Reid Hepworth
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Associate Editor, Drifting Sands Haibun, a journal of haibun and tanka-prose
Associate Editor, Drifting Sands Haibun, a journal of haibun and tanka-prose
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Tickled pink to announce that my new book, the improbability of sea monkeys, is now available at an Amazon near you! It’s available in print and kindle version.
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Amazon India:
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Amazon India:
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It’s a new week at Triveni’s Tanka Take Home! You can check out more of my poems and this week’s prompt! I’m having so much fun reading all the poet’s work…would love to see you there!
www.trivenihaikai.in/post/tanka-t...
www.trivenihaikai.in/post/tanka-t...
November 19, 2025 at 10:39 AM
It’s a new week at Triveni’s Tanka Take Home! You can check out more of my poems and this week’s prompt! I’m having so much fun reading all the poet’s work…would love to see you there!
www.trivenihaikai.in/post/tanka-t...
www.trivenihaikai.in/post/tanka-t...
Tickled pink to announce that my new book, the improbability of sea monkeys, is now available at an Amazon near you! It’s available in print and kindle version.
Amazon Canada:
a.co/d/g8gRIHa
Amazon US:
a.co/d/d7W0YvO
Amazon India:
amazon.in
Amazon UK:
www.amazon.co.uk
Amazon Canada:
a.co/d/g8gRIHa
Amazon US:
a.co/d/d7W0YvO
Amazon India:
amazon.in
Amazon UK:
www.amazon.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Tickled pink to announce that my new book, the improbability of sea monkeys, is now available at an Amazon near you! It’s available in print and kindle version.
Amazon Canada:
a.co/d/g8gRIHa
Amazon US:
a.co/d/d7W0YvO
Amazon India:
amazon.in
Amazon UK:
www.amazon.co.uk
Amazon Canada:
a.co/d/g8gRIHa
Amazon US:
a.co/d/d7W0YvO
Amazon India:
amazon.in
Amazon UK:
www.amazon.co.uk
Hey friends,
Here is the latest blog for Tanka Take Home at Triveni Haikai if you’re interested in checking it out. I’m the featured poet this month:
www.trivenihaikai.in/post/tanka-t...
Here is the latest blog for Tanka Take Home at Triveni Haikai if you’re interested in checking it out. I’m the featured poet this month:
www.trivenihaikai.in/post/tanka-t...
November 14, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Hey friends,
Here is the latest blog for Tanka Take Home at Triveni Haikai if you’re interested in checking it out. I’m the featured poet this month:
www.trivenihaikai.in/post/tanka-t...
Here is the latest blog for Tanka Take Home at Triveni Haikai if you’re interested in checking it out. I’m the featured poet this month:
www.trivenihaikai.in/post/tanka-t...
Thank you to editor, Iliyana Stoyanova, for including this tanka of mine in Blithe Spirit, Volume 35 Number 4. 🙏
November 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Thank you to editor, Iliyana Stoyanova, for including this tanka of mine in Blithe Spirit, Volume 35 Number 4. 🙏
Thrilled to be the featured tanka poet this month at Triveni Haikai India. You can check out the weekly prompts, some of my poems, background, thoughts on the writing process, etc., in the link below:
www.trivenihaikai.in/post/tanka-t...
www.trivenihaikai.in/post/tanka-t...
November 5, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Thrilled to be the featured tanka poet this month at Triveni Haikai India. You can check out the weekly prompts, some of my poems, background, thoughts on the writing process, etc., in the link below:
www.trivenihaikai.in/post/tanka-t...
www.trivenihaikai.in/post/tanka-t...
Ecstatically happy to share the cover of my first full-length book of haibun/haikai poetry, the improbability of sea monkeys.
My thanks to Sumita Dutta Shoam from Adisakrit Publishing for bringing this to fruition.
Stay tuned for the when, the where and the why the heck!
My thanks to Sumita Dutta Shoam from Adisakrit Publishing for bringing this to fruition.
Stay tuned for the when, the where and the why the heck!
October 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Ecstatically happy to share the cover of my first full-length book of haibun/haikai poetry, the improbability of sea monkeys.
My thanks to Sumita Dutta Shoam from Adisakrit Publishing for bringing this to fruition.
Stay tuned for the when, the where and the why the heck!
My thanks to Sumita Dutta Shoam from Adisakrit Publishing for bringing this to fruition.
Stay tuned for the when, the where and the why the heck!
Mahalo to Eric Lohman, editor at Fresh Out: An Arts and Poetry Collective, for publishing this shahai today. The photo was taken by my dad on one of our trips to Hawaii when I was a child.
