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Ben Moeller-Gaa is a Pushcart nominated* haiku poet and the author of Wishbones from Folded Word (2018) as well of three haiku chapbooks, Fiddle in the Floorboards from Yavanika Press (2018), Wasp Shadows* from Folded Word (2014) and Blowing on a Hot Soup Spoon from poor metaphor design (2014).

Ben’s poems, reviews and essays have appeared in over 50 journals worldwide including Modern Haiku, Simply Haiku , A Hundred Gourds , The Heron's Nest , Frogpond , Shamrock , and World Haiku Review as well as in the Red Moon Press's yearly "best of" anthologies, The Haiku Foundation's mobile haiku app, Haiku 21 an anthology of the English language haiku from the first decade of the twenty first century, among others ...more

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Ben Moeller-Gaa Write. Read. Rewrite. Reread. And submit, submit, submit! Keep submitting to journals you like, even if they don't accept you the first, third, fifth …moreWrite. Read. Rewrite. Reread. And submit, submit, submit! Keep submitting to journals you like, even if they don't accept you the first, third, fifth time. And always be sure to READ the journals you submit to before it happens.

I would like to add that it is also important to get involved with a writing community. It can be online or in your city, but knowing and talking to and being around other writers is a true blessing. (less)

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Ben Moeller-Gaa Read. It's the best way to keep the embers from going out. I read a whole number of journals as well as anthologies. And when I'm done I read them aga…moreRead. It's the best way to keep the embers from going out. I read a whole number of journals as well as anthologies. And when I'm done I read them again. I can't stress enough how much this helps me. Each time I reread an anthology or an issue I always find something new that I didn't see before, and then rediscover the ones I enjoyed on the first go. I also see what other writers are doing, what tricks they use and how they have solved similar issues to problems I'm having with my own haiku. Also, I force myself to write knowing that what I will put down will be bad. And then I keep writing until I find my way again.(less)

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	Wasp Shadows by Ben Moeller-Gaa (Goodreads Author), J.S. Graustein (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wishbones by Ben Moeller-Gaa (Goodreads Author), J.S. Graustein (Goodreads Author) (Calligrapher) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Atoms of Haiku Volume III: A Haiku Collection By Authors United by Mr. Hammad Khan, Don Baird, Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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