If she were to get inked, it would be an octopus tattoo for its three hearts: nature, family and poetry. Ambidextrous, she enjoys juggling multiple projects. She used to write short stories but stumbled upon haiku during endless nights of insomnia. Since then, she has dreamed of writing haiku, haibun, and haiga all day! Her poetry had been published in French and English in anthologies around the world, including in twelve anthologies at Les Editions Pippa (Paris, France) and were published in journals and magazines such as Haiku Canada Review, Presence, Wales Haiku Journal, Drifting Sands Haibun Journal, Prune Juice, Bottle Rocket and the The Asahi Shimbun (Asahi Haikuist Network). Her French poetry can be found in Gong, L'ours dansant, L'écho de l'étroit chemin (haibun) and in the Haiku Canada Review in both Canada's official languages. Since 2023, she has been the regional coordinator for Haiku Canada BC-Territories and a proofreader for the Haiku Canada Review published by Mike Montreuil. She is a founding member and now vice-president of the Canadian Northern and Western Writers Association/Regroupement des écrivains du Nord et de l’Ouest canadiens (RÉNOC). She was a judge for the Borealis Prize - The Commissioner of Yukon Award for Literary Contribution (2023) in another local writing competition. She thinks that haiku read backwards should say “empathy” as it is a fabulous way to honor and connect with everything alive around us. Even when it’s, in fact, a little bit dead. She believes in the benefits of haiku and hot chocolate, especially when prescribed together.
Awards and Other Honors:
International Kusamakura Haiku Competition, Nyusen (Third Place), Japan, 2025; Sharpening the Green Pencil Haiku Contest (honourable mention), Roumania, 2023; 3rd Morioka International Haiku, (honourable mention) Japan, 2021; Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational (honourable mention - category Canada -2020), (Sakura Award-Canada - 2022) and (Honourable mention -category Canada- 2025), Canada; Touchtone Individual Haiku Award Nomination (2022); Concours international de haiku by l'Association francophone de Haïku (France), Shortlisted-selection from the jury (2021); Golden Triangle Haiku Contest, haiku selected and displayed in public park, Washington DC, USA from April-May 2023.
Selected Work
prairie’s hum
along a chorus of cicadas
my tinnitus
fall’s carpet
the crisp sound
of crème brûlée
equinox
a crease smoothed
at the funeral speech
winter solstice night light sight
blue snow
she asks if the night
is leaking
snowflakes
soft on the grass
sashiko stitches
Credits:
“prairie’s hum” – Hauling the Tide- Haiku Society of America Member’s Anthology, USA, 2024; “fall’s carpet” – Sharpening the Green Pencil Haiku Contest, Honorable Mention, Romania, 2023; “equinox” – Haiku Canada Members Anthology, Canada, 2022; “winter solstice” – Haiku Canada Review vol. 16, no.1, Canada, Winter 2022; “blue snow” – Poetry Pea Journal vol 1, June 2022; “snowflakes” – Paper Mountains, Seabeck Members’ Anthology, USA, 2020.
