Joe McKeon (born Joseph Edward McKeon, September 10, 1948, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.), retired business executive teaching English as a second language at a refugee center and preparation for the U.S. citizenship test. Has won awards in 20 contests and has work featured in New Resonance 10 (2017) and other anthologies. Has published three books: Oars Up (2019) ; To Whom It May Concern (2023), a call to poets to speak to injustice and suffering and use haiku as a vehicle for societal transformation; and A Man on Horseback (2024), a book of haibun. Resides in Strongsville, Ohio.