Petra Klingl (born 1957, Suhl, Thüringen, Germany), retired correctional officer and active haikai and tanka poet, editor, and administrator. Board member and Treasurer of the Deutsche Haiku-Gesellschaft and Editor of its journal, Sommergras. Founded and leads the Berliner Haiku Gruppe. Cofounded Rotkiefer Verlag, Germany’s only dedicated haiku publishing house. Authored three short-verse collections as well as a guide to composing haiku, and coedited an anthology and a haiku calendar. Resides in Berlin.