Keith Polette (born Keith Paul Polette, September 18, 1954, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.), professor of English at the University of Texas at El Paso. Publishes haikai tanshi, and lyric poetry in journals and major anthologies. His haiku collection, The New World , and book of haibun, Pilgrimage won recognition in the Touchstone Distinguished Books Award and the HSA Merit Book Awards. Soundings, a second book of haibun, was released in 2023. Served as guest editor for Drifting Sands Haibun Journal and judge for the San Francisco International Haibun Contest and the Touchstone Haibun Awards. Resides in El Paso, Texas.