Gideon Young is a member of the Carolina African American Writers’ Collective, the Carrboro Poets Council, and the North Carolina Haiku Society. He brings a strong and joyful spirit to his classes, readings, and performances.
His debut haiku collection, my hands full of light, will be published by Backbone Press, Spring 2021. You can pre-order the book here. Some sample poems from the book:
shaded chickadee
her first notes
an Ellington tune
voting day—
digging up stones
in the garden
fallen leaves
frog legs dangle
from the heron’s beak
nose tickles
from the sprig of mint
in my daughter’s hand
