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.

An Old Man Dreams Of His Youth — Volume 9, Issue3

In An Old Man Dreams of His Youth, Ken Haigh asks if joy would be dimmed by the knowledge of future hardships, or whether that knowledge might make an experience even more precious.

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.