carlos Colon
Job Conger
Gerard John Conforti
George Daily
Raffael De Gruttola
Kristan Deming
Melissa Dixon
Frederick Donovan
Gene Doty
Peter Duppenthaler
Roger Dutcher
Marje Dyck
Madelyn Eastlund
John Elsberg
Jeanne Emrich
Stanford Forrester
Sanford Goldstein
John Hadler
Yvonne Hardenbrook
Laura Hawbecker
Peggy Heinrich
Christopher Herold
Harvey Hess
William Higginson
Penny Harter
Michael Howell
Joyce Sandeen Johnson
Doris Kasson
Rev. Howard Lee Kilby
Lawrence Kimmel
Joann Klontz
Robert Kusch
Larry Lavenz
Veronica Lavenz
David Lecount
Leatrice Lifshitz
Burnell Lippy
Peggy Willis Lyles
Laura Maffei
Richard MacDonald
Thelma Mariano
Dorothy McLaughlin
Michael McClintock
Connie Meester
Gerald Meester
David Narlee
Pamela Miller Ness
Ann Newell
Michael Page
Patricia Prime
Carol Purington
William Ramsey
David Rice
Edward Rielly
Barbara Robidoux
Helen Ronan
Nicholaes Roosevelt
Ce Rosenow
Dave Russo
Daniel Schwerin
Keith Seaton
Sharon Lee Shafii
Mohammed Siddiqui
Sharon Jeanne Smith
Ruby Spriggs
Gerald St. Maur
Art Stein
John Stevenson
Celia Stuart-Powles
George Swede
Carolyn Thomas
Marc Thompson
Sue-Stapleton Tkach
Naomi Wakan
Paul Watsky
Anita Sadler Weiss
Michael Dylan Welch (founder)
Bill West
Alison Williams
Paul O. Williams
Karina Young
Nancy Young