Great Waves
Haiku by Christina Chin, Tuyet Van Do, Anne Fox, Melanie Alberts, and Lisa Billa
ready for waves
the first current crushes
a sandcastle
Christina Chin
Malaysia
school holidays
children grab towels
heading for the beach
Tuyet Van Do
under the boardwalk
mating horseshoe crabs
cover the beach
Anne Fox
Broomes Island, Maryland, USA
flash poetry
plover tracks erased
by the sea
Melanie Alberts
Austin, Texas, USA
small shards of sea glass
moody ocean hues
washed smooth
Lisa Billa
San Jose, California, 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!
