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Kathy Lippard Cobb (born December 20, 1959, Statesville, North Carolina, U.S.A.; published using the haigō Kaat and Kat), retired American marketer and haiku poet. She began composing and publishing haiku in 2000 and has been anthologized in Susumu Takiguchi, ed., Wild Flowers, New Leaves: A Collection of World Haiku (2002); Jim Kacian and Dee Evetts, eds., A New Resonance 3 (2003); and Marlène Buitelaar, ed., The Scent of Music (2013). Cobb’s three dozen wins or commendations in haiku competitions include the HSA Henderson Awards (2001), Haiku Canada’s Drevniok Award (2001, 2014), Favorite Haiku of Issue in Modern Haiku (2002, 2003), a THF Touchstone Individual Haiku Award (2011), The BHS Hackett Awards (2001, 2002, 2009), the Presence Awards (2001, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2014), and five times in the Kusamakura contest (2002, 2003). She served as Haiku Editor for White Lotus: A Journal of Short Asian Verse & Haiga from 2003 to 2009. Cobb resides in Bradenton, Florida, with her pets.
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