Denis M. Garrison was born in Iowa. He spent most of his childhood in Japan and his youth in Europe, North Africa, and the western Pacific. He has worn many hats in a varied life: sailor, airman, mechanic, electrician, debt collector, sporting goods salesman, quality control technician, boiler-room operator, bureaucrat, small businessman, priest, poet, editor and publisher. Garrison now lives near Maryland's Chesapeake Bay with his lovely wife, Deborah. In the 1970s, Garrison edited Towson University's literary magazine and taught creative writing for Johns Hopkins University's Free University. He has edited numerous poetry journals. His poetry is published in many print and online journals and in several anthologies. Garrison's collections of poetry now in print include three haiku collections, "Eight Shades of Blue," "Hidden River," and "Fire Blossoms: The Birth of Haiku Noir," and a collection of free and formal verse, "Sailor in the Rain and Other Poems." Garrison's personal website is at www.dengary.com.