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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Hannah Mahoney had very strong work in the C.2.2.: Anthology of Short Verse edited by myself and Brendan Slater, and her continues to carry that strength.
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meant for each other
this light
and the daylily
—HANNAH MAHONEY
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So many things are meant for each other, and humans are lucky to be a by-passer who can testify to that.
Of course the opening line could also be a deeply romantic statement (and why not);
"meant for each other"
I like the bouncing forth and back of a long term romance, be it two humans, or the light of the sun and a humble flower, or both, or even more.
It is a haiku with great substance with sublime metaphorical expression. The word 'light' represents romance, prosperity and divinity. Light is directly related to 'daylily'. The plant grows under bright sunlight and has a long life. There is an element of mystery (yugen) in the poem.
Plum blossoms–
the twinkling eyes
of my beloved
Pravat Kumar Padhy
Publication Credit: Asahi Haiku, February 15, 2013
Only our grown sons and daughters
can use our own words and acts
to break our hearts
by puncturing the bubble
of our own pretensions
to be living the life
we demanded of them.
with their insights
into our own blindness
to our own
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Hannah Mahoney had very strong work in the C.2.2.: Anthology of Short Verse edited by myself and Brendan Slater, and her continues to carry that strength.
.
.
meant for each other
this light
and the daylily
—HANNAH MAHONEY
.
.
So many things are meant for each other, and humans are lucky to be a by-passer who can testify to that.
Of course the opening line could also be a deeply romantic statement (and why not);
"meant for each other"
I like the bouncing forth and back of a long term romance, be it two humans, or the light of the sun and a humble flower, or both, or even more.
warm regards,
Alan
Thank you so much, Alan. That book was great to be a part of!
Like your daylily poem.
sunshine flows
through the trees
into me ?
This is truly beautiful, Hannah. Thank you for sharing.
marion
This brought me some June warmth! Thank you!
It is a haiku with great substance with sublime metaphorical expression. The word 'light' represents romance, prosperity and divinity. Light is directly related to 'daylily'. The plant grows under bright sunlight and has a long life. There is an element of mystery (yugen) in the poem.
Plum blossoms–
the twinkling eyes
of my beloved
Pravat Kumar Padhy
Publication Credit: Asahi Haiku, February 15, 2013
Only our grown sons and daughters
can use our own words and acts
to break our hearts
by puncturing the bubble
of our own pretensions
to be living the life
we demanded of them.
with their insights
into our own blindness
to our own
Beautiful Hannah!
Wow!
Anitha.