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Sarah E. Metzler (born Sarah Elizabeth Metzler, September 22, 1968, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.), children’s counselor, former weaver, and poet concentrating on haiku and senryu, dabbling in gembun, haibun, and cherita, and looking forward to trying her hand at haiga, tan-renga, and tanka. Appearing in esteemed journals since 2016, her work can also be found in Robert Epstein’s The Helping Hand Haiku Anthology; Lee Gurga and Scott Metz’s Haiku 2020 and Haiku 2023; and the 2022 Red Moon Anthology, Skipping Stones, as well as Haiku Society of America members’ anthologies and the 2021 and 2023 Seabeck Haiku Getaway anthologies. One of her haiku was nominated for a Touchstone Award in 2021, a second won The Heron’s Nest Award for the September 2024 issue, and a third won best United States poem in the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational 2024. Metzler resides in Marion Center, Pennsylvania.
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