Lorraine A Padden, USA

Introducing  : Lorraine A Padden is a Touchstone Award-winning poet and former professional ballet dancer whose extensive work and scholarship in the performing and visual arts has garnered national recognition, including an appointment to the National Endowment for the Arts. Her haiku and related short form poetry regularly appear in notable journals and anthologies. Her work has received multiple honors by The Haiku Foundation, Tricycle Magazine, The Haiku Society of America, The Tokutomi International Haiku Competition, The British Haiku Society, The Marlene Mountain Memorial Haiku Contest, and The New Zealand Poetry Society, among others. Lorraine’s work is featured in the newly released A New Resonance 13, the acclaimed anthology showcasing emerging voices in English-language haiku. Upwelling, her debut collection of haiku and related short forms was published by Red Moon Press in 2022 and is available from lorrainepadden.com. Lorraine is an active member of the Zen Peacemakers International, and she recently appeared as a featured presenter at Upaya Zen Center’s popular Way of Haiku conference in March, 2023.



slant
of a late afternoon
beach yoga 

July 24th 2023

contained…
our mutual air
in his casket

December 8th 2023 

communion
of dust-bathing sparrows
ceasefire

May 16th 2024 

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