Adornments

Haiku by Lillian Nakamura Maguire, Caroline Ridley-Duff, Valentina Ranaldi-Adams, Belinda Behne, and Louise Hopewell

Making daisychains -
even the dog becomes
a princess

Caroline Ridley-Duff
Yorkshire, England

today's dress code
a wide-brimmed hat
and sunblock

Valentina Ranaldi-Adams
Fairlawn, Ohio, USA

braiding clover
in each other’s hair
wild horses

Belinda Behne
Clinton, Connecticut, USA

rock pool
a little girl crowns herself
with Neptune’s necklace

Louise Hopewell
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Editor Bio: Caroline Wermuth worked for the Penn State University Libraries for thirty-four years, seventeen of which were spent in the Pennsylvania Center for the Book, coordinating book and poetry awards and author events. Her poems have appeared in Northern Appalachia Review, Frogpond, The Heron's Nest, World Haiku Review, Haiku Girl Summer, etc., and in the New Jersey Botanical Gardens (NJBG). In 2025, she served as a guest editor for Haiku Girl Summer.

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Merch

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