GARRISON,
DENIS: Denis has lived on four continents
and
now lives in Baltimore's "Hunt Country" with his wife,
Deborah,
and their dogs. A 1974 graduate of Towson
University,
where he edited the literary magazine, he had
published
several poems, short stories, and an essay before
the
1975 publication of his chapbook, Port of Call and Other
Poems.
He edits Haiku Harvest, Haiku Cycles, and the Templar Phoenix
Literary
Review. Denis' poetry has also been published in
Talisman,
The Starlight Cafe's Poets Corner, Stirring: A
Literary
Collection, and The Poet’s Porch.
Website:
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Submissions
to: Haiku
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GEORGE,
BARRY A.: a recovering lawyer, Barry teaches
college
English and enjoys life raising cats in Philadelphia.
His
work has appeared in many leading North American
haiku
journals, as well as in such foreign publications as
in
Ko (Japan), Snapshots and Psychopoetica (United Kingdom),
Green
Apples and Hasee (Slovenia), Haiku Moment (Yugoslavia),
and
paper wasp (Australia). His work was represented in the
1999
Red Moon Anthology. His latest work will appear in the
forthcoming
A New Resonance: Emerging Voices in English
Language
Haiku (Volume 2) (Red Moon Press) and The New
Haiku
(Snapshots Press). Barry
A. George
GILLI,
FERRIS: Associate Editor, The Heron's Nest. Ferris
lives
with her husband Harry in Orlando, Florida. Ferris
has
traveled in Canada, Mexico, Central and South America,
and
Europe, and has lived in Paraguay and Germany. She
earned
first place in the 1998 Alabama Sakura Haiku
Competition,
fourth place in the 1999 Sakura Competition,
and
third prize in the 1998 Herb Barrett contest. She was
among
the ten winners of the 2nd Annual International
People's
Haiku Contest and won Honorable Mention in the Yuki
Teikei
Haiku Society East-West 99 Hokku Contest, the 1999
Harold
G. Henderson Awards, and the National League of
American
Pen Women poetry contest. Ferris's haiku, tanka,
haibun,
and renku have appeared in Cicada, Modern Haiku,
frogpond,
Acorn, Raw Nervz, Haiku Spirit, Presence, Tundra,
Snapshots,
and Lynx. Her work can be found in the thin
curve:
The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku
1999;
up against the window: American Haibun & Haiga 1999;
and
The Art of Haiku 2000. Her tanka has been selected for
the
Tanka 100 Anthology. Her work can also be seen online
at
Poetry in the Light, Reflections, Haiga Online, The
Heron's
Nest, Chaba, Pickings, and Templar Phoenix Haiku
Harvest.
Ferris
Gilli
For
submissions to The Heron’s Nest: Ferris
Gilli, Assoc. Ed.
GOP:
a former soldier and Peace Corps volunteer, resides
in
Bangkok, Thailand with his beautiful Thai wife and their
two
dogs. From 1970 until 1994, gop taught English as a
Second
Language at the University of the Americas in
Mexico
and three universities in Thailand. Since 1994 he
has
been on an inner journey which has recently led him
to
write haiku.When not writing haiku, gop meditates a lot,
lifts
weights,interprets dreams and doesn't watch television.
He
attempts to be conscious and to do as little harm as
possible.
gop
GORGONE,
JUDITH: a designer and illustrator, who
specializes
in design of decorative consumer
products,
toys, and product development. Her
vibrant
colorful graphics and whimsical illustrations
appear
on a wide variety of products, including
greeting
cards for the Museum of Modern Art New
York
and Unicef Worldwide. She holds a degree from
MA
College of Art where she presently teaches
computer
graphics. She has exhibited her design work
and
lectured in Japan and Korea and New York. Judith
started
writing poetry after her first trip to Korea.
Fascinated
with Asia she eventually moved to Japan in
1994
- where she briefly studied Shodo, Sumie and was
first
introduced to haiku. Inspired by the many exotic
and
unique philosophies and images throughout her travels
in
Asia, she tried her hand at haiku, and later
experimented
with other forms such as sijo and tanka.
Judith's
work has been published in Sijo West, Frogpond
and
Mainichi. Judith
Gorgone
Websites:
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AND VERSE
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GORMAN,
LEROY: born in Smiths Falls, Ontario, in 1949.
LeRoy
lives in Napanee, Ontario and teaches in Kingston.
