Mary Jo Balistreri
Born in Duluth, Minnesota, US, 1941.
Living today in Waukesha, WI US
Jo Balistreri began her creative life as a pianist and harpsichordist. In 2005, she began writing free-verse poetry after losing her hearing and her ability to play music, and in 2015 registered for a mentoring program through the Haiku Society of America. She has since published widely and in 2019 was included in A New Resonance 12. http://maryjobalistreripoet.com/
trying to excavate the owl from my father’s well of forgetfulness
whiptail: journal of the single-line poem issue 2 · January 2022
skipping stones: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2022
SEA CHANGE: An Anthology of Single-Line Poems (ed. Kat Lehmann and Robin Smith)
this quiet turning
of autumn
within
Editors’ Choice, The Heron’s Nest, Vol. 25 issue 4: December 2023
The Heron's Nest Annual Edition, Vol 25, Winter, 2023
wild strawberries …
the skim and dart
of white butterflies
The Heron’s Nest, Vol 25, Number 2: Summer 2023
The Heron's Nest Annual Edition, Vol 25, Winter, 2023
summer solstice
tipping
into firefly time
dragging the water’s shimmer behind them goslings
Blithe Spirit #30.3 August 2022 (Journal of the British Haiku Society)
Museum of Haiku Literature Award (August 2022, Tokyo, Japan)
the open lids of grand pianos sailing a sun-struck wall
NOON | journal of the short poem, issue 16 (February 2020) ed. Philip Rowland
re:Virals #272 (December 2020, The Haiku Foundation)
poinsettias inside the barbed-wire refugees
Modern Haiku volume 52.2 Summer 2021
string theory: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2021
winter hills
with each boot crunch
the scent of sage
The Heron's Nest, volume XVIII, number 2: June 2016
The Wonder Code, Scott Mason, July 17, 2017
Haibun: A Writers Guide: editors Roberta Berry, Lew Watts, and Rich Youmans, 2023
Haiku and Ceramics Project (2022)
harmonizing
with the hemlock wind…
winter wren
Holden Arboretum Season of Haiku Trail
(The Holden Arboretum, Kirtland, Ohio, 2018-2019)
A New Resonance 12: Emerging Voices in English-Language Haiku (2021) ed. Jim Kacian and Julie Schwerin