Jim Laurila, (born James Russell Laurila, August 31, 1963, Attleboro, Massachusetts, U.S.A.), retired civil engineer and public water supply manager and active haiku poet. Publishing his haiku in major journals since 2014; anthologized in 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 Haiku 21:2, as well as Haiku Society of America members' anthologies. Member of the HSA and the Sugar Maple Haiku Group. Resides in Northampton, Massachusetts.