Everything in Bloom

Haiku by Patricia Carragon, Betsy Hearne, Joy Hallinan, Laura Brincat, and Boryana Boteva

painted vines
on the vase—
sunflower buds

Patricia Carragon
Brooklyn, New York, USA

counting
her wealth
white peonies

Betsy Hearne
Urbana, Illinois, USA

jasmine rain
more stars scattered
on asphalt

Joy Hallinan
Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Driving down the highway,
The oleander flowers
Wave arrivederci

Laura Brincat
Rome, Italy

lantana
the smell of rain
that has just stopped

Boryana Boteva
Sofia, Bulgaria

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.

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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!