October 12, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Mahalo to Eric Lohman, editor at Fresh Out: An Arts and Poetry Collective, for publishing this shahai today. The photo was taken by my dad on one of our trips to Hawaii when I was a child.
Happy 1st birthday! 🎂🥳🎊🎉🍾
I can’t believe it’s already been one year since loss is a river was first published! Please accept my heartfelt thanks to everyone who purchased the book, who took the time time to write reviews and feature my book in their journals.
Thank you ALL for your support! 💗📚
I can’t believe it’s already been one year since loss is a river was first published! Please accept my heartfelt thanks to everyone who purchased the book, who took the time time to write reviews and feature my book in their journals.
Thank you ALL for your support! 💗📚
October 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Happy 1st birthday! 🎂🥳🎊🎉🍾
I can’t believe it’s already been one year since loss is a river was first published! Please accept my heartfelt thanks to everyone who purchased the book, who took the time time to write reviews and feature my book in their journals.
Thank you ALL for your support! 💗📚
I can’t believe it’s already been one year since loss is a river was first published! Please accept my heartfelt thanks to everyone who purchased the book, who took the time time to write reviews and feature my book in their journals.
Thank you ALL for your support! 💗📚
October 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Deepest bow of gratitude to Robin Jacobson for including my two teeny tiny poems in her amazing new journal, smols.
You can check out the journal here:
smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com/g oikn
You can check out the journal here:
smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com/g oikn
September 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Deepest bow of gratitude to Robin Jacobson for including my two teeny tiny poems in her amazing new journal, smols.
You can check out the journal here:
smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com/g oikn
You can check out the journal here:
smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com/g oikn
September 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The team at DSH is pleased to share issue 33. Enjoy! drifting-sands-haibun.org/wp-content/u...
September 15, 2025 at 4:46 AM
The team at DSH is pleased to share issue 33. Enjoy! drifting-sands-haibun.org/wp-content/u...
Beyond stoked for my debut in Quail Eggs - a tanka journal, issue 2. My thanks to editor, Alison Williams, for including my work alongside so many amazing poets.
the fledglings
with their incessant chatter
gone now,
and I, as close to alone
as I’ve ever been
quaileggstanka.blogspot.com
the fledglings
with their incessant chatter
gone now,
and I, as close to alone
as I’ve ever been
quaileggstanka.blogspot.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Beyond stoked for my debut in Quail Eggs - a tanka journal, issue 2. My thanks to editor, Alison Williams, for including my work alongside so many amazing poets.
the fledglings
with their incessant chatter
gone now,
and I, as close to alone
as I’ve ever been
quaileggstanka.blogspot.com
the fledglings
with their incessant chatter
gone now,
and I, as close to alone
as I’ve ever been
quaileggstanka.blogspot.com
Our next submission window is fast approaching:
Guest Editor: Keith Evetts
Submission period: October 1-15
Publication: December 15
drifting-sands-haibun.org/submissions/g
Guest Editor: Keith Evetts
Submission period: October 1-15
Publication: December 15
drifting-sands-haibun.org/submissions/g
September 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Our next submission window is fast approaching:
Guest Editor: Keith Evetts
Submission period: October 1-15
Publication: December 15
drifting-sands-haibun.org/submissions/g
Guest Editor: Keith Evetts
Submission period: October 1-15
Publication: December 15
drifting-sands-haibun.org/submissions/g
Pan Haiku Review, issue 5 is live and i am stoked to be included.
Hats off to editor, Alan Summers on another outstanding issue. The haigunga special featuring the stellar work of Tim Roberts is fantastic. Congrats to Alan and all the poets involved in this issue.
callofthepage.org
Hats off to editor, Alan Summers on another outstanding issue. The haigunga special featuring the stellar work of Tim Roberts is fantastic. Congrats to Alan and all the poets involved in this issue.
callofthepage.org
September 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Pan Haiku Review, issue 5 is live and i am stoked to be included.
Hats off to editor, Alan Summers on another outstanding issue. The haigunga special featuring the stellar work of Tim Roberts is fantastic. Congrats to Alan and all the poets involved in this issue.
callofthepage.org
Hats off to editor, Alan Summers on another outstanding issue. The haigunga special featuring the stellar work of Tim Roberts is fantastic. Congrats to Alan and all the poets involved in this issue.
callofthepage.org
Thrilled to be included in the final issue of Failed Haiku, Volume 10, Issue 111. A deep bow to founder, Mike Rehling and editor, Kelly Moyer, for creating such a vital journal. Wishing you all the best.
Thank you as well to Sangita Kalarickal and Terri L. French for another fabulous collaboration.
Thank you as well to Sangita Kalarickal and Terri L. French for another fabulous collaboration.
