Billie Wilson is a writer-wife-mother-grandmother. Born in Indiana farm country in 1941, she has lived in Juneau, Alaska, since 1962. Her non-haiku poetry has appeared in several magazines and anthologies, and she has also published many inspirational articles in small magazines. She can be reached at 1170 Fritz Cove Road, Juneau, Alaska 99801; e-mail: akwilsons-at-gci.net. Billie Wilson is a member of the haijinx production staff. Billie is a member of the Haiku Society of America, the Alaska Haiku Society, the World Haiku Association, and the World Haiku Club. Billie's haikai have done well in a few contests recently: In 2001, she earned the First Prize in the HSA's Gerald Brady Memorial Award for Senryu (2001); a Highly Commended in the BHS James W. Hackett International Haiku Award (2001); James W. Hackett Personal Haiku Selection, World Haiku Review (May 2001); and Certificate for Merit, Japan Society on Water Environment (2001). Billie's poetry has appeared in stone frog: American Haibun & Haiga, Volume 2; the loose thread: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku, 2001; to find the words Haiku Society of America Northwest Region Members' Anthology (HSA's 2001 Merit Book Award); On Crimson Wings Centennial Anthology of the Japanese Consulate of Seattle (2001); Winners' Works: The English Tanka & Haiku on Water, River, Lake, and Sea sponsored by the 35th Annual Conference Committee of Japan Society on Water Environment (2001); and HSA Members' Anthologies Crinkled Sunshine (2000) and Voices and Echoes (2001). Previous and future credits include: Modern Haiku, Frogpond, The Heron's Nest, Acorn, Mayfly, Poetry In The Light, Haiku Headlines, Haiku Harvest, In Buddha's Temple, Ten Green Bottles, and others.
haiku: "fall nips the air" - previously unpublished haiku: "first star" haiku: "construction crew" - previously unpublished haiku: "express line checkout" - previously unpublished
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tribute: "Bob Spiess: Mentor to Many" - previously unpublished
haiku: "online weather page" - previously unpublished
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