Lev Hart (born February 27, 1953, Toronto, Ontario), retired addictions counselor and active haikai poet. Member of Haiku Canada and the British Haiku Society. Former mentor at Triveni Haikai India; currently coeditor at Poetry Pea. Included in the Red Moon anthologies (2022, 2024). Has won honors in the Gerald Brady Senryu Awards, the H. Gene Murtha Memorial Senryu Contest, and the Betty Drevniok Awards. A digital micro-chapbook of concrete haiku, Black Mountain Haiku, appeared in 2024. Serving as a judge for the Magic of Maples Haiku Contest sponsored by the BHS and Forestry England. Resides in Calgary, Alberta.