Debbie Strange

Debbie Strange makes poems, music, photographs, and art in Winnipeg, the heart of Canada. She has a deep reverence for nature, and feels most centred when exploring the wilds with her husband in their 1978 VW campervan. Debbie's creative passions help her to manage chronic illness, connecting her more closely to the world and to herself.

She is a member of the Manitoba Writers' Guild, as well as several tanka and haiku organizations. Her work has received multiple awards, and has been translated into 11 languages, anthologized, and published in 17 countries. Debbie was honoured to be a featured poet in the Tanka Society of America's journal, Ribbons (2019), the British short-form journal, Presence (2017), the Mann Library's Daily Haiku column (2016), and the United Haiku and Tanka Society's journal, Cattails (2014). She has also judged international contests for the British Haiku Society and the United Haiku and Tanka Society. The Haiku Foundation features haiga galleries of her artworks, which incorporate award-winning haiku and tanka.

Debbie hopes that you will join her as she walks along the poetry path!