Reid Hepworth
@reidhepworth
Poet + Author the improbability of sea monkeys (2025) loss is a river (2024)
My first attempt at freeform. A big heart-felt thank you to editor, Rachna Singh, at The Wise Owl for publishing this one today. You can read the journal here: www.thewiseowl.art
Thanking smol editor, Robin Jacobson, for including this teeny tiny in today’s issue of smols. I have forest fires on the brain right now. Praying for rain. Stay safe everyone. smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com
My thanks to guest editor Lakshmi Iyer and the folks at Pea Towers for including this ku in Poetry Pea Podcast S9E28. youtu.be/q0YEaCy3KLM?...
My deepest thanks to the team at Triveni, for including this tanka-prose in issue 57 of haikuKATHA journal. www.trivenihaikai.in/post/haikuka...
My thanks to editor, Eric Lohman, from Fresh Out: An Arts and Poetry Collective for publishing this one today! 🙏
Sending positive thoughts to everyone affected by the wildfires across our globe. We are in this together. Stay safe, my friends.
I’M OVER THE MOON!!! My book, the improbability of sea monkeys, was awarded third place (haibun) in the Haiku Society of America’s Merit Book Awards! I am profoundly grateful to judges, Michele Root-Bernstein and Michael Henry Lee and am honoured to stand alongside such a stellar cast of poets.🙏
A wonderful surprise to wake up to this stunning gift! Coffee and Haiku (Sankara Jayanth Sudanagunta) created the beautiful image to accompany my poem. Gorgeous, Sankara! Thank you!
A deep bow of gratitude to the editors of Wales Haiku Journal (Joe Woodhouse and C.X Turner) for accepting these poems. You can read the journal here: www.waleshaikujournal.com
My sincere thanks to Alison Williams, editor of Quail Eggs, for including this tanka in issue 5. quaileggstanka.blogspot.com
Happy National Indigenous Peoples Day! Happy Solstice! Happy Father’s Day! Have a most stupendous day!
Chuffed to have this tanka in RIBBONS Spring/Summer 2026: Volume 22, Issue 1. My thanks to Susan Weaver, tanka editor for including it.
In tribute to this special day, some haiku from this morning’s walk! Have a wonderful May long weekend everyone! 💗
Happy National Sea Monkey Day! In honour of NSMD…I’m plugging my book again…the improbability of sea monkeys! I guess sea monkeys aren’t so improbable after all. But that shouldn’t stop you from reading my book! Available at an Amazon near you (kindle and paperback). 🙏
Super stoked to have this one liner in the latest issue of Blithe Spirit, Issue 36.2. My thanks to editor, Iliyana Stoyanova for accepting it.
Tickled pink to have this haibun in the latest issue of Cattails. My thanks to editor-in-chief/haibun co-editor, Sonam Chhoki for the acceptance. This bumper crop issue marks 10 years since the relaunch of Cattails. Congratulations to everyone involved! www.cattailsjournal.com/issues/catta...
Just received my copy of the latest Blithe Spirit (Journal of the British Haiku Society) and I’m completely blown away by Iliyana Stoyanova’s (editor) review of my book, the improbability of sea monkeys.Thank you, Iliyana, I am truly humbled and so appreciative. 🙏💗
Thrilled to make my debut in Black and White Haiga! A bouquet of thanks to editor, Lavana Kray for accepting this one.
My thanks to Eric Lohman, Editor at Fresh Out Mag for publishing this shahai of mine today. 🙏
It’s an incredible honour to be the featured poet at Cornell University’s Mann Library for the month of May. My deepest thanks to Tom Clausen for his belief in my work and for including me. I am pleased beyond words. haiku.mannlib.cornell.edu
My most humble thanks to guest editor, John Pappas, for including this poem in the Triveni Spotlight. Please check out the amazing body of work that John is curating this month. I am delighted to have my work featured alongside such incredible poets. www.trivenihaikai.in/spotlight
Stoked to be included in the latest issue of Contemporary Haibun Online, Issue 22.1. My thanks to editor, Peter Newton, for accepting my haibun and a hearty congrats to everyone involved. contemporaryhaibunonline.com/table-of-con...
My thanks to Eric Lohman, editor at Fresh Out: An Arts and Poetry Collective for publishing this shahai today.
Issue 35 is out! Congratulations to the winners/honourable mentions of the Rachel Sutcliffe Memorial Contest and to the amazing tanka-prose poets as well. It was a delight to curate the TP portion of this issue and an honour to work alongside the DSH team drifting-sands-haibun.org/wp-content/u...
Celebrating all our accomplishments and victories, but knowing there is still a ways to go. Happy IWD! Published in haikuKATHA, issue 10
Heartfelt thanks to Iliyana Stoyanova, Charles Trumbull and The Haiku Foundation for including me in Haikupedia. This brightened my day immensely. 🙏
I would like to take a moment’s pause to remember the nine beautiful souls that lost their lives in Tumbler Ridge and to send prayers to those still fighting for their lives. You are in our thoughts. Your lives mattered. You were loved.
What an absolutely delightful surprise to have my poem longlisted for the Golden Pea award by Patricia McGuire from Poetry Pea Journal. Thank you so much for this incredible honour and congratulations to all the other poets! Link to the podcast: youtu.be/wSjd9AeCJTk?...