Haiku by wanda wandarings, Kirsten Cliff Elliot, Millicent Bee, Claire Vogel Camargo, and Stephanie Zepherelli crowded café surfers waiting for a wind change wandas wandarings Old Bar, Australia sea holly the air thick with heatwave Kirsten Cliff Elliot Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England hand in hand watching seagulls m-shaped
Haiku by Alanna C. Burke, Nancy Orr, Caroline Wermuth, Robin White, and Melissa Dennison monsoon season the high desert blooms with fungi Alanna C. Burke Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA rain clouds move out a golden mist at sunset Nancy Orr Lewiston, Maine, USA humid afternoon treetops stirring up a
Haiku by Marietta McGregor, Joan C Fingon, Fatma Zohra Habis, Bonnie J Scherer, and Theresa A. Cancro . . . carouselfie Marietta McGregor Canberra, Australia golden fields of light barley winds blow Joan C Fingon Ventura, California, USA drifting fireflies— the night sways without a moon Fatma Zohra Habis Algiers, Algeria jumping rope
Haiku by Lorraine A Padden, wandas wanderings, Paula Sears, Nancy Orr, and Barrie Levine koi pond cleaning a lotus of pink toenails Lorraine A Padden San Diego, California, USA spied by a drone cruising the surf break a great white shark wandas wandarings Old Bar, Australia campfire story . . . her marshmallow
Haiku by Joy Hallinan, Joan C Fingon, Wendy Cobourne, Caroline Ridley-Duff, and Katja Fox a heron caught in weir these long legs of childhood Joy Hallinan Atlanta, Georgia, USA family road trip youngest sister calls shotgun Joan C Fingon Ventura, California, USA watermelon patch the pink in my child&
Haiku by Joan C Fingon, Barrie Levine, Deborah Karl-Brandt, and Paula Sears In Gratitude Thanks to the following people who have contributed to the tip jar over the past week: Lillian Jenny Shepherd Thanks also to Samantha Pardo Irigoyen for her editorial efforts this week! thunderstorm under the pergola
Haiku by Kathryn P. Haydon, Caroline Wermuth, and Theresa A. Cancro revealing the wind’s speed cottonwood seeds Kathryn P. Haydon Chicagoland, Illinois, USA collective sigh at the beach cloud Caroline Wermuth State College, Pennsylvania, USA plein air . . . cirrus clouds paint themselves Theresa A. Cancro Wilmington, Delaware, USA Editor Bio:
Haiku by Sangita Kalarickal, Eavonka Ettinger, and Joan C Fingon biting into habanero seeds heat wave Sangita Kalarickal Minnesota, USA the slow melt at the end of my day chocolate Eavonka Ettinger Long Beach, California, USA mid July first cut of a ripe tomato Joan C Fingon Ventura, California, USA
Haiku by Diane Webster, Anne Fox, and Martina Matijević on the boardwalk a trail of spilled raisins and ants Diane Webster Delta, Colorado, USA beach traffic the hiss of rain on hot asphalt Anne Fox Broomes Island, Maryland, USA shrieking gull — sister takes her shirt back Martina Matijević Vidovci, Croatia
Haiku by Sheza T., Vaishnavi Ramaswamy, Melissa Dennison, and C. Jean Downer hot haze with each blink black petunias Sheza T. Pakistan hot sand — a toddler's flip flops in the surf Vaishnavi Ramaswamy Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India heatwave sun baked cotton swishes on the line Melissa Dennison Bradford,
Haiku by Cyndi Lloyd, Janet Ruth, and Wendy Cobourne morning qigong a duck stretches its leg backwards Cyndi Lloyd Riverton, Utah, USA buzz of fig beetles all peaches beyond the reach of my ladder Janet Ruth Corrales, New Mexico, USA heat lightning the mango grove drenched in tree frog song
Haiku by Mona Bedi, Patricia Haddock, and Nicoletta Ignatti the sweetness of fallen mangoes childhood again Mona Bedi Delhi, India bougainvilleas— holding up a rickety fence Patricia Haddock San Francisco, California, USA retirement home - sunflowers bowing their heads Nicoletta Ignatti Castellana Grotte (BA), Italy Editor Bio: Samantha Pardo Irigoyen (she/