Moments in Passing

Haiku by Joy Hallinan, Joan C Fingon, Wendy Cobourne, Caroline Ridley-Duff, and Katja Fox

a heron caught in weir
these long legs of
childhood

Joy Hallinan
Atlanta, Georgia, USA

family road trip
youngest sister calls
shotgun

Joan C Fingon
Ventura, California, USA

watermelon patch
the pink
in my child's cheeks

Wendy Cobourne
Homestead, Florida, USA

long walk to the beach—
a small child stops to play
in a puddle

Caroline Ridley-Duff
Yorkshire, England

collapsing deckchairs
we double up
with laughter

Katja Fox
Cambridge, England/UK

Editor Bio: Iliyana Stoyanova is a British poet, editor, and translator who holds a PhD in Theology. She is currently president of the British Haiku Society, editor of Blithe Spirit, Living Legacies editor for the Living Haiku Anthology, and a Haikupedia editor. Her former roles include Secretary of the United Haiku and Tanka Society, British Haiku Society communications officer, and BHS Awards Administrator. She has contributed to numerous projects as an editor, selector, and translator. Her haiku and other poems have been widely published in journals and anthologies, and have received several international awards. She also enjoys photography, watercolour painting, travelling, and reading.

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