Gary Hotham

Gary Hotham spent his youth on a potato farm in northern Maine before attending the University of Maine where he obtained a BA in History in 1972. It was while attending college which wasn’t that far south he discovered that winter didn’t have to last as long as it did in northern Maine. He has since lived for various lengths of time in Pennsylvania, Texas, Japan, Germany, and England with his wife and daughter, and now makes his home in Maryland. His interest in haiku began in the mid-60s when he first learned about the genre in Mrs. Maloney's English class during his sophomore year of high school. And he hasn’t recovered from the challenge.

Books Published:

Without the Mountains (Yiqralo Press, 1976); The Fern's Underside (Juniper Press, 1977); Off And On Rain (High/Coo, 1978); Against the Linoleum (Yiqralo Press, 1979); This Space Blank (Juniper Press, 1984); Pulling Out the Bent Nail (Wind Chimes Press, 1988); As Far as the Light Goes (Juniper Press, 1990); The Wind’s View (Juniper Press, 1993); Before All The Leaves Are Gone (Juniper Press, 1996); Hair’s & Hawk Circles (Tel-Let, 1996); Footprints and Fingerprints (Modest Proposal Chapbooks, 1999); Bare Feet (Longhouse, 1998); Breath Marks: Haiku to Read in the Dark (Canon Press, 1999); The Sky Stays Behind (Juniper Press, 2000); Missed Appointment: The Haiku Art (Modest Proposal Chapbooks, 2007); Sand Over Sand (Longhouse, 2009); Spilled Milk: Haiku Destinies (Pinyon Publishing, 2010); Nothing More Happens in the 20th Century: Haiku Dangers (Pecan Grove Press, 2011); Our Waves Meet the Ocean Waves (Longhouse, 2013); Stone's Throw: Promises of Mere Words (Pinyon Publishing, 2016); 23, Longhouse Poetry, 2019; Rightsizing the Universe: Haiku Theory, Yiqralo Press, 2019. Park Bench Memories: Haiku Tailwinds, Yiqralo Press 2020; Mannequins Dressed for the Window: Haiku Secrets, Yiqralo Press, 2021; Playground Grass: Haiku Options, Yiqralo Press, 2022.