His
poetry, much of it visual (mostly minimalist and haiku,
or
haiku in intent), has appeared in print since 1976 in various
presentations
worldwide. In addition to writing, he edits Haiku
Canada
Publications (periodical, annual anthology, broadsides,
etc.)
and publishes (since 1998) poetry leaflets and postcards
under
his pawEpress imprint. He is a member of the Writers'
Union
of Canada, Haiku Society of America and Haiku Canada.
His
published books include such titles as: whose smile the ripple
warps,
heart's garden, only shadflies have come, seasons on
the
run. LeRoy Gorman
GREENWELL,
PENELOPE DAVIS: lives and works in Lexington,
Kentucky
where she often stays up far past her bedtime writing
poetry
about people and experiences - past and present, real and
imagined.
She has had haiku, tanka and poetry published in
print
and on-line journals, including Acorn, Agnieszka's Dowry,
American
Tanka, Heron's Nest, Lynx, Kimera, Modern Haiku,
Niederngasse,
Poetry in the Light, Snakeskin and Tundra.
Penelope
Davis Greenwell
GRIMES,
DEIRDRE: resides in Killaloe, Co. Clare Ireland.
A
23-year-old mother of one child, Deirdre graduated
with
degree in fine art, 1998. She currently works in a
book
shop and has been published both on-line and
in
paper. Deirdre
Grimes
GRIMNES,
KAY: teaches biology at Alma College, a small liberal arts
institution
in mid-Michigan. Since her specialty is insect microscopy
studies,
she appreciates haiku as a different "focus." Her haiku have
appeared
in Frogpond, The Heron's Nest, Acorn, Geppo and Haiku
Headlines,
among other journals. Kay
Grimnes
GROSS,
LARRY: a practicing poet, freelance writer, editor,
lecturer,
tutor and writing consultant with a PhD. He has
more
than 40 years experience in teaching poetry and
creative
writing. His text How to Write and Publish Poetry
(HWAPP)
has been praised by poets and teachers in
seven
countries. His three poetry periodical — HWUP!,
The
Top and Sijo West — are currently on hiatus, but he
is
very active on the Web. Other publishing credits include
The
Shakespeare Interviews, Francesa Da Rimini On Stage,
Memories
Of The Tennessee Hills, professional manuals,
articles,
haiku, tanka and other poetry in numerous US and
international
publications, including Bogg, Canadian Writer's
Journal,
Cicada, Dragonfly, Frogpond, Haiku Canada, Haiku
International,
Modern Haiku, New Cicada, Northwest
Literary
Forum, Potpourri. He has judged many literary
competitions,
including Tanka Splendor 1997. Larry lives in
Tallahassee
FL. His daughter Kymberli lives close by, but son
Eric
(and his wife Linda) live in Portland OR, where Eric is a
college
professor. Larry
Gross
Website:
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GURGA,
LEE: Associate Editor, Modern Haiku journal;
President,
Haiku Society of America, 1997; Vice-President,
Haiku
Society of America, 1991, 1995-96. Haiku collections:
a
mouse pours out, HIGH/COO Press, 1988; The Measure
of
Emptiness, Press Here, 1991; In & Out of Fog, Press
Here,
1997. AWARDS & GRANTS (partial list): 1998
Illinois
Arts Council Poetry Fellowship; 1997 Japan
Foundation
Travel Grant; 1996 Haiku Summit Contest,
1st
Place, International Division; 1996 Canadian Writers'
Journal
Haiku Contest; 1st Place' 1996 Kusamakura
International
Haiku Contest, Grand Prize, Kumamoto City,
Japan;
1995 Ito-en New Haiku Contest, Jury's Choice
Award;
1992 Haiku Society of America Merit Book Award,
2nd
place (for Midwest Haiku Anthology, co-editor with
Randy
Brooks); 1990 Mainichi Daily News Haiku in English
Contest,1st
place. Lee's haiku have been published in
leading
haiku journals around the world as well as in
numerous
anthologies, including Haiku World, ed.
William
J. Higginson, Kodansha, 1997; Iga/Ueno Basho
Festival
Anthology (1993, 1996, & 1997); Haiku Moment,
ed.
Bruce Ross, Charles E. Tuttle, 1993; The Haiku Hundred,
Iron
Press (England), 1992; and Constanta Haiku Anthology,
Constanta
Haiku Society, (Romania), 1992 Lee
Gurga
HALL,
CAROLYN: Born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1941,
Carolyn
has lived in San Francisco since the early 60s.
