Robert Gilliland (born Robert McMurtry Gilliland III, December 14, 1946, Galveston, Texas, U.S.A.), retired physician and active haiku poet. Served as Associate Editor of The Heron’s Nest and co-judge of the Henderson Haiku Awards. Widely anthologized, his haiku have won special recognition in Modern Haiku, Frogpond, The Heron’s Nest, and the Snapshot Haiku Calendar Competition as well as collected in two prizewinning chapbooks. Gilliland resides in Austin, Texas.