It’s a Girl Thing

Haiku by Jahnavi Gogoi, Kelly Sargent, Violet Avery Hall, Rupa Anand, and Denisa Hanšutová

watermelon seeds
teaching my daughter
her numbers

Jahnavi Gogoi
Ajax, Ontario, Canada

the woman
I might have been
wildflower seeds

Kelly Sargent
Williston, Vermont, USA

light breeze
my skirt just inches
above the dress code

Violet Avery Hall
Jacksonville, Florida, USA

dripping oomph
in a hot Chantilly lace sari
evening lull

Rupa Anand
New Delhi, India

catching the flutter
of her skirt
his wing mirror

Denisa Hanšutová
Piešťany, Slovakia

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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