Seaweed Pigtails
Haiku by Deborah Karl-Brandt, Anne Fox, Louise Hopewell, and Kimberly Kuchar
outdoor swimming pool
the girl with long sleeves
picks up another book
Deborah Karl-Brandt
Sinzig, Germany
down the bank
my bare feet slip
into childhood
Anne Fox
Broomes Island, Maryland. USA
rock pool
a little girl giggles
into seaweed pigtails
Louise Hopewell
Melbourne, Australia
silently screaming
at the water park—
my first period
Kimberly Kuchar
Austin, Texas, USA
Editor Bio: C.X. Turner is a UK poet and writer whose debut collection, evergreen, is available from Alba Publishing. They co-edit the Wales Haiku Journal. Find them on Instagram at @love.rpoetic.
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