M. Kei

M. Kei is a tall ship sailor and award-winning poet who lives on Maryland’s Eastern shore. He was the editor-in-chief of Take Five : Best Contemporary Tanka, Vols. 1–4, and the editor of Bright Stars, An Organic Tanka Anthology, and Atlas Poetica : A Journal of World Tanka. His most recent collection of poetry is January, A Tanka Diary (October, 2013). He is also the author of the award-winning gay Age of Sail adventure novels, Pirates of the Narrow Seas (blogspot.narrowseas.com). He can be followed on Twitter @kujakupoet, or visit AtlasPoetica.org.