Tony Burfield

Poet

Pinewood Springs, CO
Colorado US

Author's Bio

I live with my wife in the foothills of the Colorado Front Range just below Button Rock and work in Collection Services at the Boulder Public Library.

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:
Red Moon Anthology of English Language Haiku (Red Moon Press, 2023)
Books:
Seeking the Button Rock Hermit (Middle Creek Publishing and Audio, 2022)
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The Slingshot Vignettes (Alien Buddha Press, 2021)
Chapbooks:
Sawhorse (Middle Creek Publishing and Audio, 2017)
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Torrents (Tiger's Eye Press, 2015)
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These Village Trails (Red Ochre Press, 2012)
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Canid (Green Fuse Poetic Arts Association, 2010)
Journals: ,
Asahi Shimbun
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Bear Creek Haiku
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Bombay Gin
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Bones
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Contemporary Haibun Online
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Haibun Today
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Hedgerow: A Journal of Small Poems
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Ink Sweat and Tears
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Lilliput Review
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NOON
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Prune Juice: Journal of Senryu and Kyoka
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Salt River Review
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Sand Hill Review
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Scifaikuest
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Shamrock Haiku Journal
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The Cynic Online Magazine
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The Heron's Nest
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Wild Plum
Prizes won: 

Fledge Chapbook Award, Green Fuse Chapbook Prize, Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics SWP Scholarship for Writing & Ecology, Dwarf Stars: The Best of Short Science Fiction Poetry, Scifaikuest Editor's Pick, Pushcart Nomination, Twice Nominated for a Touchstone Award by Modern Haiku

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Jim Kacian, paul m, Scott Metz, David Anthony Martin, Matt Ussia, Aaron Moe, Kathleen Willard, Joanne Kyger, Rae Armantrout, Wang An-Shih, Marlene Mountain, Don Wentworth, David Budbill, Andrew Schelling, Santoka Taneda, etc.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Coudersport, PA
Pennsylvania
Raised in: 
Emporium, PA
Pennsylvania
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Last update: Mar 17, 2025