Born on Apr. 9, 1939, Elizabeth St Jacques says, in the early 1970s she discovered haiku, but it wasn't until 1988, when joining Haiku Canada and the Haiku Society of America, that she began to truly understand haiku. Since then, her work has been published on a consistent basis. She writes haiku book reviews, articles, and maintains her website (Poetry In The Light) that includes haiku and other Asian genres and has judged (and/or co-judged) several international haiku competitions. "Haiku is an essential and joyful part of my life as are the wonderful friends I have been blessed to know through it." Email: esj-at-sympatico.ca Among a long list of haiku awards, Elizabeth's work has earned the Museum of Haiku Literature Award for a renga with anne mckay, Frogpond, 1990; 1st, San Francisco International Haiku Competition, 1990 and 1st in their International Senryu Competition, 1991; Winner of Annual Cicada Award, 1989, 1990, 1991, and 1992; the Museum of Haiku Literature Award for her haiku sequence, Frogpond, 1992; 1st, the Haiku Society of America's 1995 Merit Book Award; 1st, Robert Frost Chapter, California Fed. of Chaparral Poets, 34th Annual Contest, 1997; 2nd, Herb Barrett Haiku Awards, 1997; A Top Ten Winner, Third People's Poetry Haiku and Senryu Contest, 2000; Editor's Choice Award, The Heron's Nest, 2000. Elizabeth has authored 8 books that include Dance of Light, Maplebud Press (HSA Merit Book Award); landings soft, Amelia Press (Cicada Haiku Chapbook Award); and echoes all strung out, Maplebud Press. Elizabeth's haiku can be found in these anthologies: André Duhaime's Haiku sans frontières; William J. Higginson's The Haiku Seasons: Poetry of the Natural World (Kodansha International, 1996) and Haiku World: An International Poetry Almanac (KI, 1996); H.F. Noyes's Favorite Haiku; Michael D. Welch'sThrough the Spirea; The Haiku Society of America's The Haiku Path; and others. Previous credits include: Amelia, Brussels Sprout, Frogpond, HAIGA Online, Haiku Canada, The Heron's Nest, Lynx, Mainichi Daily News, Modern Haiku, Woodnotes, World Haiku Review, among many others. Among websites that include her work are WWW Haiku Anthology, AHA Poetry, see haiku here, Haiku Dreams, Paper Lanterns, and others. haiku: "home from hospital" - previously unpublished
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