a trail of rainbows …

Haiku by Beata Czeszejko, Adele Evershed, Katherine E Winnick, and Marion Clarke

In Gratitude

Thanks to Caroline Wermuth for her tip jar contribution this week.

Thanks also to Sangita Kalarickal for her editorial work!

painted wall in the rain
graffiti Basho's irises 
still blue

Beata Czeszejko
Tarczyn, Poland

island ferry
in its wake a trail
of rainbows…

Adele Evershed
Wilton, Connecticut, USA

seaspray
hits my skin
a rainbow touches gold

Katherine E Winnick
Brighton, United Kingdom

wave after wave
our cousins on the ferry
getting smaller and smaller

Marion Clarke
Warrenpoint, County Down, Northern Ireland

Editor Bio: Dr. Sangita Kalarickal is a Pushcart Prize and Touchstone award nominated wordsmith. Her work has been widely published in several journals and anthologies. She has authored Mamina (Kavya-Adisakrit, 2023), and co-authored Light & Line Drawings (Kavya-Adisakrit, 2026), which are collections of free verse and haikai poetry. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Drifting Sands Haibun Journal.

Tip Jar

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Merch

If you want to even more ways to share the summer love, you can check out the Haiku Girl Summer merch shop. We have T-shirts and tank tops along with hats, mugs, buttons, and a spiral notebook. Email me if there are other items you’d like to see!