Marlene Mountain

Marlene Mountain
Born(1939-12-11)December 11, 1939
Ada, Oklahoma
DiedMarch 15, 2018(2018-03-15) (aged 78)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Oklahoma
University of North Dakota
GenrePoetry

Marlene Mountain (née Morelock; December 11, 1939 – March 15, 2018), also known as Marlene Morelock Wills, was an American poet, artist, and activist.[1] She wrote many English-language haiku and concrete poems.

She was the 2014-2015 honorary curator of the American Haiku Archives at the California State Library in Sacramento.[2]

Femku Magazine has a haiku contest named after Mountain.[3]

  1. ^ "The Living Haiku Anthology - Mountain, Marlene". livinghaikuanthology.com. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  2. ^ "American Haiku Archives Honorary Curator Marlene Mountain". www.americanhaikuarchives.org. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Contest". #FemkuMag: Home. Retrieved 16 July 2020.