the high meadow
a cicada’s whine
sharpens into silence
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Hannah Mahoney
Hannah Mahoney’s debut haiku chapbook, Shifting Light, is available from Backbone Press. She is a featured poet in New Resonance 12 and a recipient of both the Kaji Aso International Haiku Award and the Kaji Aso International Senryu Award. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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the high meadow
a cicada’s whine
sharpens into silence
—HANNAH MAHONEY
Love the high meadow!
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Ah, cicadas, so loud but making the silence as loud in its own way. Experienced them across Europe, India, and Australia.
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But here's one about the Japanese ones. :-)
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samurai legends —
tsukutsukubôshi cicadas
at Sumadera
Alan Summers
World Haiku Review Japan Article Vending machines and cicadas (2003)
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Very evocative, Hannah!
Thank you, Peggy!
Lovely work Hannah.
low clouds a cockatoo's shriek tapers to rain
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the high meadow
a cicada’s whine
sharpens into silence
—HANNAH MAHONEY
Love the high meadow!
.
.
Ah, cicadas, so loud but making the silence as loud in its own way. Experienced them across Europe, India, and Australia.
.
.
But here's one about the Japanese ones. :-)
.
.
samurai legends —
tsukutsukubôshi cicadas
at Sumadera
Alan Summers
World Haiku Review Japan Article Vending machines and cicadas (2003)
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Well Done