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Abha Prakash

Abha Prakash lives in Auroville, Tamil Nadu, a city that aligns itself with the yogic vision of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother. She feels privileged to be part of this social and spiritual experiment where she continues to discover and work on her inner and outer self. She can be reached at abhaprakash@auroville.org.in

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Alfred Booth

Alfred Booth is an American in France, a retired classical pianist, an ex-folder of origami, a wearer of a several-times broken heart on his sleeve, a poet, albeit still learning, a cancer survivor (still a tense subject), a Celtic harp learner, a cat lover, a sedentary traveler, a black sheep, and a man fascinated by life and what's after. And he writes about other subjects also.

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Ali Znaidi

Ali Znaidi (b.1977) lives in Redeyef, Tunisia. He is the author of several chapbooks, including Experimental Ruminations (Fowlpox Press, 2012), Moon’s Cloth Embroidered with Poems (Origami Poems Project, 2012), Bye, Donna Summer! (Fowlpox Press, 2014), Taste of the Edge (Kind of a Hurricane Press, 2014), Mathemaku x5 (Spacecraft Press, 2015), Austere Lights (Locofo Chaps: an imprint of Moria Books, 2017), Gazes of Wrath (Mount Analogue Press, 2017), and Against Darkness (Pen & Anvil Press, 2018). For more, visit aliznaidi.blogspot.com or follow him on X (formerly Twitter):  @AliZnaidi.

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​Amber Winter

Amber Winter is a married mother of three boys. She is a trained meat cutter, cosmetologist and formerly worked in finance. She enjoys passing time at the playgrounds writing poetry while her boys run out their energy. Her poetry has been published in Failed Haiku, cattails, Ribbons, tsuri-doro, Prune Juice, and Star*line. She is a Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and Rhysling nominee.

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Amoolya Kamalnath 

Amoolya Kamalnath is an Anaesthesiologist (doctor) by profession and passion, residing in Pondicherry, India. She has taken to haiku as much she has embraced the east coast sunrises. She tries to keep pace with all her interests along with her patients' interests.

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Ana Drobot

Ana Drobot is since 2015-2021 counted in Haiku EuroTop - the Top of the most creative haiku poets. Started writing haiku in 2014. Published 4 haiku poetry volumes: "Japanese Thoughts/ Ganduri Japoneze", 2016, Argonaut Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca. "Plimbari/ Walks/ Promenades", Editura Press Image, Bucuresti, 2017. Drumul spre Japonia/ Towards Japan, Editura Fast Printing, București, 2020. Soapte pe alei/ Whisper on the Alleys/ Chuchotements dans les ruelles, Bucuresti, 2020.

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Anju Kishore

Formerly a finance professional, Anju Kishore is a Pushcart 2022 nominee, a published poet and an award-winning editor of numerous free-verse anthologies. She is now learning the ropes of theatre. Her book of poems, ‘…and I Stop to Listen’ (2018) inspired by the civil war in Syria was well received.

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Anne Curran

Anne Curran lives in Hamilton, New Zealand. She loves to write haiku and tanka verses as time and inspiration allow. She remains grateful for the encouragement and guidance in this journey from other haiku poets, editors, friends, and family. It feels lovely to reach out to an international audience.

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Anthony Lusardi

Anthony Lusardi lives in Rockaway Borough, New Jersey. While working with the night crew at a Costco store, he writes poetry to ‘share the moments’ with others. His poems have been published in multiple journals, such as Frogpond, first frost, Modern Haiku, bottle rockets, hedgerow, Ribbons, Prune Juice, Eucalypt, The Paterson Literary Review, Verse Virtual and dadakuku. Lusardi currently has five chapbooks, published by buddha baby press, based in Windsor, Connecticut. His latest text is ‘glass noodles.’ To purchase copies, readers may contact him through email at lusardi133@gmail.com.

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Arvinder Kaur​​

A former Associate Professor in English Literature and Media Studies, Arvinder Kaur retired as Principal Govt College Dera Bassi, Punjab. She started delving into micropoetry about a decade ago and has been published in almost all major national and international journals. She believes that learning is a process of a lifetime and is happy to remain one.

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Baisali Chatterjee Dutt

Baisali Chatterjee Dutt is a published poet, writer, editor and theatre practitioner. Her poetry has been published in print as well as online.

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Barbara Anna Gaiardoni

Barbara Anna Gaiardoni is an Italian pedagogist and author. Her Japanese-style poems has been published in hundred international journals and translated on Japanese, Romanian, Arabic, Malayalam, Hindi, French and in Spanish languages. Drawing, swimmer and walking in nature are her passions.

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Bhawana Rathore

Bhawana Rathore is a student from India, interested in literature and human sciences. She dedicates her poetry to her late grandparents. Her work has been published in many international haiku journals and anthologies as well as nominated for Touchstone Award. She believes in simplicity of life and beauty of words. Nature and poetry are her solace.

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Bidyut Prabha Gantayat

Dr. Bidyut Prabha Gantayat is a professor of chemistry, author, translator and a haiku poet. She has adopted this Japanese form of poetry after joining Facebook in 2014. She has published about 20 books on poetry, storytelling and translation. She has also translated short stories and world literature for children. Recently she is working on her book of Haiku. She lives with her family in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

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Bill Waters

Bill Waters looks at the world through haiku-colored glasses and likes what he sees. His haiku and other Japanese-style shortform poems have appeared in Frogpond, The Heron’s Nest, American Tanka, DailyHaiga, and many other journals and magazines, as well as on outdoor signs around the country. Bill and his wife reside in Pennington, New Jersey, U.S.A., where their lives are ruled by two cats. 

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Biswajit Mishra

Biswajit Mishra is a bilingual poet writing mostly in English and occasionally in Odia. His poems have been published internationally in magazines. Born in India and having spent a few years in Kenya, Biswajit and his wife Bharati currently live in Calgary, Canada.

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Bob Lucky​

Bob Lucky, author most recently of Careful Not to Startle the Yaks (Cyberwit, 2025) and My Wife & Other Adventures (Red Moon Press, 2024), winner of the HSA Merit Book Award for best haibun collection 2024, lives in Portugal.

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