Leon Tefft – Author, Writer & Poet

A Rare Bird

The Tanka Society of America's 2025 Members' Anthology.

I am delighted to announce that three of my haiku have been…

It is always an honor for me to contribute to Folk Ku…

I’m proud to have this Masaoka Shiki-inspired shasei tanka published in the…

With very few tanka-centered journals out there, I’m honored to have this…

My thanks to Katherine E Winnick for her work putting together the…

I’m honored to have a haiku and a senryu published in the…

Looks Like You’ve Seen a Ghost “Are you there?” *no answer* Why…

I’m thrilled to have this haiku published in the Autumn 2025 edition…

My thanks to Editors Astrid Andreescu and Kristen Lundquist for publishing my…