Fixing the Bugs

Haiku by Anju Kishore, Patricia Nellene Deal, Betsy Hearne, Vidya Premkumar, and Vandana Parashar

sunflower field
a bumblebee
slightly unsteady

Anju Kishore
Bengaluru, India

the shimmer
of clustered blowflies
the trail’s end

Patricia Nellene Deal
McLean, Virginia, USA

inchworm
a long journey
up the Redwood tree

Betsy Hearne
Urbana, Illinois, USA

amongst
the evening mosquito whines
grandma's story time

Vidya Premkumar
Wayanad, Kerala, India

on the way back
from a candlelight march
a firefly

Vandana Parashar
Panchkula, India

Editor Bio: An English language teacher, freelance editor, editing consultant, writing coach, and mandala artist, Vidya is presently promoting her third poetry book, Light and Line Drawings, which she collaborated on with her friend and fellow poet, Sangita Kalarickal. She is Associate Editor of haibun for the haikuKATHA journal and editor for two full-length books and four anthologies. A 'book' in the Human Library, Chennai Chapter, she was featured in a coffee table book, ‘50 Inspiring Women boys and girls should read about, Chennai Edition’ (2021). Vidya finds meaning in life through yoga.

Instagram: @vidya.shankar.author

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