Lonnard Dean Watkins

Web Master and Editor of Bent Ear Review

Lonnard Dean Watkins lives in Wellington, New Zealand and is the editor of Bent Ear Review, Muse-Pie Press Spoken Word Journal. He is also the web master for all Muse-Pie Press's websites including the Fib Review and Shot Glass Journal.

His haiku has appeared in journals including Heron's Nest and Acorn, and his poetry has been published in numerous international journals and anthologies. In 2010 Lonnard became involved in Spoken Word and helped launch Poetry in Motion, a spoken word group in Wellington, New Zealand and in 2012, was a finalist in the New Zealand Poetry Slam Championships.

Lonnard is a past President of the New Zealand Poetry Society. He was also instrumental in organising the 2015 New Zealand Poetry Conference held at the National Library of New Zealand.

Lonnard's performance with a live jazz band at the 2013 Kerouac Effect can be viewed at The Kerouac Effect.