fruits of one's labor
Haiku by Christa Pandey, joanna ashwell, Anju Kishore, and Roberta Beach Jacobson
unripe figs
squirrels seem to have
no qualms
Christa Pandey
Austin, Texas, USA
blueberries
the first shimmer
of a daydream
joanna ashwell
United Kingdom
peeling pink
bulbs of litchi
premonsoon breeze
Anju Kishore
Bengaluru, India
vine tomatoes
long stretch from orange
to red
Roberta Beach Jacobson
Indianola, Iowa, USA
Editor Bio: Dr. Sangita Kalarickal is a Pushcart Prize and Touchstone award nominated wordsmith. Her work has been widely published in several journals and anthologies. She has authored Mamina (Kavya-Adisakrit, 2023), and co-authored Light & Line Drawings (Kavya-Adisakrit, 2026), which are collections of free verse and haikai poetry. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Drifting Sands Haibun Journal.
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