I responded yesterday to a New Year’s haiku/tanka challenge at Issa’s Untidy Hut and was delighted this morning to find one of my poems among the three runners up. Many thanks to the blog’s author Don Wentworth, editor of my favorite micro-magazine, Lilliput Review. It’s a fine way to launch into 2010!
Joseph Hutchison, Colorado Poet Laureate 2014-2019, has published 20 collections of poems and edited or co-edited three poetry anthologies. He currently directs two master’s-level programs for University College at the University of Denver: Professional Creative Writing and Arts & Culture Management. Joe lives with his wife, Melody Madonna, in the mountains southwest of Denver, Colorado, the city where he was born. 
That it is. All four poems are really nice. Now, make sure your next 364 are in my inbox promptly each morning….