Alexis K. Rotella (born January 16, 1947, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania) is an American poet and artist. She has written poems in several of the traditional styles of Japanese poetry, including haiku, senryū, renga, and haibun.
Biography Alexis received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Drew University in Madison, New Jersey, where she wrote a thesis on Zen Buddhism. She also received a master's degree in Classical Acupuncture from The Academy for Five Element Acupuncture (formerly The Worsley Institute, Hallandale, Florida) as well as a doctorate in clinical hypnotherapy (American Institute of Hypnotherapy, Santa Ana, California).
In 1984, she served as the President of the Haiku Society of America and edited its haiku journal Frogpond the same year. In 2009, she founded Prune Juice, an English-language journal for senryu.
Rotella is the 2019-2020 honorary curator of the American Haiku Archives at the California State Library in Sacramento.
Personal life Alexis Rotella resides in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Bibliography Poetry Purple, The Merrow Report, 2014 Clouds In My Teacup, Wind Chimes Press, 1982 Tuning the Lily, High/Coo Press mini-chapbook #18, 1983 After an Affair Merging Media, 1984 (Haiku Society of America Merit Book Award runner-up) ASK!, Muse Pie Press, 1984 Camembert Comes from the Sea, White Peony Press, 1984 Harvesting Stars, Jade Mountain Press, 1984 On a White Bud, Merging Media, 1984 Closing the Circle, Muse Pie Press, 1985 Polishing a Ladybug, Swamp Press, 1985 Rearranging Light, Muse Pie Press, 1985 (Haiku Society of America Merit Book Award runner-up) Beards and Wings, White Peony Press, 1985 Middle City, Muse Pie Press, 1986 (New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship) Moonflowers, Jade Mountain Press, 1987 Drizzle of Stars (renga with Scott Montgomery and Bob Boldman), Jade Mountain Press, 1988 The Lace Curtain, Jade Mountain Press, 1988 Antiphony of Bells: A Haiku Journey Through Italy in Simultaneous English and Italian, Jade Mountain Press, 1989 An Unknown Weed, King's Road Press, 1991 (Haiku Society of America Merit Book Award runner-up) Carousel: 30 Senryu, Juniper Press, 1991 (third place, Haiku Society of America Merit Book Awards) Looking for a Prince, White Peony Press, 1991 Voice of the Mourning Dove: An Anthology of Haiku, White Peony Press, 1991 Eleven Renga (with Florence Miller), Jade Mountain Press, 1993 Musical Chairs: A Haiku Journey Through Childhood, Jade Mountain Press, 1994 Yes: A Dozen Linked Poems (with Florence Miller), Jade Mountain Press, 1994 A String of Monarchs: Thirteen Linked Poems (with Florence Miller), Jade Mountain Press, 1995 No One Inside (linked poem with Carlos Colón), Proof Press, 1996 Sassy (with Carlos Colón) Tragg Publishing, 1998 Eavesdropping: Seasonal Haiku, Modern English Tanka Press, 2007 Lip Prints (tanka), Modern English Tanka Press, 2007 Ouch: Senryu that Bite, Modern English Tanka Press, 2007 A Sprinkle of Glitter (a solo illustrated renga), Rosenberry Books, 2008 Ask! Again: Rotellagrams, Rosenberry Books, 2008 Looking for a Prince, Modern English Tanka Press, revised second edition, 2008 Elvis in Black Leather, Modern English Tanka Press, 2009 Black Jack Judy and the Crisco Kids, Modern English Tanka Press, 2010 Between Waves, Red Moon Press, 2015 The Color Blue, Red Moon Press, 2017 Old Diaries: Short Poems and Literary Fragments, Kindle, 2018 Different Conversations: Short Poems and Literary Fragments, Kindle, 2018 Dancing the Tarantella: Short Poems, Jade Mountain Press, 2019 Scratches on the Moon: A Haibun Collection, Jade Mountain Press, 2019 (Touchstone Book Award), 2019 Scattered Sunflowers: A Ukrainian/Russian-American’s Unique Perspective on the War – Told in Art and Poetry, Jade Mountain Press, 2022 Milkweed, Selected Haiku & Senryu (1979-2024), Brooks Books, 2024
Nonfiction How Words and Thoughts Affect Your Body: The Book of Affirmations, Jade Mountain Press, 1989 The Essence of Flowers, Jade Mountain Press, 1991
Additional Publications Unsealing Our Secrets (#MeToo Stories), Jade Mountain Press, Touchstone Book Award, 2019 Tanka 2020 Anthology: Poems for Today's World, Red Moon Press, 2020
See also Carlos Colón
References
Featured Writer: Alexis Rotella
External links Blog website