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Bailey, Stephen
Hansha Teki
Born 1949 somewhat north of Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand
Residing in the Wellington region of Aotearoa/New Zealand
A passerby, well past the midway point, making brief notes in short-form verse along the way.
Balistreri, Jo
Jo Balistreri
Born: 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota
URL: http://maryjobalistreripoet.com
Mary Jo spent most of her life as a concert pianist and harpsichordist. With the death of a grandchild in 2005, she began writing poetry to deal with her grief, and to give witness to the child’s life. She began writing haiku in late January of 2013. It is changing the way she lives, keeps her aware and present, and with a sense of humor, puts things in perspective.
Jo has two books of poetry published by Bellowing Ark Press and a chapbook by Tiger's Eye Press. She joined the haiku community three years ago and found the form and the people she wants to be involved in for the rest of her life.
Baranski, Johnny
Johnny Baranski
Born 1948, Chicago, Illinois
Currently lives in Vancouver, Washington USA
Johnny Baranski has been writing haiku and its related forms for over forty years and has been widely published and anthologized. He is the author of several chapbooks including Pencil Flowers: Jail Haiku, Convicts Shoot The Breeze, and just a stone's throw. His most recent collection Blossoming Pear was published as a broadside by Lilliput Review in 2013.
Barry, Aaron
Aaron Barry
Born: June 16th, 1995 in Port Moody, BC, Canada
Current Residence: Port Moody, BC, Canada
Aaron Barry fancies himself a Byronic hero, but knows he isn’t nearly handsome enough to be one. His poems, articles, haiga, and short stories have been featured in over forty magazines, and he is the author of the Prompts Gone Wild series. He may be contacted at
His website is https://www.promptsgonewild.com/
Beary, Roberta
Roberta Beary
Born in Jamaica Estates, New York, USA
Currently residing in Ireland
Roberta Beary is the 2017 Roving Ambassador for The Haiku Foundation. She is the haibun editor for Modern Haiku. The winner of many awards for her senryu, haiku and haibun, she is a frequent presenter at haiku conferences . She is currently co-editing an international anthology of haiku by women.
Benson, Jan
Jan Benson
Born 1952, Findlay, Ohio
Residing in Fort Worth, Texas
Jan Benson is a Pushcart Prize nominated haiku poet living in Texas. Benson's senryu are published in many of the world's leading journals and magazines. Jan is a member of The World Haiku Association, and Poetry Society of Texas. Jan's profile can be found on The Haiku Foundation Poet Registry and online at The Living Haiku Anthology.
@janbentx (Twitter)
Bierovic, Tom
Tom Bierovic
Birthplace: Markham, Illinois, 1949
Residing in DeLand, Florida, USA
Tom Bierovic (M.Ed., M.Div.) is a widely published, award-winning poet. His book Blink of a Duck's Eye: a collection of haiku, senryu, and tanka poetry is available on Amazon. In his free time, Tom enjoys reading, playing backgammon, playing Native American flutes and Irish whistles, and drumming on bongos and djembe.
The following selection are taken from Blink of a Duck's Eye.
Blackwell, Danny
Danny Blackwell
Born 1977 in the UK
Living in Spain
d blackwell is a british born poet residing elsewhere
http://dannyblackwell.blogspot.com.es/
Bongcaron, Willie R.
Willie R. Bongcaron
Born 1958 in Manila, Philippines
residing in Manila, Philippines
Mr. Willie Ropelos Bongcaron is a haijin by choice. He is an adherent of short poetry forms like haiku, senryu, tanka, haiga, free verse, etc, but has been particularly addicted to haiku for 8 or more years now. He resides in Sampaloc, Manila, the Philippines with his family; and is a government employee, having worked with the light rail system since 1985.
Bood, Marshall
Marshall Bood
Born: 1980 Indian Head, Saskatchewan, Canada
Resides: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Bio: Marshall Bood's haiku, senryu and tanka have appeared in many journals and anthologies since 2010. He has also published longer poems and flash fiction.
Burch, Susan
Susan Burch
born Frederick, MD
residing in Hagerstown, MD
Susan Burch is a good egg.
Byrnes, Sondra J.
Sondra J. Byrnes
Born in Great Bend, Kansas
Currently living in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Sondra J. Byrnes, relatively new to writing poetry, writes haiku, senryu and tanka. Her poetry has been published in Frogpond, A Hundred Gourds, Ribbons, Modern Haiku, The Heron’s Nest, Moongarlic, among others. Byrnes, together with Charles Trumbull, started the Santa Fe Haiku Study Group in February 2015. She was elected Secretary of the Haiku Society of America in 2015. Byrnes served on the planning committee for Haiku North America 2017 in Santa Fe. Byrnes is a retired law and business professor from the University of Notre Dame; she lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Along with short form poetry, Byrnes is interested in ikebana and chanoyu.
Twitter @SondraJByrnes