abstract green-teal watercolor painting suggesting a waterfall falling on grey rock, with the text of the haiku superimposed

waterfalling
the metallic teal
peacock’s tail

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Mimi Ahern

Smitten by haiku in 2006 at a Yuki Teikei Haiku Society Reading in San Jose, CA (where I live), I've been hooked ever since. What attracted me was the unpretentiousness of a form able to convey human thought and feeling so profoundly with simple concrete description. I'm also drawn to the brevity (I have a hard time finishing things). So, I do manage to finish some, submit them, and enjoy seeing them published in journals and books. My latest haiku pleasure: a letter from the mayor of Matsuyama, Japan, informing me of my prize-winning haiku in the foreign language section of the Matsuyama Haiku Post contest.

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  2. This is beautiful on every level from the image to words. The flowing music of the first line contrasts perfectly with the hard consonants of the second and third lines–which to my ears sound like the sharp rustle of those unfolding tail feathers.

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