Haiku by Mary McCormack, Kelly Sargent, Barbara Grueger, Wilda Morris, and Lillian Nakamura Maguire mountain path poppies for miles and miles Mary McCormack red tulips against his cheek a garden gnome’s grin Kelly Sargent Williston, Vermont, USA fireweed is burning in hot pink a grey day illuminated Barbara Grueger
Haiku by Barrie Levine, Belinda Behne, Jo Balistreri, Ann Sullivan, and Betsy Hearne backyard treehouse . . . falling asleep to the silence of stars Barrie Levine Wenham, Massachusetts, USA skinny-dipping in the dark velvet lake Belinda Behne Clinton, Connecticut, USA those long July nights in grandpa's rhubarb patch jam
Haiku by Lillian Nakamura Maguire, Caroline Ridley-Duff, Valentina Ranaldi-Adams, Belinda Behne, and Louise Hopewell Making daisychains - even the dog becomes a princess Caroline Ridley-Duff Yorkshire, England today's dress code a wide-brimmed hat and sunblock Valentina Ranaldi-Adams Fairlawn, Ohio, USA braiding clover in each
Haiku by Mona Bedi, Paula Sears, Nancy Orr, Korie Beth Brown, and Deborah A. Bennett first drizzle the blind man and I talk about petrichor Mona Bedi Delhi, India heirloom tomato sandwiches in our picnic basket . . . setting sun Paula Sears Exeter, New Hampshire, USA the plop of a kingfisher another
Haiku by Bonnie J. Scherer, Lori Kiefer, Vandana Parashar, Ann Sullivan, and Sandra Simpson milk cows grazing the heat Bonnie J. Scherer Palmer, Alaska, USA coach window— small hands waving at the sheep Lori Kiefer London, United Kingdom seasonal rain the farmer’s wife expecting Vandana Parashar Panchkula, Haryana, India
Haiku by Janet Ruth, Jahnavi Gogoi, Eavonka Ettinger, Valentina Ranaldi-Adams, Rowan Beckett Minor, and Caroline Wermuth baseball stats counting nighthawks among stadium lights Janet Ruth Corrales, New Mexico, USA crossing borders my honeysuckle flowers in the neighbor’s yard Jahnavi Gogoi Ajax, Ontario, Canada Memorial Day I am now
Haiku by Deborah Karl-Brandt, Sandra Simpson, Rupa Anand, and C.X. Turner tasting the salt on his skin cherry blossom tea Deborah Karl-Brandt Sinzig, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany big-sky day— a ripple of inky butterflies on her forearm Sandra Simpson Tauranga, New Zealand the shake of a bulbul’
Haiku by Vandana Parashar, Roberta Beach Jacobson, Sari Grandstaff, Millicent Bee, and C. Jean Downer flying kites falling kites the same wind Vandana Parashar Panchkula, Haryana, India tagging Monarchs you’re it Roberta Beach Jacobson Indianola, Iowa, USA beach volleyball the tide turns halfway through the match Sari Grandstaff Woodstock,
Haiku by C.X. Turner, Alanna C. Burke, Kelly Westhoff, Lisa Billa, and Julie Ann Espinoza elderflower cordial a cloud passing through the jar C.X. Turner United Kingdom a white blossom rises from the apache plume butterfly Alanna C. Burke Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA her poufy white dress
Haiku by Vaishnavi Ramaswamy, Marjorie Pezzoli, Leena Anandhi, Julie Bloss Kelsey, and Nancy Brady kulfi melt— the glistening sweat on the vendor's pot Vaishnavi Ramaswamy Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India a beekeeper slicing honeycomb her blue irises Marjorie Pezzoli overnight mud pot the rice water resurrects my grandma Leena
Haiga by Miluše Míčková, Dinah Power, Joanna Ashwell, Marianne Paul, Claire Vogel Camargo, and C. Oulens In Gratitude First, my apologies for failing to acknowledge any contributors or guest editors last Sunday! I have been under the weather and was totally out of it last weekend. – Allyson Thanks to the
Haiga by Stephanie Zepherelli, Joanna Ashwell, Agnes Eva Savich, Maria Tosti, and Dinah Power shimmering sun cats and clouds in dreamtime Stephanie Zepherelli Hawai’i, USA the flutter of bird wings… twitching ears Agnes Eva Savich august downpour - the sky rediscovered in the puddles Maria Tosti Perugia, Italy serious business
