About the Author

Kobayashi Issa (1763 - 1828), a lay priest of Shin Buddhism (the True Pure Land School), wrote over 20,000 haiku and is considered one of the great Japanese masters of the form. Ken Tennessen is the author of Waushara County Dragonflies and Damselflies (guidebook), Utterly Bugged (Red Dragonfy Press, 2013) and numerous scientific articles about dragonflies. He calls Wisconsin home but travels widely, mostly researching and photographing dragonflies. Scott King is a poet and citizen scientist who lives in Northfield, Minnesota. In addition to being editor of Red Dragonfly Press, he's been researching the dragonflies of the genus Sympetrum (the red dragonflies) in preparation of a book on their natural history.