Haiku Poetry Awards Finalist - Kate McClintock

kate h.m. is a Brooklynite enamored with public history and art. She considers writing to be a vital anchor in her life, and has been putting stories, poems, and songs to paper since she was little. Words are central to all of her creative pursuits, including her practices of photography, video, and painting. Her winning poem "perennial" is one of her first haikus, and encapsulates Love as she experiences it — both personified, and as an energetic force of profound change.

“perennial” by Kate McClintock

in your gale, i live —

blooming and bent on my stem

strong: alone and yours