Haiga by Kimberly Kuchar and C. X. Turner, Valentina Ranaldi-Adams, Mariya Gusev, Marietta McGregor, Urszula Marciniak after laughter chain links Poem: C. X. Turner Photo: Kimberly Kuchar cooling effect . . . the jingle-jangle tune of an ice cream truck Valentina Ranaldi-Adams our rented beach house each year on a
Haiga by Marietta McGregor, Agnes Eva Savich and Elizabeth Gold, Paméla Overeynder, C.X. Turner, Louise Hopewell secrets… the side of the moon we never see Poet: Agnes Eva Savich Photographer: Elizabeth Gold watering ban dreaming the river back C.X. Turner United Kingdom Editor Bio: A member of the
Haiga by Marianne Paul, Anne Fox, Christa Pandey, Stephanie Zepherelli and Che Beez Knez waiting to bloom the understudy’s understudy Marianne Paul Canada finally blooming deciding to save myself . . . for me Haiku: Stephanie Zepherelli Hawai’i, USA Photo: Che Beez Knez Adelaide, South Australia Editor Bio: A member of
Haiga by Christina Chin, Stephanie Zepherelli and Che Beez Knez, Marianne Paul, Louise Hopewell, Kimberly Kuchar big sister talk tiptoeing around birds and bees Haiku: Stephanie Zepherelli Hawai’i, USA Photo: Che Beez Knez Adelaide, South Australia itsy bitsy bikini the waggle dance of honey bees Marianne Paul Canada a
Haiga by Christa Pandey, Debbie Strange, Agnes Eva Savich and Tracy Koretsky, Dinah Power, Claire Vogel Camargo beachcombing every morning i read a new story Debbie Strange Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada cavities the dentist asks me about my travels Haiku: Agnes Eva Savich Austin, Texas, USA Photo: Tracy Koretsky a sea
Haiku by C.X. Turner, Arvinder Kaur, Juliet Wilson, Lori Kiefer, and Lisa Billa fallen cherries before anyone notices C.X. Turner United Kingdom walking past an aroma of mangoes this ache for yellow Arvinder Kaur Chandigarh, India swirling petals — even the cherry trees are giving up Juliet Wilson Edinburgh,
Haiku by Ruth Holzer, Katherine E Winnick, Vaishnavi Ramaswamy, Beata Czeszejko, and Anne Fox coming out to gaze at the moon earthworms and I Ruth Holzer Potomac Falls, Virginia, USA early sleep a dandelion cloud becomes the moon Katherine E Winnick Brighton, United Kingdom passing cloud — a raven waits on
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
Haiku by Louise Hopewell, Marietta McGregor, Mary McCormack, Sheikha A., and Adele Evershed the scent of fresh-cut hay warbling magpies Louise Hopewell Melbourne, Australia cicada twilight trees switch a chorus on . . . then off Marietta McGregor Canberra, Australia lemonade! their voices going strong into dusk Mary McCormack La Grange Park,
Haiku by Anju Kishore, Patricia Nellene Deal, Betsy Hearne, Vidya Premkumar, and Vandana Parashar sunflower field a bumblebee slightly unsteady Anju Kishore Bengaluru, India the shimmer of clustered blowflies the trail’s end Patricia Nellene Deal McLean, Virginia, USA inchworm a long journey up the Redwood tree Betsy Hearne Urbana,
Haiku by Meera Rehm, Boryana Boteva, Cynthia Anderson, Kelly Sargent, and Lisa Billa this blue sky all I want to do is nothing Meera Rehm United Kingdom blue hydrangea still in search of my reason for being Boryana Boteva Sofia, Bulgaria harvest moon the blue haze of estrangement Cynthia Anderson
Haiku by Meagan Bussert, Maya Daneva, Melanie Alberts, Eavonka Ettinger, and joanna ashwell trying on several shades hydrangea Meagan Bussert Bloomington, Indiana, USA agave flower bunch inside its yellow a hooded oriole Maya Daneva The Netherlands sunflower patch— wildly alternating heights under the same star Melanie Alberts Austin, Texas, USA