Meredith Ackroyd

@meredithackroyd.bsky.social

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Poet, Artist, Mother. I write poems for adults and children, primarily in the field of contemporary English-language haiku and related forms, and have an MFA in Children’s Literature from Hollins University. she/her meredithackroyd.com

Protestors line a highway. One is holding a rainbow pride flag.
A scene of preparation before our winter solstice mystical beings parade: a lighted sun, moon, and star on poles rest upright against a table, while people in lighted costumes stand in the background preparing for the parade.
A haiku by Meredith Ackroyd, printed in the journal Presence, with dramatically lit hellebores in the background: juniper needles in the baby’s fist the scent of rain
Two poems by Meredith Ackroyd, published by the amazing, kind, brilliant, and gentle editors Vandana Parashar and Rowan Beckett at #FemkuMag, in Issue 35: caesarean section— what it costs the river to move a stone and snowberry clearwing the mouthfeel of a name for our baby
Smoke billows in the blue sky over trees and a house.
A poster for Golden Haiku, decorated with cherry blossom branches, with a poem by Meredith Ackroyd that reads “homecoming / a name for every wildflower / in the meadow”
Image shows a haiku by Meredith Ackroyd: “northern lights / the invisible glow / of our body heat”
A page from Volume 56.1 of Modern Haiku, overlaid with a large philodendron leaf. A poem on the page, by Meredith Ackroyd, reads “milkweed pods / a man at the pick-your-own / starts to whistle”.
Snowdrops growing by the base of a maple tree.
A poem by Meredith Ackroyd: warm spell / the dogwood’s bare branches / strung with rain
Michael Longley’s poem “The Meteorite” from his Collected Poems.
Pencil sketch of the old, twisting maple tree that grows near the artist’s home
Wingstem or crownbeard wildflower seed heads against a backdrop of a fence, pasture, trees, and a mountain
Snowy landscape: a mountain hollow filled with trees and snow
Photo of an old rusted hinge on a weathered barn door. There is a haiku that reads “new year’s eve / a rusted hinge / on the barn door.” Poem by Meredith Ackroyd, published in hedgerow, no. 145, edited by Caroline Skanne.
A stack of books in front of a Christmas tree: Magnolia Diary by paul m., Narrow Road to the Interior by Basho, The Ink Dark moon translated by Jane Hirshfield, A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher, Feather Leaf Bark and Stone by Jackie Morris, You Are Here edited by Ada Limon, One Week in January by Carson Ellis, Ruth Asawa Through Line, and The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air
Haiku poem on image of blue sky with white tree. The poem reads “wide open sky / the doctor lifts our newborn / into the light” Meredith Ackroyd, Afton, Virginia
Art installation of large glowing flowers with moving connected lights
Photo shows an I Voted sticker on a background of fall leaves.
Image reads: Sakura Awards the baby’s / soft babble . . . / blossom wind Meredith Ackroyd Afton, VA