Poet Profile

Debbi Antebi

Debbi Antebi lives in London, UK, with her husband and books. A graduate of Yale University, where she majored in English, she has been writing haiku and senryu as a way of exploring the world around her and the world within. She is a member of the British Haiku Society, and her work has appeared in journals and anthologies from around the world.

Awards and Other Honors: Second Place, International Haiku Contest ‘Cherry Blossom’ by Bulgarian Haiku Union (2017); Runner-Up, Golden Haiku Contest (2017); Honorable Mention, H. Gene Murtha Senryu Contest (2017); Shortlisted, Touchstone Individual Poems Award (2016); Third Place, H. Gene Murtha Senryu Contest (2016).

Books Published: between light & shadow (wildflower poetry press, 2017).

morning after 
the creak 
of an empty swing

my grandfather’s face
we try to read
between the lines

new home
we unpack
our old habits

visiting home
the daughter I find
in mom's eyes

everyday struggles
the weight of a crumb
on an ant’s back

day moon 
I point out my flaws 
in other people

Credits: "morning after" - Creatrix 35 (2016); "new home" - Failed Haiku 1:6 (2016); "everyday struggles" – haikuniverse (2016); "my grandfather’s face" - The Heron’s Nest XVIII:1 (2016); "visiting home" - Prune Juice 20 (2016); "day moon" - Sonic Boom 7 (2016).