Matthew Markworth (born Matthew Daniel Markworth, August 27, 1976, Warrensburg, Missouri, U.S.A.), former senior investment specialist, and poet. His work appears in The Ohio Haiku Anthology; several of Gurga and Metz’s annual Haiku compendia; A New Resonance; and the Red Moon anthologies. Took first place in the Peggy Willis Lyles, Robert Spiess and Harold Henderson awards, won two Modern Haiku awards for favorite haiku of issue, and had a haiku nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Founder and curator of the Midwest Haiku Traveling Rock Garden. Resides in Miamisburg, Ohio.