After
a checkered career including stints in histology, mutual
funds,
advertising and child-rearing, in 1994 she quit her day
job
as a graphic designer and copy editor to take up creative
writing
– primarily memoir and fiction. Two years ago a friend
introduced
her to haiku. She has since become totally addicted
to
the heightened sense of awareness haiku has brought to her
life
– an addiction she has no desire to break. Her haiku, senryu,
rengay
and haibun have appeared in a wide variety of journals in
the
U.S. and abroad and have been anthologized in The Red Moon
Anthology
(Red Moon Press 1999 and 2000), Floating Dreams
(Two
Autumns Press 2001), stone frog: American Haibun and
Haiga
(Red Moon Press 2001), and has been selected for inclusion
in
the second volume of New Resonance: Emerging Voices in
English-Language
Haiku (Red Moon Press 2001, forthcoming). Her
haiku
have received prizes or honorable mentions in (among others)
the
Gerald Brady Senryu Contest (1999), the Haiku Calendar Contest
(2000
and 2001), San Francisco International Haiku Contest (2000),
HEA
Haiku Contest (2001), NLAPW International Poetry Contest
(2001),
Penumbra Haiku Competition (2001), and The Heron’s
Nest
Valentine Awards (2001). Carolyn is Associate Editor of
Mariposa,
the semi-annual membership journal of the Haiku Poets of
Northern
California. Carolyn
Hall
HEROLD,
CHRISTOPHER: His works, which include tanka,
haibun
and other haikai forms, have been published in
many
journals and magazines throughout the world.
A
number of his poems have been included in
the
prestigious Red Moon Anthologies. Twice a winner of HSA's
the
Museum of Haiku literature award. Herold has judged
international
haiku, senryu and renku competitions,
including
the World Haiku Contest, sponsored by Japan
Airlines.
In past years he has been president of
the
Haiku Poets of Northern California, as well as co-editor
of
their quarterly journal, Woodnotes. He has also been
an
editor of anthologies produced by Two Autumns Press,
the
most recent being the 1995 release of, A Path to the
Sea.
He was also the soliciting editor of a series of essays
entitled
The Art of Haiku, for the Yuki Teikei Haiku
Society
of the United States and Canada's journal, Geppo.
He
has taught haiku in the schools at all grade levels,
and
has held numerous adult haiku workshops.
Herold's
first two books, In Other Words, and Coincidence,
are
now out of print. A third small chapbook of his long
haibun
Voices of Stone, Kanshiketsu Press, is in its
fourth
printing and is available by contacting the poet.
His
most recent collections are In the Margins of the Sea
from
Snapshot Press in Great Britain, and A Path in the
Garden
from Katsura Press. At present Herold edits a highly
selective
journal of international haiku called The Heron's
Nest.
It's the first journal to appear on a monthly basis,
simultaneously
on the World Wide Web and in a paper edition.
Christopher
Herold
Website: THE
HERON'S NEST
HESKIN,
J.D: resides in northeastern Minnesota. J.D.
says,
“Though I have not written in the haiku form until
recently,
I have always been intrigued by its succinctness.
I
have written other forms of poetry for quite a number
of
years now, and have been published in many literary
magazines.
Most recently, I have taken to writing for
on-line
magazines (such as Snakeskin) with some degree
of
success.”
J.D.
Heskin
HOLMES,
ELAINE (LANA): a poet and essayist, Lana
is
a member of Canadian Authors Assoc. whose work
has
been published in Sijo West, Canadian Writer’s
Journal,
among other publications. Also a wildlife artist,
Lana
is a valued member of Hudson Artists.
Lana
Holmes
houck,
eric l. jr.: lives in the "foothills" of the Catskills
with
his wife, two children and three cats. His haiku
have
been published in the following journals: Ants,
Asahi
Evening News (Japan), Azami (Japan), Black
Bough,
Blithe Spirit (UK), Canadian Writer's Journal,
Christian
Science Monitor, Cicada, Dasoku, Famous
Reporter
(Australia), Feasta (Ireland), Frogpond,
Geppo,
Haiku Headlines, Heron Quarterly, Mainichi
Daily
News (Japan), Mayfly, Modern Haiku, New
Hope
International Review (UK), Northwest Literary
Forum,
Parnassus Literary Journal, Persimmon, Point
Judith
Light, Raw Nervz (Canada), Snapshots (England),
Spin
(New Zealand), Still (England), White Heron
Poetry
Review, and Woodpecker (Netherlands). eric
participates
in two mailing lists: Shiki and Haiku Spirit.
He
has had numerous children's stories published and
a
picture book ‘Rabbit Surprise' by Crown Books for
Young
Readers (1993). Eric
Houck