Haiga by Kimberly Kuchar and C. X. Turner, Valentina Ranaldi-Adams, Mariya Gusev, Marietta McGregor, Urszula Marciniak after laughter chain links Poem: C. X. Turner Photo: Kimberly Kuchar cooling effect . . . the jingle-jangle tune of an ice cream truck Valentina Ranaldi-Adams our rented beach house each year on a
Haiga by Marietta McGregor, Agnes Eva Savich and Elizabeth Gold, Paméla Overeynder, C.X. Turner, Louise Hopewell secrets… the side of the moon we never see Poet: Agnes Eva Savich Photographer: Elizabeth Gold watering ban dreaming the river back C.X. Turner United Kingdom Editor Bio: A member of the
Haiga by Marianne Paul, Anne Fox, Christa Pandey, Stephanie Zepherelli and Che Beez Knez waiting to bloom the understudy’s understudy Marianne Paul Canada finally blooming deciding to save myself . . . for me Haiku: Stephanie Zepherelli Hawai’i, USA Photo: Che Beez Knez Adelaide, South Australia Editor Bio: A member of
Haiga by Christina Chin, Stephanie Zepherelli and Che Beez Knez, Marianne Paul, Louise Hopewell, Kimberly Kuchar big sister talk tiptoeing around birds and bees Haiku: Stephanie Zepherelli Hawai’i, USA Photo: Che Beez Knez Adelaide, South Australia itsy bitsy bikini the waggle dance of honey bees Marianne Paul Canada a
Haiga by Christa Pandey, Debbie Strange, Agnes Eva Savich and Tracy Koretsky, Dinah Power, Claire Vogel Camargo beachcombing every morning i read a new story Debbie Strange Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada cavities the dentist asks me about my travels Haiku: Agnes Eva Savich Austin, Texas, USA Photo: Tracy Koretsky a sea
Haiku by C.X. Turner, Arvinder Kaur, Juliet Wilson, Lori Kiefer, and Lisa Billa fallen cherries before anyone notices C.X. Turner United Kingdom walking past an aroma of mangoes this ache for yellow Arvinder Kaur Chandigarh, India swirling petals — even the cherry trees are giving up Juliet Wilson Edinburgh,
Haiku by Ruth Holzer, Katherine E Winnick, Vaishnavi Ramaswamy, Beata Czeszejko, and Anne Fox coming out to gaze at the moon earthworms and I Ruth Holzer Potomac Falls, Virginia, USA early sleep a dandelion cloud becomes the moon Katherine E Winnick Brighton, United Kingdom passing cloud — a raven waits on
Haiku by Jahnavi Gogoi, Kelly Sargent, Violet Avery Hall, Rupa Anand, and Denisa Hanšutová watermelon seeds teaching my daughter her numbers Jahnavi Gogoi Ajax, Ontario, Canada the woman I might have been wildflower seeds Kelly Sargent Williston, Vermont, USA light breeze my skirt just inches above the dress code Violet
Haiku by Louise Hopewell, Marietta McGregor, Mary McCormack, Sheikha A., and Adele Evershed the scent of fresh-cut hay warbling magpies Louise Hopewell Melbourne, Australia cicada twilight trees switch a chorus on . . . then off Marietta McGregor Canberra, Australia lemonade! their voices going strong into dusk Mary McCormack La Grange Park,
Haiku by Anju Kishore, Patricia Nellene Deal, Betsy Hearne, Vidya Premkumar, and Vandana Parashar sunflower field a bumblebee slightly unsteady Anju Kishore Bengaluru, India the shimmer of clustered blowflies the trail’s end Patricia Nellene Deal McLean, Virginia, USA inchworm a long journey up the Redwood tree Betsy Hearne Urbana,
Haiku by Meera Rehm, Boryana Boteva, Cynthia Anderson, Kelly Sargent, and Lisa Billa this blue sky all I want to do is nothing Meera Rehm United Kingdom blue hydrangea still in search of my reason for being Boryana Boteva Sofia, Bulgaria harvest moon the blue haze of estrangement Cynthia Anderson
Haiku by Meagan Bussert, Maya Daneva, Melanie Alberts, Eavonka Ettinger, and joanna ashwell trying on several shades hydrangea Meagan Bussert Bloomington, Indiana, USA agave flower bunch inside its yellow a hooded oriole Maya Daneva The Netherlands sunflower patch— wildly alternating heights under the same star Melanie Alberts Austin, Texas, USA