Mimi Ahern
Mimi Ahern (born Miriam G. Rasmussen, November 22, 1944, Lodi, California), American educator, designer, and haiku poet. Haiku published in Acorn, Geppo, The Heron’s Nest, Mariposa, and Modern Haiku. Won a Museum of Haiku Literature Award in Frogpond and honored in the Kiyoshi and Kiyoko Tokutomi Haiku Contest and the Matsuyama Haiku Post Box contest. Has work featured in Haiku 2015, Haiku 2020, and the Red Moon anthologies for 2019 and 2020. Edited the YTHS 2016 members’ anthology, chaired the 2017 Tokutomi Contest, and was society president in 2018–2020. Resides in San Jose, California.