Paradise, Scorched
Haiku by wanda wandarings, Kirsten Cliff Elliot, Millicent Bee, Claire Vogel Camargo, and Stephanie Zepherelli
crowded café
surfers waiting
for a wind change
wandas wandarings
Old Bar, Australia
sea holly the air thick with heatwave
Kirsten Cliff Elliot
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England
hand in hand
watching seagulls
m-shaped
Millicent Bee
Richmond, Virginia, USA
even driftwood
too hot to touch
beach blisters
Claire Vogel Camargo
Austin, Texas, USA
last day
sunbathing by the sea
death by coconut
Stephanie Zepherelli
Honolulu, Hawai’i, USA
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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