Poet Profile

Mariah Anoceto

Mariah Anoceto is an artist and haiku poet based in West Palm Beach, FL. She received a B.A. in English from Flagler College, and teaches Waldorf Education. Her haiga gallery was debuted by Modern Haiku in issue 51.2, Summer 2020. Her haiku has also been published by Frogpond, hedgerow, and the HSA Anthology 2020.

Books Published:

Haiku, Year One) (Chapbook, 2020.

late night homework
he mouths the words
as he writes

new moon
my breath in your small nostrils

summer walk
my nephew still carries
the blue jay feather

summer stillness
my leg with 
one black ant

watching the oak's 
falling leaves
letting go

Mom calls― 
"did you see 
the moon?"

Credits:

"late night homework" – Frogpond - vol. 43.2 Spring/Summer 2020; "new moon" – Bundled Wildflowers: Haiku Society of America Members' Anthology 2020, ed. Bryan Rickert; "summer walk"; "summer stillness"; "watching the oak's" – Modern Haiku vol. 51.2, Summer 2020; "Mom call"s – hedgerow #131, July 2020.