finally blooming

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 the Austin Haiku Group and a psychic artist, Melanie Alberts is writing a spiritual memoir combining haibun, tanka prose, and haiga. Her haiga galleries can be found on The Haiku Foundation website. She is a contributing editor of Lone Star Poetry: Championing Texas Verse, Community, and Hunger Relief. Melanie enjoys following fellow haiku writers, artists, psychics, and mediums from around the world on Instagram: @clair.circles.spirit.art 

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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!