Kerstin Park is a speech therapist by profession, BA in linguistics, phonetics and psychology and haiku poet. Member of the Swedish Haiku Society since 2016. Ginko leader in Tranås, Sweden; International Arts Festival, at the Fringe (2019). Her first haiku collection was released in 2020 and she is published in several haiku journals and anthologies. Kerstin Park is also interested in performing her haiku live, e.g. at Dansk Forfatterforening, Copenhagen, Denmark and Literature Festivals in Hässleholm, Malmö and Lund, Sweden. She regularly takes part in haiku workshops and ginko in Skåne, Sweden.
Awards and Other Honors:
2018 3rd Annual H. Gene Murtha Memorial Senryu Contest: Third Place; 10th Polish International Haiku Competition 2020: Commendation; Bulgarian Haiku Union, Fifth International Haiku Contest "Cherry Blossom" 2021: Honorable Mention.
Books Published:
Nonfiction books: FIKON, 2007 Artea Förlag; ROSOR, 2011 Balkong Förlag. Haiku collection: Längs vägen, världen - 72 haiku, 2020 Fri Press Förlag Anthologies and journals: Blåeld; Genom lövverket; En fjäril lyfter från sin skugga; Haikumagasinet; All the Way Home: Aging in haiku; Chrysanthemum; wild voices; hedgerow; Failed haiku; Acorn; Prune Juice Journal; Frogpond.
Selected Work
birthplace
beside the playground
an adult pine
first spring day
the footprints of
my grandchild
one by one
filling with evening sun
first cherry blossoms
sky lark trills
the toddler manages
his first puzzle
magnolia blossoms
your old sunhat is better
my daughter says
beyond mist
and dripping foliage
―full moon
Credits:
“birthplace” - wild voices vol. 2: an anthology of short poetry & art by women, wildflower poetry press, 2018; “first spring day” - Frogpond vol. 42:1 winter 2019; “one by one” - Bulgarian Haiku Union, Fifth International Haiku Contest, 2021; “sky lark trills” - hedgerow #135, wildflower poetry press 2021; “magnolia blossoms” - All the Way Home: Aging in Haiku, ed. by Robert Epstein, 2019; “beyond mist” – 10th Polish International Haiku Competition 2020.