September 1, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Thrilled to be included in the final issue of Failed Haiku, Volume 10, Issue 111. A deep bow to founder, Mike Rehling and editor, Kelly Moyer, for creating such a vital journal. Wishing you all the best.
Thank you as well to Sangita Kalarickal and Terri L. French for another fabulous collaboration.
Thank you as well to Sangita Kalarickal and Terri L. French for another fabulous collaboration.
In honour of National Dog Day, I thought I would share this old haibun of mine, published in haikuKATHA, issue 10.
August 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
In honour of National Dog Day, I thought I would share this old haibun of mine, published in haikuKATHA, issue 10.
Check out our latest episode of Ripples in the Sand. Our fabulous editor and host, Sangita Kalarickal interviews poet, Robert Witmer.
Check it out here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyND...
Check it out here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyND...
August 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Check out our latest episode of Ripples in the Sand. Our fabulous editor and host, Sangita Kalarickal interviews poet, Robert Witmer.
Check it out here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyND...
Check it out here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyND...
My thanks to editor, Eric Lohman from Fresh Out: An Arts and Poetry Collective for publishing this shahai today.
August 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
My thanks to editor, Eric Lohman from Fresh Out: An Arts and Poetry Collective for publishing this shahai today.
Pleased as punch to be included in the Tanka Society of America 2024 Member’s Anthology. A deep bow of gratitude to Michele L. Harvey, editor for including my work. Congrats to everyone involved.
July 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Pleased as punch to be included in the Tanka Society of America 2024 Member’s Anthology. A deep bow of gratitude to Michele L. Harvey, editor for including my work. Congrats to everyone involved.
This is an oldie I wrote on my first anniversary of writing short form poetry. I never submitted it for publication. In hindsight, I’d probably revise the order, but also still like it as is.
What are your thoughts?
What are your thoughts?
July 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This is an oldie I wrote on my first anniversary of writing short form poetry. I never submitted it for publication. In hindsight, I’d probably revise the order, but also still like it as is.
What are your thoughts?
What are your thoughts?
Our next submission window for issue 33 is quickly approaching (July 1-15th). Don’t miss your chance to submit your haibun or tanka-prose on peace and related themes.
Please check out our guest editor’s (Anna Cates) thoughts on the theme for issue 33 here:
drifting-sands-haibun.org/submissions/
Please check out our guest editor’s (Anna Cates) thoughts on the theme for issue 33 here:
drifting-sands-haibun.org/submissions/
June 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Our next submission window for issue 33 is quickly approaching (July 1-15th). Don’t miss your chance to submit your haibun or tanka-prose on peace and related themes.
Please check out our guest editor’s (Anna Cates) thoughts on the theme for issue 33 here:
drifting-sands-haibun.org/submissions/
Please check out our guest editor’s (Anna Cates) thoughts on the theme for issue 33 here:
drifting-sands-haibun.org/submissions/
Seems fitting to reshare this old one from Leaf, issue 4 as we are in the midst of a heat wave.
June 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Seems fitting to reshare this old one from Leaf, issue 4 as we are in the midst of a heat wave.
Resharing these gembun, written two years ago in response to an accident I had where I fractured my spine.
A lot of water under the bridge since then, a lot of healing and many life changes. So glad I made it out the other side.
Published in haikuKATHA issue 22/25.
A lot of water under the bridge since then, a lot of healing and many life changes. So glad I made it out the other side.
Published in haikuKATHA issue 22/25.
June 20, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Resharing these gembun, written two years ago in response to an accident I had where I fractured my spine.
A lot of water under the bridge since then, a lot of healing and many life changes. So glad I made it out the other side.
Published in haikuKATHA issue 22/25.
A lot of water under the bridge since then, a lot of healing and many life changes. So glad I made it out the other side.
Published in haikuKATHA issue 22/25.
Hey folks!
Issue 32 is live! I hope you enjoy this wonderfully curated issue of haibun and tanka-prose by guest editor, Anju Kishore:
drifting-sands-haibun.org?sdm_process_...
Issue 32 is live! I hope you enjoy this wonderfully curated issue of haibun and tanka-prose by guest editor, Anju Kishore:
drifting-sands-haibun.org?sdm_process_...
June 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Hey folks!
Issue 32 is live! I hope you enjoy this wonderfully curated issue of haibun and tanka-prose by guest editor, Anju Kishore:
drifting-sands-haibun.org?sdm_process_...
Issue 32 is live! I hope you enjoy this wonderfully curated issue of haibun and tanka-prose by guest editor, Anju Kishore:
drifting-sands-haibun.org?sdm_process_...