John Holt, known also by his haigo "tori inu" an American military officer and haiku poet was born in 1971 and raised in Ohio and Florida. He has lived in Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, California, and Hawaii and now resides in Japan. He has earned degrees from Park University and Webster University and is also a former assistant professor at Loyola Marymount University. He is a member of the Haiku Society of America and his work has appeared in numerous leading haiku journals and magazines and was recognized most recently at the 2009 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival.

dinner date -
her yawn sparks
mine
 
a rollie-pollie
curling, uncurling, curling . . .
at the dog's nose
 
summer puddle
a foot step divides 
the sky
 
children's day -
blue skies fill
with colored carp
 
distant woodpecker
interrupts -
my hammock nap