Phillip Kennedy (born Phillip Ronald Kennedy, December 12, 1969, St. Boniface, Manitoba, Canada), American writer and editor in trade and educational publishing, translator, editor, and poet. Composes haiku both in English and Japanese. Work is published in Geppo, Modern Haiku, and Frogpond. Dōjin in the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society in San Jose, California, and the Ten’I Haiku Society in Tokyo. Coedited two YTHS members’ anthologies (2017 and 2018), and was responsible for cover, design, and layout of a third (2019). Resides in Monterey, California.