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Jim Laurila, (born James Russell Laurila, August 31, 1963, Attleboro, Massachusetts, U.S.A.), a retired professional civil engineer and public water supply manager and an active haiku poet. Since 2014 his haiku have been published in English-language journals including Frogpond, Modern Haiku, Bottle Rockets, Kingfisher, The Heron’s Nest, and Wales Haiku Journal. His work appears in several major anthologies, namely A New Resonance 13, Emerging Voices in English Language Haiku (2023); Skipping Stones: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2022; Lee Gurga and Scott Metz’s Haiku 2015: 100 notable ku from 2014 and their larger anthology, Haiku 21:2; as well as in Haiku Society of America members’ anthologies. Laurila is also a member of the Sugar Maple Haiku Group, a Massachusetts-based foursome that meets on-line monthly. He currently resides in Northampton, Massachusetts.
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