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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