Drop by Drop
Haiku by Joanna Ashwell, Adele Evershed, Veronica Hosking, Meera Rehm, and Bonnie J Scherer
backflipping
into light showers
our holiday story
Joanna Ashwell
United Kingdom
soft rain…
mam plucks the first
and last petunia
Adele Evershed
Wilton, Connecticut, USA
temperatures dip
sweet smell of petrichor
welcoming monsoon
Veronica Hosking
Avondale, Arizona, USA
timbre of laughter
from the garden
warm rain
Meera Rehm
United Kingdom
chilly morning
my bleeding heart
in a drizzle
Bonnie J Scherer
Palmer, Alaska, USA
Editor Bio: Allyson Whipple is the founding editor of Haiku Girl Summer. Her second haiku chapbook, Lunch Poems, is forthcoming from Brooks Books in 2026. She is on track to finish the manuscript of A Culinary Saijiki this year.
Tip Jar
Haiku Girl Summer will always be a free publication. If you want to make a financial contribution, please visit Allyson Whipple’s Buy Me a Coffee page. Mention Haiku Girl Summer in the comment box and your donation will go into a pool that will be divided among the guest editors at the end of the 2026 editorial run.
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!
