Diane Alleva Cáceres was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Maryland and Virginia. She lives with her husband and daughter in Smyrna, Georgia.
Her poems capture the interplay between the natural and human worlds. Moments of recalling long forgotten memories, observation, and feeling are conjured into simple poems that transcend both time and place.
Her debut book of haiku is informed by childhood memories in Maryland exploring with her siblings the woods next to her family home and the beaches of Assateague Island; daily life in Georgia over the last few years; and annual summer visits to Lewes, Delaware with extended family. Her poetry is inspired by the works of Matsuo Basho, Jane Reichhold, Robert Hass, Jane Hirshfield, and Emily Dickinson.
She is a member of the Haiku Society of America and has published in the online Blo͞o Outlier Journal. She teaches and researches topics of innovation in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the Scheller College of Business at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
cool June day —
some tendrils refuse to drop
a dead branch