Dorothy Mahoney
transcendence
I have to feel it in my body, the maestra tells the audience after the Tchaikovsky concerto. I was trained by male conductors. No disrespect, but most were short, compact. Her long lithe body is clothed in black. During the performance she is a blackbird spreading wings, rising in the piano’s crescendo.
Bravo! Bravo!
now on their feet
passion for passion
About the Author
Dorothy Mahoney is the author of several poetry books. Her book Ceaseless Rain (Palimpsest Press, 2020) includes haibun about hospice care, and The Inevitable (Red Moon Press, 2022) is an experimental novel consisting of 51 haibun and a flash story.