the first holiday

 

Debbie Strange is a chronically ill short-form poet and haiga artist whose work has been widely published internationally. Her haiku collection, Random Blue Sparks (Snapshot Press 2024), received 3rd Place in the Haiku Society of America’s 2025 Merit Book Awards. Her publications can be found here: https://debbiemstrange.blogspot.com/ and on Instagram she is @debbiemstrange