drawing a friend
Haiku by Mary McCormack, Julie Bloss Kelsey, Alanna C. Burke, C.X. Turner, and Sandra Simpson
night swim
I back float
on the moon
Mary McCormack
La Grange Park, Illinois, USA
waking up
to a new sidewalk
chalk drawing
Julie Bloss Kelsey
Germantown, Maryland, USA
lift into town
a passenger seat
of fast food wrappers
Alanna C. Burke
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
after mowing
clover stuck
to my toes
C.X. Turner
United Kingdom
hot desert highway
blowing over the biker’s shoulder
his grey beard
Sandra Simpson
Tauranga, New Zealand
Editor Bio: Richa Sharma currently resides in the National Capital Region of India. Since 2019, her work has been published in many online and print journals, contests, and anthologies that focus on Japanese short-form poetry. Her detailed author biography is available on her personal blog:
https://richasharmahaiku.blogspot.com
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Merch
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