Haiku by Hifsa Ashraf, Paula Sears, Mary McCormack, and Joanna Ashwell In Gratitude Thanks to this week's tip jar contributors! Anonymous Kimberly A. Horning Colette Kern Thanks also to Kathryn P. Haydon for her editorial efforts! meadow hush I drift with the dandelions Hifsa Ashraf Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
Haiku by Marietta McGregor, Anne Fox, Belinda Behne, Lisa Billa, and Paula Sears beach cottage our everydays drifting Marietta McGregor Canberra, Australia rocking rowboat the slow pulse of jellyfish Anne Fox Broomes Island, Maryland, USA sand dollars carrying the sun in our pockets Belinda Behne Clinton, Connecticut, USA beach traffic
Haiku by Paula Sears, wandas wandarings, Violet Avery Hall, and Meagan Bussert fair seas an offshore wind sails the egret’s wings Paula Sears Exeter, New Hampshire, USA hanging low on the curl a surfer wandas wandarings Old Bar, Australia surf season a rogue wave catches my top Violet Avery
Haiku by Ruth Holzer, Mary McCormack, Anju Kishore, and Janet Ruth rising from every farmhouse prayers for rain Ruth Holzer Potomac Falls, Virginia, USA bare shoulders a gust of wind ripples my dress Mary McCormack La Grange Park, Illinois, USA pani-puri-burst inside my head sudden drizzle Anju Kishore
Haiku by Marilyn Humbert, Mary McCormack, Joanna Ashwell, and Boryana Boteva soft seagrass between the dunes first love Marilyn Humbert Sydney, New South Wales, Australia river bathing the bar of soap shared between us Mary McCormack La Grange Park, Illinois, USA campfire toasting marshmallows between each whisper Joanna Ashwell United
Haiku by Betsy Hearne, Caroline Ridley-Duff, Vaishnavi Ramaswamy, and Lori Kiefer tasting the lake a swim too far Betsy Hearne Urbana, Illinois, USA ladybird plague - an unexpected crunch to my sandwich Caroline Ridley-Duff Yorkshire, United Kingdom crushed ice — a lemon pip in the sarsaparilla Vaishnavi Ramaswamy Chennai, Tamil
Haiku by Roberta Beach Jacobson, Joanna Ashwell, Vaishnavi Ramaswamy, Paula Sears, and Katherine E Winnick sneaking in way too early morning sun Roberta Beach Jacobson Indianola, Iowa, USA over-easy the softening rise of dawn Joanna Ashwell United Kingdom silent afternoon the weight of a palm on the door knob
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Haiku by Cynthia Anderson, Meagan Bussert, Valentina Ranaldi-Adams, Anne Fox, and Claire Vogel Camargo In Gratitude Thanks to this week's Tip Jar contributors: Mary Oishi Nalini Shetty Anonymous Janet Ruth Nancy Brady Claire Vogel Camargo Thanks also to Richa Sharma for this week's guest editing
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Haiku by Lakshmi Iyer, Sheza T., kjmunro, Marion Clarke, and Soumya Mukherjee clean-up mask the watermelon flavor inside my nose Lakshmi Iyer Trivandrum, Kerala, India grass blade green popsicle waterfall Sheza T. Pakistan lake ripples from jumping fish we try to write haiku kjmunro Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada the
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Haiku by Christa Pandey, Violet Avery Hall, Vidya Premkumar, Kimberly Kuchar, and Mariel Herbert she spades her grief into the soil a blackbird sings Christa Pandey Austin, Texas, USA iced coffee in my morning routine chickadee song Violet Avery Hall Jacksonville, Florida, USA the wagging tail under the banyan tree
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Haiku by Lori Kiefer, Violet Avery Hall, Debbie Strange, and kjmunro trip to the beach in the rear-view mirror a seagull’s cry Lori Kiefer London, United Kingdom island sky starlight on the ocean clinging to my skin Violet Avery Hall Jacksonville, Florida, USA tidal surge this wave of
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Haiku by Mary McCormack, Julie Bloss Kelsey, Alanna C. Burke, C.X. Turner, and Sandra Simpson night swim I back float on the moon Mary McCormack La Grange Park, Illinois, USA waking up to a new sidewalk chalk drawing Julie Bloss Kelsey Germantown, Maryland, USA lift into town a passenger