Don Baird is an
internationally known and respected martial arts teacher and
poet. For the past ten years or so he has been specializing in
eastern poetry forms such as haiku and tanka. He has been
published in ezines and magazines including Simply Haiku
several times. He won third place in the International
Kusamakura Haiku Contest two years in a row. Recently, he took
first place in his division in the Shokon Tadashi Kondo Award.
For the last five years he has been teaching advanced haiku
studies for a poetry site of almost 200,000 members. A teacher:
a student. Don remains committed to his journey of a haijin.
