Paul Engel is a graduate of Northern Illinois University. His poems have recently appeared in: Hummingbird, Hedgerow, Failed Haiku, ubu, Poetry Pea and tsuri-dōrō. His mini-chapbook Talking to Bugs is published by The Origami Poems Project in 2022. You can find more of his poems posted on twitter @LaughingMonki.
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Mark Gilbert lives in the UK and enjoys writing short poetry, medium poetry and prose (any length). He was recently one of the winners in the First Annual Trailblazer Contest, and the author of 'Ribbons and Rainbows', a mini-chapbook about his experience of migraine published by Yavanika Press.
Author's comment on 'nano haiku': These six haiku (one per-page) go from four words in three lines down to just one word for the final poem (which is extremely rare). I hope they make sense and are thought-provoking, both separately and as a collection. I’m suggesting ‘nano haiku’ as a straightforward title which I don’t believe this has been used before in this sense. ‘Nano’ means smaller than ‘mini’ or ‘micro’.
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Dan Brook teaches sociology at San Jose State University, from where he organizes the Hands on Thailand program.
His most recent books are Harboring Happiness: 101 Ways To Be Happy, Sweet Nothings, about the nature of haiku and the concept of nothing, and Eating the Earth.
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Ron Scully is a retired bookseller. After a lifetime on the road, an original Willie Loman only funnier, he has settled into the foothills of the White Mountains to read and write. He has published widely in short form Japanese verse. He was schedule to have Darlington Braves and Listening for Thirteen Blackbirds to hit the shelves before the pandemic, from Atrium books, but then the world changed.
He is currently at work on a play and an anthology of sports literature.
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Nina Anin is a writer from Singapore, where she is attending school. She lives near the coast with her pet cat, Curios.
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Jason W. McGlone's work has appeared or is forthcoming in Briefly Zine, Autofocus, Sledgehammer Lit, and Glint Literary Journal, among others. He edits the process-centered journal Zero Readers, makes music under the name Mourning Oars, and lives in Cincinnati with his family.
He's on Twitter @maoglone.
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Ken Gierke writes poetry primarily in free verse and haiku. He has been published at Vita Brevis, The Ekphrastic Review, Silver Birch Press, Amethyst Review, and Eunoia Review. His poetry is in three anthologies from Vita Brevis Press, as well as in 'easing the edges: a collection of everyday miracles, an anthology' edited by D Ellis Phelps.
Visit his blog: RIVRVLOGR
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Uma Gowrishankar is a writer and artist from Chennai, South India. Her poems have appeared in online and print journals that include Yearbook of Indian Poetry in English 2020-21, Poetry at Sangam, City: A Journal Of South Asian Literature, Qarrtsiluni, Vayavya, Hibiscus: Poems that Heal and Empower, Shimmer Spring, Buddhist Poetry Review, Silver Birch Press, Entropy, Feral: A Journal of Poetry and Art, Curio Poetry. Her full-length collection of poetry ‘Birthing History’ was published by Leaky Boot Press.
Visit: https://umagowrishankar.wordpress.com
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