Luna

Haiku by Millicent Bee, Barbara Anna Gaiardoni, Nancy Brady, Emily Baumgarten, and Nancy Orr

outhouse moon
a thin curl
of tissue

Millicent Bee
Richmond, Virginia, USA

strawberry moon a romance for sure

Barbara Anna Gaiardoni
Italy

moon glow…
eating funnel cake
at the county fair

Nancy Brady
Huron, Ohio, USA

June moons shine brighter
Stealing the furious heat
From sunburnt full days

Emily Baumgarten
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

cloud-veiled moon baby bump just showing

Nancy Orr
Lewiston, Maine, 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.

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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!