Joshua Eric Williams (born January 17, 1983, Rome, Georgia, U.S.A.), disabled veteran, holds an MFA in poetry from Western Colorado University, and works as an artist, nature writer, and poet. Published a chapbook of haiku, haibun, and poetry; a collection of haiga; and two books of haiku: The Strangest Conversation (2019, Honorable Mention in the 2020 HSA Merit Book Awards), and silent after (2024; containing a haiku nominated for a Pushcart Prize and won a Touchstone Award in 2022). Lives in Carrollton, Georgia.