Ken Haigh
Ken Haigh, writer/poet
Ken Haigh is a freelance writer and librarian. In addition to writing articles for publications like Mountain Life, Slightly Foxed, Great Lakes Review, and Geist, he is also the author of two books: Under the Holy Lake: A Memoir of Eastern Bhutan, the story of two years spent as a volunteer teacher in a remote valley of the eastern Himalayas, and On Foot to Canterbury, which was a finalist for the 2021 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction and the 2022 Alberta Book Publishers Award for Trade Non-Fiction. He lives in Clarksburg, Ontario. See more work by Ken on page 43.
The Ur-Text — Volume 9, Issue 2
In The Ur-Text, Ken Haigh presents a wry exploration of academic pretension, intellectual performance, and the delicate art of misunderstanding—where a single misheard word leads to unexpected connection and reveals the absurd performative nature of scholarly discourse.
The Pear Tree, The Grouse, The Trail Spider, and Re-Shingling the Shed Roof — Volume 9, Issue 2
Ken Haigh examines how human intention and natural processes intersect through his poems The Pear Tree, The Grouse, The Trail Spider, and Re-Shingling the Shed Roof—exploring the tension between deliberate shaping and inherent wildness.
