FRANCINE PORAD, lives, writes and paints in the Seattle, Washington area.
Former President of the Haiku Society of America; editor for eight years
of BRUSSELS SPROUT; fourteen collections of published haiku, plus many
anthologies, including HAIKU MOMENT (Charles E Tuttle, 1993) and HAIKU
WORLD (Kodansha, 1996); frequent guest lecturer and presenter; juror of
national and international haiku/senryu/tanka competitions.