Kobayashi Issa

Kobayashi Issa

male, deceased (1828)
Kobayashi Issa (June 15, 1763 - January 5, 1828) was a Japanese writer of "haikai" (haiku) known for his "hokku" verses. He was born with the name...

Sam Hamill

male, 61 years old
Sam Hamill (born 1948) is a librarian, poet and publisher of Unfinished Monument Press. He hosted a poetry reading series at the Main Street...
Kenneth Rexroth

Kenneth Rexroth

male, deceased (1982)
Kenneth Rexroth (December 221905 - June 61982) was an American poet, translator and critical essayist. He was among the first poets in the United...

Matsuo Bashō

male, deceased (1694)
was the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan. During his lifetime, Bashō was renowned for his works in the collaborative "haikai no renga" f...
Cor van den Heuvel

Cor van den Heuvel

male
Cor Van Den Heuvel is an American Haiku poet, editor, commentator and archivist.
Chiyo-Ni

Chiyo-Ni

female, deceased (1775)
Chiyo-ni (Kaga no Chiyo was a Japanese poet of the Edo period, widely regarded as one of the greatest female haiku poets. Born in Matto, Kaga...

Makoto Ueda

male
Makoto Ueda, professor emeritus of Japanese literature at Stanford University, is an author of numerous books about Japanese poetry, including...
Bruce Ross

Bruce Ross

male
Bruce Ross is an Canadian poet, author, humanities educator and past president of the Haiku Society of America. He was born in Burlington, Ontario....
Gabriel Rosenstock

Gabriel Rosenstock

male
Gabriel Rosenstock is an Irish poet and haiku writer. He was born in Kilfinane, County Limerick in 1949. He currently resides in Dublin....
Paul Conneally

Paul Conneally

male, 50 years old
Paul Conneally (born 1959 in the United Kingdom) is a Haiku poet and artist based in Loughborough, UK. He is the artistic director of the...