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Author: 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.
waterfalling
the metallic teal
peacock’s tail
indigo sky
one flies
over center field
deep
in the blossoming
one honeybee
wildflowers
when one word
is more than enough
cactus flower
with the best
of intentions
waning moon
those who talk about it
those who don’t
day lily
the thing is
you think you have time