Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I can’t believe it’s been two years since I birthed this little book. What an incredible journey it has been. Thanks for coming along for the ride with me. 010
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Fresh out in Fresh Out: An Arts and Poetry Collective. My thanks to editor, Eric Lohman for accepting this one. 010
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Heavens to murgatroyd! I’m skipping the light fantastic to join the Circle of Salt family, edited, curated and founded by the incredible, Kelly Moyer. circleofsaltmag.blogspot.com 061
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Good morning from Cape Breton, my friends! Have a wonderful weekend! 💗 000
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A deep bow of gratitude to guest editor extraordinaire, Neena Singh, for publishing this little tanka-prose in issue 37 of Drifting Sands 010
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Super stoked to have this tanka published in haikuKATHA, issue 58. My thanks to the lovely team at Triveni Haikai India for including it in this wonderful issue. 😊 010
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 05/08/2026My thanks to editor, Lavana Kray from Black and White Haiga for publishing this haiga recently. 071
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 04/08/2026At the end of May I was invited to do a reading from my book, the improbability of sea monkeys, for a new salon series put on by the folks at Poetry Pea Podcast. Thank you, Patricia McGuire!!! I had sooo much fun! I hope you enjoy the reading! youtu.be/qO9b13RiIoI?...youtu.beS9E30 Reid Hepworth reads from The Improbability of Sea Monkeys Award Winning Haiku & HaibunYouTube video by Poetry Pea 040
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 31/07/2026My 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 000
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Thanking 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 010
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 22/07/2026My thanks to guest editor Lakshmi Iyer and the folks at Pea Towers for including this ku in Poetry Pea Podcast S9E28. youtu.be/q0YEaCy3KLM?... 030
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 22/07/2026My deepest thanks to the team at Triveni, for including this tanka-prose in issue 57 of haikuKATHA journal. www.trivenihaikai.in/post/haikuka... 130
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 21/07/2026My thanks to editor, Eric Lohman, from Fresh Out: An Arts and Poetry Collective for publishing this one today! 🙏 041
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Sending positive thoughts to everyone affected by the wildfires across our globe. We are in this together. Stay safe, my friends. 020
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 14/07/2026I’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.🙏 0121
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 10/07/2026A 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! 030
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 03/07/2026A 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 120
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 22/06/2026My sincere thanks to Alison Williams, editor of Quail Eggs, for including this tanka in issue 5. quaileggstanka.blogspot.com 010
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Happy National Indigenous Peoples Day! Happy Solstice! Happy Father’s Day! Have a most stupendous day! 021
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Chuffed to have this tanka in RIBBONS Spring/Summer 2026: Volume 22, Issue 1. My thanks to Susan Weaver, tanka editor for including it. 121
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 18/05/2026In tribute to this special day, some haiku from this morning’s walk! Have a wonderful May long weekend everyone! 💗 020
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Thank you for helping us reach our fundraising goal! 🌷 010
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Happy 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). 🙏 020
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Super 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. 000
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Tickled 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... 151
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Just 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. 🙏💗 010
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Thrilled to make my debut in Black and White Haiga! A bouquet of thanks to editor, Lavana Kray for accepting this one. 030
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 06/05/2026My thanks to Eric Lohman, Editor at Fresh Out Mag for publishing this shahai of mine today. 🙏 041
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 01/05/2026It’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 120
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Delighted to have Patricia McGuire from Poetry Pea Podcast read one of my haibun (If Wishes Were Horses) in S914! Thrilled to be featured alongside so many of my favourite haibuneers. You can listen to the entire podcast here. Mine is the first one. youtu.be/uYN2F6ZY16Q?...youtu.beS9E14 A handful of haibun but what links them?YouTube video by Poetry Pea 082
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 07/04/2026My 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 032
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Stoked 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... 062
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 24/03/2026My thanks to Eric Lohman, editor at Fresh Out: An Arts and Poetry Collective for publishing this shahai today. 022
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Issue 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... 031
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Celebrating all our accomplishments and victories, but knowing there is still a ways to go. Happy IWD! Published in haikuKATHA, issue 10 030
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Heartfelt thanks to Iliyana Stoyanova, Charles Trumbull and The Haiku Foundation for including me in Haikupedia. This brightened my day immensely. 🙏 010
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 12/02/2026I 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. 171
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 28/01/2026What 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?... 1112
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Life is getting to me. My mind can’t turn off what is happening in our world. 020
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 22/01/2026This showed up in my fb feed this morning…so I thought I would share: youtu.be/ADZqxblSxXoyoutu.beThe Wise Owl Haiku Renditions with Neena Singh, Guest Editor, The Wise OwlYouTube video by The Wise Owl 000
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Happy as a clam to be included in smols today. My thanks to editor, Robin Jacobson. 010
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 09/01/2026So incredibly thankful to C Jean Downer, poet and writer, for their lovely review of my book, the improbability of sea monkeys. It is such a treat to have people read one’s work and comment on it. I am humbled. Available at an Amazon near you: a.co/d/g8gRIHa 030
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 03/01/2026I thought I’d share this ku from my new book, the improbability of sea monkeys… 050
Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Submissions: drifting-sands-haibun.org/submissions/ 000
