Haiku by Carly Siegel Thorp, Rowan Beckett, and C.X. Turner
crickets
a spider webs
by porch light
Carly Siegel Thorp
Sterling, MA, USA
Instagram: @carlysiegelthorp
endless flies
turning down
his advances
Rowan Beckett
Pronouns: They/Them
Cleveland, OH, USA
a line of ants
running
up my hand
C.X. Turner
United Kingdom
Twitter: @lover__poetic
Instagram: @love.rpoetic
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